REVISIONS IN AUTHORITY RELATING TO PROGRAM COST TARGETS AND FIELDING TARGETS FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 831. REVISIONS IN AUTHORITY RELATING TO PROGRAM COST TARGETS AND FIELDING TARGETS FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. (a) Revisions in Authority Relating to Program Cost and Fielding Targets.—Section 2448a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “Secretary of Defense” and inserting “designated milestone decision authority for the program”; (2) by striking “the milestone decision authority for the major defense acquisition program approves a program that” and inserting “the program”; (3) by striking subsection (b); and (4) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). (b) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Section 181(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (3); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively. (2) Section 2366a(c)(1)(A) of such title is amended by striking “by the Secretary of Defense”. (3) Section 2366b of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(3)(D), by striking “Secretary of Defense after a request for such increase or delay by the”; and (B) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking “by the Secretary of Defense”. (4) Section 925(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2361; 10 U.S.C. 2448a note) is amended by striking “Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff” and inserting “designated milestone decision authority for the major defense acquisition program and the Vice Chief of Staff of the armed force concerned or, in the case of a program for which an alternate milestone decision authority is designated under section 2430(d)(2) of such title, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”.