§5512 Ballistic missile defense programs: display of amounts for research, development, test, and evaluation

Summary

Requires that any budget money for research, development, test, and evaluation to add a ballistic missile defense element be shown in the Department of Defense’s Defense-wide RDT&E account and listed under the Missile Defense Agency subaccount. The Secretary of Defense must make rules for moving a missile defense program from the Missile Defense Agency to a military department. The rules must cover technical readiness, production facility availability, and the military department’s funding commitment shown in the future-years defense program. The Secretary must send those rules to the congressional defense committees. Before a transfer, the Secretary must notify those committees in writing, certify the program meets the rules, and wait 60 days after the notice. After a transfer, budget plans must be updated and RDT&E roles for system improvements must be clearly assigned.