REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR STAND-ALONE MANPOWER ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 831. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR STAND-ALONE MANPOWER ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. (a) Repeal of Requirement.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 2434 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “and a manpower estimate for the program have” and inserting “has”. (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Regulations.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2); (2) by striking “shall require—” and all that follows through “that the independent” and inserting “shall require that the independent”; (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and moving those paragraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; and (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking “and operations and support,” and inserting “operations and support, and trained manpower to operate, maintain, and support the program upon full operational deployment,”; and (B) by striking “; and” and inserting a period. (c) Clerical Amendments.— (1) Section heading.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 2434. Independent cost estimates” . (2) Table of sections.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 144 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2434 and inserting the following: “2434. Independent cost estimates.” .