NOTIFICATION OF COST OVERRUNS AND SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS FOR MAJOR ALTERATION PROJECTS.

SEC. 3113. NOTIFICATION OF COST OVERRUNS AND SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS FOR MAJOR ALTERATION PROJECTS.(a) Notification of Cost Overruns.—(1) In general.—Section 4713(a) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2753(a)) is amended—129 STAT. 1192(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):“(2) Major alteration projects.—“(A) In general.—The Administrator shall establish a cost and schedule baseline for each major alteration project.“(B) Per unit cost.—The cost baseline developed under subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to each major alteration project, an estimated cost for each warhead in the project.“(C) Notification to congressional defense committees.—Not later than 30 days after establishing a cost and schedule baseline under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall submit the cost and schedule baseline to the congressional defense committees.“(D) Major alteration project defined.—In this paragraph, the term ‘major alteration project’ means a nuclear weapon system alteration project of the Administration the cost of which exceeds $750,000,000.”.(2) Conforming amendments.—Section 4713 of such Act is further amended—(A) in subsection (b)—(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “or (3)” and inserting “(3), or (4)”; and(ii) in paragraph (2)—(I) by inserting “or a major alteration project referred to in subsection (a)(2)” after “subsection (a)(1)”; and(II) by inserting “or (a)(2)(B), as applicable,”; and(B) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting “or a major alteration project referred to in subsection (a)(2)” after “subsection (a)(1)”.(b) Inclusion of Major Alteration Projects in Selected Acquisition Reports and Independent Cost Estimates.—(1) In general.—Section 4217 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2537) is amended—(A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “or a major alteration project (as defined in section 4713(a)(2))” after “life extension”; and(B) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by adding at the end the following new clause:“(iv) Each nuclear weapons system undergoing a major alteration project (as defined in section 4713(a)(2)).”.(2) Conforming amendments.—(A) The section heading for section 4217 of such Act is amended by striking “life extension programs and new nuclear facilities” and inserting “certain programs and facilities”.129 STAT. 1193(B) The table of contents for such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 4217 and inserting the following new item: “Sec. 4217. Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates and reviews of certain programs and facilities.”.