IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION PROCESSES OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.

SEC. 1681. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION PROCESSES OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY. (a) Notification on Changes to Non-standard Acquisition Processes and Responsibilities.— (1) Limitation.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for the Secretary of Defense may be obligated or expended to change the non-standard acquisition processes and responsibilities described in paragraph (2) until— (A) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees of such proposed change; and (B) a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date of such notification. (2) Non-standard acquisition processes and responsibilities described.—The non-standard acquisition processes and responsibilities described in this paragraph are such processes and responsibilities described in— (A) the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense titled “Missile Defense Program Direction” signed on January 2, 2002; (B) Department of Defense Directive 5134.09, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and (C) United States Strategic Command Instruction 583-3. (b) Integrated Master Test Plan Information.—Together with the release of each integrated master test plan of the Missile Defense Agency, and at the same time as each budget of the President is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall make publicly available a version of each such plan that identifies the fiscal year and the fiscal quarter in which events under the plan will occur. (c) Missile Defense Executive Board.—In addition to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering serving as chair of the Missile Defense Executive Board pursuant to section 1676(c)(3)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1773), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall serve— (1) as a member of the Board; and (2) as co-chair with respect to decisions regarding acquisition and the approval of acquisition and production milestones, including with respect to the use of other transaction authority contracts and transactions in excess of $500,000,000 (including all options).