50 USC 2577 – Annual Selected Acquisition Reports on certain hardware relating to defense nuclear nonproliferation
(a) Annual Selected Acquisition Reports
(1) In general
At the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each covered hardware project. The reports shall be known as Selected Acquisition Reports for the covered hardware project concerned.
(2) Matters included
The information contained in the Selected Acquisition Report for a fiscal year for a covered hardware project shall be the information contained in the Selected Acquisition Report for such fiscal year for a major defense acquisition program under section 4351 of title 10 or any successor system, expressed in terms of the covered hardware project.
(b) Covered hardware project defined
In this section, the term “covered hardware project” means a project carried out under the defense nuclear nonproliferation research and development program that—
(1) is focused on the production and deployment of hardware, including with respect to the development and deployment of satellites or satellite payloads; and
(2) exceeds $500,000,000 in total program cost over the course of five years.
Terms Used In 50 USC 2577
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.