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10 USC 2432.

PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986

"(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.".

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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2435 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(1)), shall apply to major defense acquisi-

tion 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: 10 USC 2436.

"§ 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

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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'. "(c) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of Defense shall issue guidelines governing the management of defense enterprise programs. Such guidelines shall include the following requirements: "(1) The Secretary concerned shall designate a program executive officer for each program. "(2) The program manager for each program shall report with respect to such program directly, without intervening review or ' approval, to the program executive officer for the program. "" "(3) The program executive officer for a program shall report with respect to such program directly, without intervening review or approval, to the senior procurement executive of the military department concerned designated pursuant to section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3)). "(4) The program executive officer to whom a defense enterprise program manager reports shall evaluate the job performance of such manager on an annual basis. In conducting an f evaluation under this paragraph, a program executive officer shall consider the extent to which the manager has achieved the objectives of the program for which the manager is responsible, f including quality, timeliness, and cost objectives.

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