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the period covered by the future-years defense pro-
gram submitted during the fiscal year in which the 
certification is made; 
‘‘(4) the program is affordable when consid-
ering the ability of the Department of Defense to ac-
complish the program’s mission using alternative 
systems; 
‘‘(5) the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
has accomplished its duties with respect to the pro-
gram pursuant to section 181(b) of this title, includ-
ing an analysis of the operational requirements for 
the program; and 
‘‘(6) the program complies with all relevant 
policies, regulations, and directives of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The certification 
required under subsection (a) with respect to a major de-
fense acquisition program shall be submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees at least 30 days before ap-
proval of Milestone B or Key Decision Point B. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Sec-
retary may waive the applicability of the certification re-
quirement under subsection (a) to a major defense acquisi-
tion program if the Secretary determines that, but for 
such a waiver, the Department would be unable to meet
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national security objectives. Whenever the Secretary 
makes such a determination and authorizes such a waiver, 
the Secretary shall submit notice of such waiver and of 
the Secretary’s determination, and the reasons for the de-
termination, in writing to the congressional defense com-
mittees within 30 days after authorizing the waiver. 
‘‘(d) NONDELEGATION.—The Secretary may not del-
egate the certification requirement under subsection (a) 
or the authority to waive such requirement under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram’ means a Department of Defense acquisition 
program that is a major defense acquisition program 
for purposes of section 2430 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Milestone B approval’ has the 
meaning provided that term in section 2366(e)(7) of 
this title. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Key Decision Point B’ means 
the official program initiation of a National Security 
Space program of the Department of Defense, which 
triggers a formal review to determine maturity of 
technology and the program’s readiness to begin the 
preliminary system design.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2366 the following new 
item:
‘‘2366a. Major defense acquisition programs: certification required before Mile-
stone B approval or Key Decision Point B approval.’’.
SEC. 802. REQUIREMENT FOR ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 
TO 
MAJOR 
DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES REQUIREMENT.—
Chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 2433 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2433a. Analysis of alternatives 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT IF UNIT COSTS EXCEED 15 
PERCENT.—If the percentage increase in the program ac-
quisition unit cost or procurement unit cost of a major 
defense acquisition program (as determined by the Sec-
retary concerned under section 2433(d)(3) of this title) 
exceeds 15 percent, then the Secretary concerned shall ini-
tiate an analysis of alternatives for the major defense ac-
quisition program, in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS COVERED IN ANALYSIS OF ALTER-
NATIVES.—An analysis of alternatives for a major defense 
acquisition program shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(1) Projected cost to complete the program if 
current requirements are not modified. 
‘‘(2) Projected cost to complete the program 
based on potential modifications to the requirements. 
‘‘(3) Projected cost to complete the program 
based on design modifications, enhancements to the 
producibility of the program, and manufacturing ef-
ficiencies. 
‘‘(4) Projected cost and capabilities of the pro-
gram that could be delivered within the originally 
authorized budget for the program, including any in-
crease or decrease in capability. 
‘‘(5) Projected cost for an alternative system or 
capability. 
‘‘(c) COMPLETION
AND
SUBMISSION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—With respect to any analysis of alternatives initi-
ated under this section, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall complete the analysis not later than 
1 year after the date of initiation; and 
‘‘(2) shall submit the analysis to the congres-
sional defense committees not later than 30 days 
after the date of completion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2433a. Analysis of alternatives.’’.
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SEC. 803. AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO RE-
VISE BASELINE FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUI-
SITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 2433(e)(2) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) of 
subparagraph (A) as subclauses (I) through (IV), re-
spectively; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii); and 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘the Secretary of Defense 
shall’’ the following: ‘‘either (A) return the program 
to Milestone B or to Key Decision Point B in the 
case of a space system, conduct a re-baseline for the 
program under section 2435(d), and notify the con-
gressional defense committees of such return and re-
vision, or (B)’’. 
(b) BASELINE DESCRIPTION.—Section 2435(a)(1) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The baseline shall be the baseline used for all purposes 
under this chapter.’’. 
(c) RE-BASELINE AUTHORIZED.—Section 2435 of 
such title is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and