SOFTWARE-RELATED PROGRAM COSTS UNDER MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 801. SOFTWARE-RELATED PROGRAM COSTS UNDER MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.(a) Content of Quarterly Unit Cost Report.—Subsection (b) of section 2433 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(5) Any significant changes in the total program cost for development and procurement of the software component of the program, schedule milestones for the software component of the program, or expected performance for the software component of the program that are known, expected, or anticipated by the program manager.”.(b) Content of Selected Acquisition Report.—(1) Subsection (g)(1) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(Q) In any case in which one or more problems with the software component of the program significantly contributed to the increase in program unit costs, the action taken and proposed to be taken to solve such problems.”.(2) Section 2432(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively; and(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph (7):“(7) The reasons for any significant changes (from the previous Selected Acquisition Report) in the total program cost for development and procurement of the software component of the program, schedule milestones for the software component of the program, or expected performance for the software component of the program that are known, expected, or anticipated by the program manager.”.(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date occurring 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports due to be submitted to Congress on or after such date.