PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2455 SEC. 217. COST ANALYSIS OF F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) REVIEW AND REPORT.— The Secretary of Defense shall direct the Cost Analysis Improvement Group in the Office of the Secretary of Defense to review the F-22 aircraft program, analyze and estimate the production costs of the program, and submit to the Secretary a report on the results of the review. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT. — The report shall include— (1) a comparison of— (A) the results of the review, with (B) the results of the last independent estimate of production costs of the program that was prepared by the Cost Analysis Improvement Group in July 1991; and (2) a description of any major changes in programmatic assumptions that have occurred since the estimate referred to in paragraph (1)(B) was made, including any major change in assumptions regarding the program schedule, the quantity of aircraft to be developed and acquired, and the annual rates of production, together with an assessment of the effects of such changes on the program. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— Not later than March 30, 1997, the Secretary shall submit the report to the congressional defense committees, together with the Secretary's views on the matters covered by the report. (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— Not more than 92 percent of the funds appropriated for the F-22 aircraft program pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 103(1) may be expended until the Secretary of Defense submits the report required under this section. SEC. 218. F -22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM REPORTS. (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) At the same time that the President submits the budget for a fiscal year to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on event-based decisionmaking for the F-22 aircraft program for that fiscal year. The Secretary shall submit the report for fiscal year 1997 not later than October 1, 1996. (2) The report for a fiscal year shall include the following: (A) A discussion of each decision known within the Department of Defense as an "event-based decision" that is expected to be made during that fiscal year regarding whether the F- 22 program is to proceed into a new phase or into a new administrative subdivision of a phase. (B) The criteria known within the Department of Defense as "exit criteria" to be applied, for purposes of making the event-based decision, in determining whether the F-22 aircraft program has demonstrated the specific progress necessary for proceeding into the new phase or administrative subdivision of a phase. (b) REPORT ON EVENT-BASED DECISIONS. — Not later than 30 days after an event-based decision has been made for the F-22 aircraft program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the decision. The report shall include the following: (1) A discussion of the commitments made, and the commitments to be made, under the program as a result of the decision. (2) The exit criteria applied for purposes of the decision.
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