(D) the plan for mitigating technical, cost, 
and schedule risks identified in accordance with 
subsection (a)(1)(A); and 
(E) the name of the person responsible for 
making notifications under subsection (c), who 
shall be an individual whose primary responsi-
bility is overseeing the program. 
(3) INFORMATION UPDATES.—For major pro-
grams for which a Baseline Report has been sub-
mitted, each subsequent Major Program Annual Re-
port shall describe any changes to the information 
that had been provided in the Baseline Report, and 
the reasons for those changes. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The individual identified 
under subsection (b)(2)(E) shall immediately notify 
the Administrator any time that individual has rea-
sonable cause to believe that, for the major program 
for which he or she is responsible— 
(A) the development cost of the program is 
likely to exceed the estimate provided in the 
Baseline Report of the program by 15 percent 
or more; or 
(B) a milestone of the program is likely to 
be delayed by 6 months or more from the date 
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provided for it in the Baseline Report of the 
program. 
(2) REASONS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the notification required under paragraph (1), the 
individual identified under subsection (b)(2)(E) shall 
transmit to the Administrator a written notification 
explaining the reasons for the change in the cost or 
milestone of the program for which notification was 
provided under paragraph (1). 
(3) NOTIFICATION
OF
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 15 days after the Administrator receives a writ-
ten notification under paragraph (2), the Adminis-
trator shall transmit the notification to the Com-
mittee on Science of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate. 
(d) FIFTEEN PERCENT THRESHOLD.—Not later 
than 30 days after receiving a written notification under 
subsection (c)(2), the Administrator shall determine 
whether the development cost of the program is likely to 
exceed the estimate provided in the Baseline Report of the 
program by 15 percent or more, or whether a milestone 
is likely to be delayed by 6 months or more. If the deter-
mination is affirmative, the Administrator shall— 
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(1) transmit to the Committee on Science of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate, not later than 15 days after making the deter-
mination, a report that includes— 
(A) a description of the increase in cost or 
delay in schedule and a detailed explanation for 
the increase or delay; 
(B) a description of actions taken or pro-
posed to be taken in response to the cost in-
crease or delay; and 
(C) a description of any impacts the cost 
increase or schedule delay, or the actions de-
scribed under subparagraph (B), will have on 
any other program within the Administration; 
and 
(2) if the Administrator intends to continue 
with the program, promptly initiate an analysis of 
the program, which shall include, at a minimum— 
(A) the projected cost and schedule for 
completing the program if current requirements 
of the program are not modified; 
(B) the projected cost and the schedule for 
completing the program after instituting the ac-
tions described under paragraph (1)(B); and 
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(C) a description of, and the projected cost 
and schedule for, a broad range of alternatives 
to the program. 
The Administration shall complete an analysis initiated 
under paragraph (2) not later than 6 months after the 
Administrator makes a determination under this sub-
section. The Administrator shall transmit the analysis to 
the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives 
and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate not later than 30 days after its com-
pletion. 
(e) THIRTY PERCENT THRESHOLD.—If the Adminis-
trator determines under subsection (d) that the develop-
ment cost of a program will exceed the estimate provided 
in the Baseline Report of the program by more than 30 
percent, then, beginning 18 months after the date the Ad-
ministrator transmits a report under subsection (d)(1), 
the Administrator shall not expend any additional funds 
on the program, other than termination costs, unless the 
Congress has subsequently authorized continuation of the 
program by law. An appropriation for the specific program 
enacted subsequent to a report being transmitted shall be 
considered an authorization for purposes of this sub-
section. If the program is continued, the Administrator 
shall submit a new Baseline Report for the program no 
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later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act 
under which Congress has authorized continuation of the 
program. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘development’’ means the phase of 
a program following the formulation phase and be-
ginning with the approval to proceed to implementa-
tion. 
(2) the term ‘‘development cost’’ means the 
total of all costs, including construction of facilities 
and civil servant costs, from the period beginning 
with the approval to proceed to implementation 
through the achievement of operational readiness, 
without regard to funding source or management 
control, for the life of the program; 
(3) the term ‘‘life-cycle cost’’ means the total of 
the direct, indirect, recurring, and nonrecurring 
costs, including the construction of facilities and civil 
servant costs, and other related expenses incurred or 
estimated to be incurred in the design, development, 
verification, production, operation, maintenance, 
support, and retirement of a program over its 
planned lifespan, without regard to funding source 
or management control; and 
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