113 HR 4228 : DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-06-10
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1.This Act may be cited as the DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act
.
2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
Sec. 5. Prohibition on additional authorization of appropriations.
Title I—Acquisition Authorities
Sec. 101. Acquisition authorities for Under Secretary for Management.
Sec. 102. Acquisition authorities for Chief Financial Officer.
Sec. 103. Acquisition authorities for Chief Information Officer.
Sec. 104. Chief Procurement Officer.
Sec. 105. Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition programs.
Title II—Acquisition Program Management Discipline
Sec. 201. Acquisition Review Board.
Sec. 202. Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs.
Sec. 203. Government Accountability Office review of Board and of requirements to reduce
duplication in acquisition programs.
Sec. 204. Excluded Party List System waivers.
Sec. 205. Inspector General oversight of suspension and debarment.
Title III—Acquisition Program Management Accountability and Transparency
Sec. 301. Congressional notification and other requirements for major acquisition program breach.
Sec. 302. Multiyear acquisition strategy.
Sec. 303. Acquisition reports.
Sec. 304. Government Accountability Office review of multiyear acquisition strategy.
Sec. 305. Office of Inspector General report.
3.Congress finds the following:
(1)The Department of Homeland Security does not consistently implement its policies and Government and
private sector best practices for acquisitions and procurement.
(2)It is difficult to determine the cost of the Department’s major acquisition programs because the
Department has not provided consistent, comparable updates on an annual
basis. As of January 2014, the Department identified over 80 major
acquisition programs costing over $300,000,000, and, based on 2011,
estimates it plans to spend about $170,000,000,000 in the future on major
acquisition programs.
(3)Since 2005, the Government Accountability Office has placed Department acquisition management
activities on its High-Risk List
, which identifies Government operations that have greater susceptibility to fraud, waste, abuse,
and mismanagement or greater need for transformation to address economy,
efficiency, or effectiveness challenges.
(4)While the Department has taken actions to address some high-risk acquisition program management
issues, many programs continue to experience challenges with funding
instability, workforce shortfalls, reliable cost estimates, realistic
schedules, agreed-upon baseline objectives, and consistent and reliable
data needed to accurately measure program performance.
(5)Of the 77 Department major acquisition programs in 2011, the Government Accountability Office
identified 42 programs that experienced cost growth, schedule slips, or
both. The Department reported that the magnitude of the cost growth for 16
of the 42 programs, which increased from almost $20,000,000,000 to over
$50,000,000,000 in 2011, had an aggregate increase of 166 percent.
(6)In 2012, the Government Accountability Office found that only 20 of 63 programs had
Department-approved acquisition program baselines. The Government
Accountability Office also reported that the Department planned to spend
more than $105 billion on programs lacking acquisition program baselines.
4.
(a)In this Act:
(1)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2)The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security.
(3)Congressional homeland security committeesThe term congressional homeland security committees means—
(A)the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.
(b)In this Act:
(1)The term acquisition has the meaning provided in section 131 of title 41, United States Code.
(2)The term best practices, with respect to acquisition, means a knowledge-based approach to capability development that
includes identifying and validating needs; assessing alternatives to
select the most appropriate solution; clearly establishing well-defined
requirements; developing realistic cost assessments and schedules;
securing stable funding that matches resources to requirements;
demonstrating technology, design, and manufacturing maturity; using
milestones and exit criteria or specific accomplishments that demonstrate
progress; adopting and executing standardized processes with known success
across programs; establishing an adequate workforce that is qualified and
sufficient to perform necessary functions; and integrating these
capabilities into the Department’s mission and business operations.
(c)Amendments to definitions in homeland security act of 2002Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended—
(1)by striking In this Act,
and inserting (a) In General.—In this Act,
;
(2)in paragraph (2)—
(A)by inserting (A)
after (2)
; and
(B)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(B)The term congressional homeland security committees means—
(i)the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(ii)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, where
appropriate.; and
(3)by adding at the end the following new subsection:
(b)Acquisition-Related definitionsIn this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1)The term acquisition has the meaning provided in section 131 of title 41, United States Code.
