; (4) the recently completed Missile Defense Review explicitly highlights, in stark terms, the threat posed to the United States by ballistic and hypersonic missile threats; and (5) the Missile Defense Agency should maintain its nonstandard acquisition authorities in order to continue to rapidly design, test, and deliver critically needed defensive capabilities to the warfighter. (c) Changes to nonstandard acquisition processes and responsibilities (1) Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to change the nonstandard acquisition processes and responsibilities described in paragraph (2) until the Secretary— (A) has consulted with the Under Secretary of Defense for Engineering and Policy, the secretaries of the military departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), the Commander of United States Northern Command (US­NORTHCOM), and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency; (B) certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary has coordinated the changes with and received the views of the individuals referred to in subparagraph (A); (C) submits to the congressional defense committees a report describing the changes, the rationale for the changes, and the views of the individuals referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to such changes; and (D) a period of 270 days has elapsed since submittal of the report under subparagraph (C). (2) Nonstandard acquisition processes and responsibilities described The nonstandard acquisition processes and responsibilities described in this paragraph are such processes and responsibilities described in— (A) the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense titled Missile Defense Program Direction signed on January 2, 2002