MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 830. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. (a) Modification of Report to Congress.—Section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding after “major defense acquisition programs” the following: “and any program that is estimated by the Secretary of Defense to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test, and evaluation of more than $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars) or an eventual total expenditure for procurement, including all planned increments or spirals, of more than $1,800,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(i) Form of Report.—A Selected Acquisition Report required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form without any designation relating to dissemination control, but may contain a classified annex. “(j) Termination.—The requirements under this section shall terminate after the final submission covering fiscal year 2021.” . (b) Proposal for Reports on Acquisition Programs and Activities.—Not later than October 15, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a proposal for an alternative methodology for reporting on all acquisition programs that includes— (1) conforming changes from the most recent update of Department of Defense Directive 5000.01 (The Defense Acquisition System) and Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 (Operation of the Defense Acquisition System); (2) the reporting requirements relating to Selected Acquisition Reports under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code; (3) the reporting requirements relating to unit costs under section 2433 of such title; and (4) the reporting requirements for acquisition programs that use alternative acquisition pathways or tailored acquisition procedures.