(2)Acquisition decision authorityThe term acquisition decision authority means the authority, held by the Secretary acting through the Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary
for Management—
(A)to ensure compliance with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department
acquisition management directives;
(B)to review (including approving, halting, modifying, or cancelling) an acquisition program through
the life cycle of the program;
(C)to ensure that program managers have the resources necessary to successfully execute an approved
acquisition program; and
(D)to ensure good program management of cost, schedule, risk, and system performance of the
acquisition, including assessing acquisition program baseline breaches and
directing any corrective action for such breaches.
(3)Acquisition decision eventThe term acquisition decision event, with respect to an investment or acquisition program, means a predetermined point within the
acquisition phases of the investment or acquisition program at which the
investment or acquisition program will undergo a review prior to
commencement of the next phase.
(4)Acquisition decision memorandumThe term acquisition decision memorandum, with respect to an acquisition, means the official acquisition decision event record that
includes a documented record of decisions, exit criteria, and assigned
actions for the acquisition as determined by the person exercising
acquisition decision authority for the acquisition.
(5)Acquisition program baselineThe term acquisition program baseline, with respect to an acquisition program, means a summary of the cost, schedule, and performance
parameters, expressed in standard, measurable, quantitative terms, which
must be met in order to accomplish the goals of the program.
(6)Capability development planThe term capability development plan, with respect to a proposed acquisition, means the document that the Acquisition Review Board
approves for the first acquisition decision event related to validating
the need of a proposed acquisition.
(7)Component acquisition executiveThe term Component Acquisition Executive means the senior acquisition official within a Component who is designated in writing by the Under
Secretary for Management, in consultation with the Component head, with
authority and responsibility for leading a process and staff to provide
acquisition and program management oversight, policy, and guidance to
ensure that statutory, regulatory, and higher level policy requirements
are fulfilled, including compliance with Federal law, the Federal
Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisition management directives
established by the Under Secretary for Management.
(8)The term life cycle cost, with respect to an acquisition program, means all costs associated with research, development,
procurement, operation, integrated logistics support, and disposal under
the program, including supporting infrastructure that plans, manages, and
executes the program over its full life, and costs of common support items
incurred as a result of the program.
(9)Major acquisition programThe term major acquisition program means a Department acquisition program that is estimated by the Secretary to require an eventual
total expenditure of at least $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2014
constant dollars) over its life cycle cost..
5.Prohibition on additional authorization of appropriationsNo additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act and the amendments made
by this Act. This Act and such amendments shall be carried out using
amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
<enum>I</enum><header>Acquisition Authorities</header>
<section id="HE81DAD30BBE2474D9D1F2BC1986AE6EE"><enum>101.</enum><header>Acquisition authorities for Under Secretary for Management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/341">6 U.S.C. 341</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B083F997EB34D0ABDC4D80912B97163"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>Procurement</quote> and inserting <quote>Acquisition and procurement</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D83CE199A9C4BA0B969BD6B3AEB6920"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H68BFF18A7DED4D96BB29B0F120C57D9D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAF6201783BA845B2BAB70B54511E546F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acquisition and related responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H547B9EC573504D859F7C0E450DB8659B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1702">section 1702(b)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Management is the Chief Acquisition
Officer of the Department. As Chief Acquisition Officer, the Under
Secretary shall have the authority and perform the functions as specified
in section 1702(b) of such title, and perform all other functions and
responsibilities delegated by the Secretary or described in this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6728283EFA5E45B6BD5C94209DB89AFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties and responsibilities</header><text>In addition to the authority and functions specified in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1702">section 1702(b)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, the duties and responsibilities of the Under Secretary for
Management related to acquisition include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C6E303FD18C4DB28C148935289A1840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Advising the Secretary regarding acquisition management activities, taking into account risks of
failure to achieve cost, schedule, or performance parameters, to ensure
that the Department achieves its mission through the adoption of widely
accepted program management best practices and standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E087F392DF644D686C5A13DDF55C734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Exercising the acquisition decision authority to approve, halt, modify (including the rescission of
approvals of program milestones), or cancel major acquisition programs,
unless the Under Secretary delegates the authority to a Component
