,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbe,mr4 
,garamendi 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1 
,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,deluzio1 and ,ms4   
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj to shorten  
breach reporting timelines1 increase    
program transparency1 and improve       
congressional oversight of ,department  
of ,defense cost overruns with respect  
to the cost growth for major systems1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,shorten   
,nunn-,mc,curdy breach report timeline  
,section #dcgd of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7a71 by striking ,when a unit
 cost report and inserting ,not later   
than #cj days after a unit cost report2 
7#b7 in subsection 7b71 by striking     
,when a unit cost report and inserting  
,not later than #cj days after a unit   
cost report2 and  7#c7 in subsection    

7c71 by amending paragraph 7#b7 to read 
as follows3  7#b7 ,time for submission  
of notification to ,congress ,in the    
case of a determination based on a      
quarterly report submitted in accordance
 with section #dcgb of this title or a  
report submitted in accordance with     
section #dcgc of this title1 the        
,secretary shall submit the notification
 to ,congress within #cj days after the 
date on which the determination was     
made4  4  #b4 ,end item major subprogram
 designation ,section #dbjc7;a77#a7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 ,if   
the ,secretary of ,defense determines   
that a major defense acquisition program
 requires the delivery of two or more   
end items that are each estimated to    
require an eventual total expenditure   
for research1 development1 test1        
evaluation1 operation1 and support of   
more than #ejj1jjj1jjj1 the ,secretary  
shall designate each such end item as a 

major subprogram for the purposes of    
acquisition reporting under this        
subpart4  4  #c4 ,operations and support
 cost inclusion ,section #dbad7;a77#b7  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by inserting for the life cycle 
of such major defense acquisition       
program or designated major subprogram  
before the period at the end4  #d4      
,critical cost growth termination       
,section #dcgf of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7b7--  7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a71 by inserting 7other than a program
 described in paragraph 7#d77;,a77 after
 major defense acquisition program2     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7i7 by        
striking ,a written and inserting 7,a7  
,a written2 and  7ii7 by adding at the  
end the following new subparagraph3     
7,b7 ,the ,secretary shall make publicly
 available on a website of the          
,department of ,defense each report     
required under subparagraph 7,a74  2 and
  7,c7 by adding at the end the         

following new paragraphs3  7#d7 ,second 
critical breach  7,a7 ,the ,secretary   
may not submit to ,congress a written   
certification under paragraph 7#a7 with 
respect to a major defense acquisition  
program that has had more than one      
program acquisition unit cost increase  
or procurement unit cost increase       
resulting in a reassessment under       
subsection 7a74  7,b7 ,the ,secretary   
shall terminate a major defense         
acquisition program described in        
subparagraph 7,a7 not later than #ij    
days after conducting the reassessment  
required by subsection 7a7 with respect 
the program4  7#e7 ,delegation ,the     
,secretary may not delegate the         
submission of a written certification   
under paragraph 7#a74  2 and  7#b7 in   
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 in paragraph     
7#b71 by striking and at the end2  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#d7          

consideration of termination plans that 
maximize value1 including--  7,a7       
immediate termination of the program    
with no further action2  7,b7           
termination of the program after        
completion of the end items in          
production and for which funds have been
 obligated or expended under the program
 as of the date that--  7i7 if the      
program was terminated under subsection 
7b77#a71 is the last day of the         
applicable #fj-;day period described in 
such subsection for the program2 or     
7ii7 if the program was terminated under
 subsection 7b77#d71 is #ij days after  
the date on which the ,secretary        
completed the reassessment required by  
subsection 7a7 pursuant to which the    
program was so terminated2  7,c7        
termination of the program after        
completion of the end items described in
 subparagraph 7,b7 for which the resale 
value exceeds the cost of completing    
such end items2 and  7,d7 any other     
course of action to maximize the value  

to the ,government of the funds that    
have been obligated or expended under   
the program as of the date that--  7i7  
if the program was terminated under     
subsection 7b77#a71 is the last day of  
the applicable #fj-;day period described
 in such subsection for the program2 or 
7ii7 if the program was terminated under
 subsection 7b77#d71 is #ij days after  
the date on which the ,secretary        
completed the reassessment required by  
subsection 7a7 pursuant to which the    
program was so terminated4  4