BASELINE DESCRIPTION.

SEC. 3005. BASELINE DESCRIPTION. (a) In General.— Section 2435 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§2435. Baseline description “(a) Baseline Description Requirement.— (1) The Secretary of a military department shall establish a baseline description for each major defense acquisition program under the jurisdiction of such Secretary. “(2) The baseline shall include sufficient parameters to describe the cost estimate (referred to as the ‘Baseline Estimate’ in section 2433 of this title), schedule, performance, supportability, and any other factor of such major defense acquisition program. “(b) Funding Limit.— No amount appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for carrying out a major defense acquisition program may be obligated after the program enters engineering and manufacturing development without an approved baseline description unless such obligation is 108 STAT. 3331specifically approved by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. “(c) Schedule.— A baseline description for a major defense acquisition program shall be prepared under this section— “(1) before the program enters demonstration and validation; “(2) before the program enters engineering and manufacturing development; and “(3) before the program enters production and deployment. “(d) Regulations.— The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the following: “(1) The content of baseline descriptions under this section. “(2) The submission to the Secretary of the military department concerned and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology by the program manager for a program for which there is an approved baseline description under this section of reports of deviations from the baseline of the cost, schedule, performance, supportability, or any other factor of the program. “(3) Procedures for review of such deviation reports within the Department of Defense. “(4) Procedures for submission to, and approval by, the Secretary of Defense of revised baseline descriptions.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 144 of such title is amended by amending the item relating to section 2435 to read as follows: “2435. Baseline description.”.