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 116 STAT. 2602 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2307 the following new item: "2308. Buy-to-budget acquisition: end items.". 10 USC 2308 (b) TIME FOR ISSUANCE OF FINAL REGULATIONS.— The Secretary note. of Defense shall issue the final regulations under section 2308(b) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 802. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY ACQUISITION OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. Deadline. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. --(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the approach that the Secretary plans to take to apply the requirements listed in paragraph (2) to major defense acquisition programs that follow the evolutionary acquisition process. (2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are— (A) the requirements of chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code; (B) sections 139, 181, 2366, 2399, and 2400 of such title; (C) Department of Defense Directive 5000.1; (D) Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2; (E) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.0 IB; and (F) other provisions of law and regulations (including successor documents) that are applicable to such programs. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.— The report shall, at a minimum, address the following matters: (1) The manner in which the Secretary plans to establish and approve, for each increment of an evolutionary acquisition process— - (A) operational requirements; and (B) cost and schedule goals. (2) The manner in which the Secretary plans, for each increment of an evolutionary acquisition process— (A) to meet requirements for operational testing and live fire testing; (B) to monitor cost and schedule performance; and (C) to comply with laws requiring reports to Congress on results testing and on cost and schedule performance. (3) The manner in which the Secretary plans to ensure that each increment of an evolutionary acquisition process is designed— (A) to achieve interoperability within and among United States forces and United States coalition partners; and (B) to optimize total system performance and minimize total ownership costs by giving appropriate consideration to— (i) logistics planning; (ii) manpower, personnel, and training; (iii) human, environmental, safety, occupational health, accessibility, survivability, operational continuity, and security factors; (iv) protection of critical program information; and

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