ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY B–2 BOMBER PROGRAM

SEC. 232. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY B–2 BOMBER PROGRAM (a) Program Management Initiative.—The Secretary of Defense shall require that the cost, performance, and management initiative for the Advanced Technology B–2 Bomber program established pursuant to section 121 of Public Law 100–180 (101 Stat. 1040) include the creation of a full performance matrix. (b) GAO Cost Review.—(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the costs of the Advanced Technology Bomber program. In reviewing such costs, the Comptroller General shall act independently of the Department of Defense. (2) (A) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Comptroller General is given direct, full, and timely access to all information and 102 STAT. 1944materials specified in subparagraph (B) in order for the Comptroller General to carry out the cost review required by paragraph (1). (B) Information and materials referred to in subparagraph (A) are information and materials that are held by, or otherwise available to, the Department of Defense (including the Department of the Air Force) or any contractor for the Advanced Technology Bomber program (including any subcontractor) and that are required by the Secretary of the Air Force for the purpose of performing the required Independent Cost Analysis of the Advanced Technology Bomber program and by the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of performing the Cost Analysis Improvement Group review of that program. (3) The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the program cost review under this subsection to the Armed Services Committees not later than March 1, 1989. (c) Report on Total Program Cost.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the total program cost, in constant and in current dollars, of the Advanced Technology B–2 Bomber program. Such report shall be submitted not later than March 1, 1989. (d) Cost Monitoring and Tracking.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, shall conduct an evaluation of the current system for monitoring and tracking costs for the Advanced Technology Bomber program and shall prepare an assessment of that system. Not later than March 1, 1989, the Secretary shall submit to the Armed Services Committees a report setting forth the Secretary’s findings, based upon such evaluation and assessment, with respect to that system and any recommendations of the Secretary for improving that system. (e) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “Armed Services Committees” means the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.