INCLUSION OF MAJOR SUBPROGRAMS TO MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS UNDER VARIOUS ACQUISITION-RELATED REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 814. INCLUSION OF MAJOR SUBPROGRAMS TO MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS UNDER VARIOUS ACQUISITION-RELATED REQUIREMENTS.(a) Reporting Requirements.—Section 2430a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;(2) by inserting “(1)” before “If the Secretary”;(3) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by inserting “(other than as provided in paragraph (2))” before the semicolon; and(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) For a major defense acquisition program for which a designation of a major subprogram has been made under subsection (a), unit costs under this chapter shall be submitted in accordance with the definitions in subsection (d).”.(b) Milestone A Approval Certification Requirements.—Section 2366a of such title is amended—(1) in subsection (b)—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “a major defense acquisition program certified by the Milestone Decision Authority under subsection (a), if the projected cost of the program” and inserting “a major defense acquisition program certified by the Milestone Decision Authority under subsection (a) or a designated major subprogram of such program, if the projected cost of the program or subprogram”; and(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “or designated major subprogram” after “major defense acquisition program”; and(2) in subsection (c)—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):“(2) The term ‘designated major subprogram’ means a major subprogram of a major defense acquisition program designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title.”.(c) Milestone B Approval Certification Requirements.—Section 2366b of such title is amended—(1) in subsection (b)(1)—124 STAT. 4267(A) by striking “any changes to the program” and inserting “any changes to the program or a designated major subprogram of such program”; and(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “otherwise cause the program” and inserting “otherwise cause the program or subprogram”; and(2) in subsection (g)—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):“(2) The term ‘designated major subprogram’ means a major subprogram of a major defense acquisition program designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title.”.(d) Conforming Amendments to Section 2399.—Subsection (a) of section 2399 of such title is amended to read as follows:“(a) Condition for Proceeding Beyond Low-rate Initial Production.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide that a covered major defense acquisition program or a covered designated major subprogram may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until initial operational test and evaluation of the program or subprogram is completed.“(2) In this subsection:“(A) The term ‘covered major defense acquisition program’ means a major defense acquisition program that involves the acquisition of a weapon system that is a major system within the meaning of that term in section 2302(5) of this title.“(B) The term ‘covered designated major subprogram’ means a major subprogram designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title that is a major subprogram of a covered major defense acquisition program.”.(e) Conforming Amendments to Section 2434.—Section 2434(a) of such title is amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary of Defense”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The provisions of this section shall apply to any major subprogram of a major defense acquisition program (as designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this title) in the same manner as those provisions apply to a major defense acquisition program, and any reference in this section to a program shall be treated as including such a subprogram.”.