NASA assessment of early cost estimates

Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a review of the development, application, and assessment of early cost estimates made prior to preliminary design review for NASA missions. The review may include— (1) an assessment of NASA processes related to the formation and evaluation of proposed and early-stage cost estimates; (2) an evaluation of NASA’s monitoring and management of cost estimates throughout mission development, in accordance with section 10861(b)(4) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–167); and (3) any such recommendations as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.