1. (a) In General.—

   1. (1) Commencement of total program reporting.— Total program reporting under this chapter shall apply to a major defense acquisition program when funds have been appropriated for such program and the Secretary of Defense has decided to proceed to system development and demonstration of such program.
   2. (2) Limited reports.— Reporting may be limited to the development program as provided in subsection (b) before a decision is made by the Secretary of Defense to proceed to system development and demonstration if the Secretary notifies the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives of the intention to submit a limited report under this section not less than 15 days before a report is due under this chapter.

2. (b) Content of Limited Reports.— A limited report under this section shall include the following:

   1. (1) The same information, in detail and summarized form, as is provided in reports submitted under subsections (b)(1) and (b)(3) of section 4205 of this title.
   2. (2) Reasons for any change in the development cost and schedule.
   3. (3) The major contracts under the development program and designated major subprograms under the program and the reasons for any cost or schedule variances under those contracts since the last Selected Acquisition Report.
   4. (4) Program highlights since the last Selected Acquisition Report.
   5. (5) Other information as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
3. (c) Submission of Limited Reports.— The submission requirements for a limited report under this section shall be the same as for quarterly Selected Acquisition Reports for total program reporting.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1849(a), (k), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4259, 4263.)

Codification

The text of subsec. (h) of section 2432 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1849(k)(1), was based on Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 961(a)(6)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–175, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 961(a)(6)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–175; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 961(a)(6), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3955, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(14), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473; Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3002(h)(3), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3329; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 841(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1843; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1045(a)(6), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1612; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, § 811(b)(5), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4522.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4358 was renumbered section 7458 of this title.

Prior sections 4359 to 4362 were renumbered sections 7459 to 7462 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1849(k)(1), transferred subsec. (h) of section 2432 of this title to this section, struck out subsec. designation, and redesignated pars. (1) to (3) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1849(k)(2), inserted subsec. heading, designated first and second sentences as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, inserted par. headings, in par. (1), substituted “Total program reporting under this chapter” for “Total program reporting under this section”, and, in par. (2), substituted “subsection (b)” for “paragraph (2)”, “under this section” for “under this subsection”, and “under this chapter.” for “under this section.”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1849(k)(3), inserted heading, redesignated subpars. (A) to (E) as pars. (1) to (5), respectively, and substituted “under this section” for “under this subsection” in introductory provisions and “section 4205” for “section 2431” in par. (1).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1849(k)(4), inserted heading and substituted “under this section” for “under this subsection”.

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.