PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986
100 STAT. 1783-134
"(b) PROGRAM DEVIATION REPORTS.—(1) The program manager of a major defense acquisition program shall immediately submit a program deviation report for such program to the Secretary of the military department concerned and to the senior procurement executive of such military department (designated pursuant to section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3))) if such manager determines at any time during the full-scale engineering development stage or the production stage that there is reasonable cause to believe that— "(A) the total cost of completion of the program will be more than the amount specified in the baseline description established under subsection (a) for such stage; "(B) any milestone specified in such baseline description will not be completed as scheduled; or "(C) the system to be acquired under the program will not fulfill the description of performance, technical characteristics, or configuration specified in such baseline description. "(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall, with respect to any major defense acquisition program for which a program deviation report is received under paragraph (1)— "(A) establish a review panel to review such program; and "(B) submit a report containing the program deviation report and the results of such review to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition before the end of the 45-day period beginning on the date that the program deviation report is submitted under paragraph (1). "(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 'major defense acquisition program' has the meaning given that term in section 2432(a)(1) of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2434 the following new item: "2435. Enhanced program stability.".
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2435 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(1)), shall apply to major defense acquisition programs that enter full-scale engineering development or fullrate production after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 905. DEFENSE ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2435 (as added by section 904) the following new section: "§ 2436. Defense enterprise programs "(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct, through the Secretaries of the military departments, a program with respect to increasing the efficiency of the management structure of defense acquisition programs by reducing the number of officials through whom a program manager reports to the senior procurement executive of the military department concerned. "(b) DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of
a military department may designate any defense acquisition program under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to participate in the program described in subsection (a). A program designated under this subsection shall be known as a 'defense enterprise program'.
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