Acquisition Executive pursuant to paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31877B964E4A4A8D9B49036370F1EB49"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Establishing policies for acquisition that implement an approach that takes into account risks of
failure to achieve cost, schedule, or performance parameters that all
Components of the Department shall comply with, including outlining
relevant authorities for program managers to effectively manage
acquisition programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3A98928F5134A50B3FE7A77C723EE80"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring that each major acquisition program has a Department-approved acquisition program
baseline.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BFDB318310F4AB086046E6FDD61D2CA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring that the heads of Components and Component Acquisition Executives comply with Federal law,
the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisition management
directives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45DE03757EED4E81B883C355439AC207"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring that grants and financial assistance are provided only to individuals and organizations
that are not suspended or debarred.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D9203C33D2A461290E3787175A77313"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distributing guidance throughout the Department to ensure that contractors involved in
acquisitions, particularly companies that access the Department’s
information systems and technologies, adhere to internal cybersecurity
policies established by the Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A6B0822AC4C47A589117F44AFCF8B0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delegation of acquisition decision authority</header>
<subparagraph id="HD96B0C200FE84F8C968052ED1E6533DD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Level 3 acquisitions</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management may delegate acquisition decision authority in writing to the
relevant Component Acquisition Executive for an acquisition program that
has a life cycle cost estimate of less than $300,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0617E5782774495E8256321AE094515A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Level 2 acquisitions</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management may delegate acquisition decision authority in writing to the
relevant Component Acquisition Executive for a major acquisition program
that has a life cycle cost estimate of at least $300,000,000 but not more
than $1,000,000,000 if all of the following requirements are met:</text>
<clause id="HC45C1FF90CAC4AA7BDACFEBAD095403F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Component concerned possesses working policies, processes, and procedures that are consistent
with Department-level acquisition policy.</text>
</clause><clause id="H67E99DD3B4944846A389FE48D32FC87A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Component Acquisition Executive has adequate, experienced, dedicated program management
professional staff commensurate with the size of the delegated portfolio.</text>
</clause><clause id="H83C7BB56A9A746558B6E9D50B3F7F0C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Each major acquisition program concerned has written documentation showing that it has a
Department-approved acquisition program baseline and it is meeting
agreed-upon cost, schedule, and performance thresholds.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6BBDAD394D24E7CA0D1C561E9C3E85C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Excluded parties list system consultation</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management shall require that all Department contracting and procurement
officials consult the Excluded Parties List System (or successor system)
as maintained by the General Services Administration prior to awarding a
contract or grant or entering into other transactions to ascertain whether
the selected contractor is excluded from receiving Federal contracts,
certain subcontracts, and certain types of Federal financial and
non-financial assistance and benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC77DD419E542429B89CC9948FDC973F0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Relationship to under secretary for science and technology</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall diminish the authority granted to the Under Secretary for Science
and Technology under this Act. The Under Secretary for Management and the
Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall cooperate in matters
related to the coordination of acquisitions across the Department so that
investments of the Directorate of Science and Technology can support
current and future requirements of the Components.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H65C10694644E4F98A5EB24AA3F4C848C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Acquisition authorities for Chief Financial Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/342">6 U.S.C. 342</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end of subsection (b)(2) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAE6F36B9BEC24FF6B0B4512E4F833914" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5A543273FCB34DCBBA1516D10ABEF739"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/902">section 902</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, provide leadership over financial management policy and programs
for the Department as they relate to the Department’s acquisitions
programs, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1237DB846090466C82B028F16BA568CE"><enum>103.</enum><header>Acquisition authorities for Chief Information Officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 703 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/343">6 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H55823082B3AF4087AC78664A5E7C82A3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H97A4B3BA64024A09B1030BEB8CBE76EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acquisition responsibilities</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/11315">section 11315</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, the acquisition responsibilities of the Chief Information
