To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve program stability of major defense acquisition programs by establishing new congressional authorization procedures and improving cost schedule and performance control.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to provide that when a major defense acquisition program (MDAP) is approved by the Congress to proceed into the full-scale engineering development stage or the production stage, the Congress shall authorize the appropriate funds for that stage in a single amount sufficient to carry out that stage. Prohibits any such stage from beginning until the Congress has authorized and appropriated funds for such stage. Requires the Secretary of Defense to include in a request to the Congress for funding for a MDAP stage specified information as to the nature and cost of such stage, including a baseline description of the development, production, and use of the system to be delivered under the program. Requires the Secretary, if he or she determines that there is a significant adverse system change during a stage of development or production, to notify the Congress of the change within ten days, at which time funds appropriated for such program may no longer be obligated. Terminates such funding prohibition at the end of a 45-day period after a new baseline description report is submitted to the Congress concerning such development or production st…