PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION.

SEC. 232. PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION. (a) Revision in Program Elements.—Subsection (a) of section 223 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “in accordance with the following program elements:” and inserting “in accordance with program elements governing functional areas as follows:”; and (2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (12) and inserting the following: “(1) Technology. “(2) Ballistic Missile Defense System. “(3) Terminal Defense Segment. “(4) Midcourse Defense Segment. “(5) Boost Defense Segment. “(6) Sensors Segment.”. (b) Additional Requirements.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(b) Separate Program Elements for Programs Entering Engineering and Manufacturing Development.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each ballistic missile defense program that enters engineering and manufacturing development is assigned a separate, dedicated program element. “(2) In this subsection, the term ‘engineering and manufacturing development’ means the development phase whose primary objectives are to— “(A) translate the most promising design approach into a stable, interoperable, producible, supportable, and cost-effective design; “(B) validate the manufacturing or production process; and “(C) demonstrate system capabilities through testing.”. (c) Requirement for Annual Program Goals.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall each year establish cost, schedule, testing, and performance goals for the ballistic missile defense programs of the Department of Defense for the period covered by the future-years defense program that is submitted to Congress that year under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. Not later than February 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a statement of the goals so established. (2) The statement of goals submitted under paragraph (1) for any year after 2002 shall be an update of the statement submitted under that paragraph for the preceding year. (3) Each statement of goals submitted under paragraph (1) shall set forth cost, schedule, testing, and performance goals that pertain to each functional area program element identified in subsection (a), and each program element identified in subsection (b), of section 223 of title 10, United States Code. (d) Annual Program Plan.—(1) With the submission of the statement of goals under subsection (c) for any year, the Secretary 115 STAT. 1038of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a program of activities planned to be carried out for each missile defense program that enters engineering and manufacturing development (as defined in section 223(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b)). (2) Each program plan under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A funding profile that includes an estimate of— (i) the total expenditures to be made in the fiscal year in which the plan is submitted and the following fiscal year, together with the estimated total life-cycle costs of the program; and (ii) a display of such expenditures (shown for significant procurement, construction, and research and development) for the fiscal year in which the plan is submitted and the following fiscal year. (B) A program schedule for the fiscal year in which the plan is submitted and the following fiscal year for each of the following: (i) Significant procurement. (ii) Construction. (iii) Research and development. (iv) Flight tests. (v) Other significant testing activities. (3) Information specified in paragraph (2) need not be included in the plan for any year under paragraph (1) to the extent such information has already been provided, or will be provided in the current fiscal year, in annual budget justification documents of the Department of Defense submitted to Congress or in other required reports to Congress. (e) Internal DOD Reviews.—(1) The officials and elements of the Department of Defense specified in paragraph (2) shall on an ongoing basis— (A) review the development of goals under subsection (c) and the annual program plan under subsection (d); and (B) provide to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization any comments on such matters as considered appropriate. (2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to the following: (A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. (B) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. (C) The Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation. (D) The Joint Requirements Oversight Council. EThe Cost Analysis and Improvement Group. (f) Demonstration of Critical Technologies.—(1) The Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall develop a plan for ensuring that each critical technology for a missile defense program is successfully demonstrated in an appropriate environment before that technology enters into operational service as part of a missile defense program. (2) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall monitor the development of the plan under paragraph (1) and shall submit to the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization any comments regarding that plan that the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation considers appropriate. 115 STAT. 1039 (g) Comptroller General Assessment.—(1) At the conclusion of each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, the Comptroller General of the United States shall assess the extent to which the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization achieved the goals established under subsection (c) for such fiscal year. (2) Not later than February 15, 2003, and February 15, 2004, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Comptroller General's assessment under paragraph (1) with respect to the preceding fiscal year. (h) Annual OT&E Assessment of Test Program.—(1) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall each year assess the adequacy and sufficiency of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization test program during the preceding fiscal year. (2) Not later than February 15 each year the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment under paragraph (1) with respect to the preceding fiscal year.