Officer, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall
include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7203866F53AB489CAD495A41CB4559D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Serve as the lead technical authority for information technology programs and establish
departmental information technology priorities, policies, processes,
standards, guidelines, and procedures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA332E70AC414C76812A4A90C0CA00AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversee the management of the Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture and ensure that, before
each acquisition decision event, approved information technology
acquisitions comply with departmental information technology management
processes, technical requirements, and the Homeland Security Enterprise
Architecture, and in any case in which information technology acquisitions
do not comply with Departmental management directives, make
recommendations to the Acquisition Review Board regarding such
noncompliance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30AD9C7A65494F2591CC6489146A80BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Be responsible for providing recommendations to the Acquisition Review Board established in section
836 of this Act on information technology programs, and be responsible for
developing information technology acquisition strategic guidance.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCFFC9874EECE40A9A44C47E56BC35338"><enum>104.</enum><header>Chief Procurement Officer</header>
<subsection id="H2386826A698F4A0B91D2417B840B7939"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/341">6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEC4805DB248044BF9FF7E75C05EE7479" style="OLC">
<section id="H5287D6D736F54E05A9A01FA4CCDDEFF6"><enum>708.</enum><header>Chief Procurement Officer</header>
<subsection id="H5EDFE953ED314054A02A9C0D177796A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is a Chief Procurement Officer of the Department, who shall report directly to the Under
Secretary for Management. The Chief Procurement Officer is the senior
procurement executive for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1702">section 1702(c)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, and shall perform procurement functions as specified in such
section. The Chief Procurement Officer also shall perform other functions
and responsibilities set forth in this section and as may be assigned by
the Under Secretary for Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H823A07276EB646678A96BC1EE23DC9F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Chief Procurement Officer shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD21E0BE8F0CD4B1580D3BD9F8C5AD9D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exercise leadership and authority to the extent delegated by the Under Secretary for Management
over the Department procurement function;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4D92F41F5D246A2B663D5C54096561D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue acquisition regulations and policies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF032B0D39D34E4E9EB7A05244906BBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>account for the integrity, performance, and oversight of Department procurement and contracting
functions and be responsible for ensuring that a procurement’s contracting
strategy and plans are consistent with the intent and direction of the
Acquisition Review Board established in section 836 of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC30F6747B804CFCAFE3293DA4761687"><enum>(4)</enum><text>serve as the Department’s business advisor and main liaison to industry on procurement-related
issues by providing advice on industry engagement, acquisition policy,
oversight of the procurement function, and development of the acquisition
workforce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DACFE0194E54D3682FF9B015B581384"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oversee a centralized certification and training program, in consultation with the Under Secretary
for Management, for the entire Department acquisition workforce while
using, to the greatest extent practicable, best practices and acquisitions
training opportunities already in existence within the Federal Government,
the private sector, or universities and colleges, as appropriate, and
including training on how best to identify actions that warrant referrals
for suspension or debarment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CBA2147F3314B089DD361A5E2471A5E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>delegate or retain contracting authority, as appropriate, except as provided in section 701(d)(3)
of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D4C385CC7214082B4215C789638448C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>participate in the selection, and periodic performance review, of the head of each contracting
activity within the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32797C3AD9EC49E9A5561C17CE32C8BB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>collect baseline data and establish performance measures on the impact of strategic sourcing
initiatives on the private sector, including, in particular, small
businesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC70BE2190AD743FE8AF692CE2B273F76"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that a fair proportion (as defined pursuant to the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>)) of Federal contract and subcontract dollars are awarded to small businesses, maximize
opportunities for small business participation, and ensure, to the extent
practicable, small businesses that achieve qualified vendor status for
security-related technologies are provided an opportunity to compete for
contracts for such technology.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA09FAB9D93D0421D8939BD30C9DD3101"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding after the item relating to section 707 the following new item:</text>
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</subsection></section><section id="H04506A5B84254F02A4244C70566482E9"><enum>105.</enum><header>Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="HEB8E00FF9E554E18B8CAB6ED15350AD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/341">6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC0CDF678229A4C07945291E9BB433E63" style="OLC">
<section id="H537FCA9C840B4AF4BF740BDBE761B20C"><enum>709.</enum><header>Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="HB4D36257BC7F4463A3E260F934592122"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To establish mechanism</header><text>Within the Management Directorate, the Under Secretary for Management shall establish a mechanism
to prioritize improving the accountability, standardization, and
transparency of major acquisition programs of the Department in order to
increase opportunities for effectiveness and efficiencies and to serve as
the central oversight function of all Department acquisition programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDAFF22C692C6450787720CB2C2BC632B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities of executive director</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management shall designate an Executive Director to oversee the requirement
under subsection (a). The Executive Director shall report directly to the
Under Secretary and shall carry out the following responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="H5AAB086BE2FF4BE9AB6A28C9C5FE1AEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Monitor the performance of Department acquisition programs regularly between acquisition decision
events to identify problems with cost, performance, or schedule that
Components may need to address to prevent cost overruns, performance
issues, or schedule delays.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95CD9762747B445D9934C5CA5D4F27D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Assist the Chief Acquisition Officer in managing the Department’s acquisition portfolio.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H829BF7273A4F4921993FB48F679E2EE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Conduct oversight of individual acquisition programs to implement Department acquisition program
policy, procedures, and guidance with a priority on ensuring the data it
collects and maintains from its Components is accurate and reliable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H406157DC8E0C422CBF0D50CEACE8551B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Serve as the focal point within the Department for policy, process, and procedure regarding life
cycle cost estimating and analysis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07EF7D0237CE4B2FBE175367A1EADD23"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Serve as the focal point and coordinator for the acquisition life cycle review process and as the
executive secretariat for the Acquisition Review Board established under
section 836 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13C7511FFAAC4E399427601C17DF9DC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Advise the persons having acquisition decision authority in making acquisition decisions consistent
with all applicable laws and in establishing clear lines of authority,
accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decisionmaking within
the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H186F4E3E0F0740B5B921FD221DB6C90C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Engage in the strategic planning and performance evaluation process required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/306">section 306</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and sections 1105(a)(28), 1115, 1116, and 9703 of title 31, United
States Code, by supporting the Chief Procurement Officer in developing
strategies and specific plans for hiring, training, and professional
development in order to rectify any deficiency within the Department’s
acquisition workforce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82686AA8F3FB48348D7870ACF5013A0E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Oversee the Component Acquisition Executive structure to ensure it has sufficient capabilities and
complies with Department policies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5736C4670F6446D939142150F254769"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Develop standardized certification standards in consultation with the Component Acquisition
Executives for all acquisition program managers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5B4B3DCDD3B4598B169A9D9F0C71F33"><enum>(10)</enum><text>In the event that a program manager’s certification or actions need review for purposes of
promotion or removal, provide input, in consultation with the relevant
Component Acquisition Executive, into the relevant program manager’s
performance evaluation, and report positive or negative experiences to the
relevant certifying authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBC27E4B03C148AFBE8D36F94B667812"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Provide technical support and assistance to Department acquisitions and acquisition personnel in
conjunction with the Chief Procurement Officer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77A5B45B3ABC478F9B8C186A3D7B0F97"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Prepare the Department’s Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report, as required by the Department of
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/6">Public Law 113–6</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 343) and section 840 of this Act, and make such report available to congressional
homeland security committees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EA7075F52D54B678F02E3AC19D0D2D6"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Prepare the Department’s Quarterly Program Accountability Report as required by section 840 of this
Act, and make such report available to the congressional homeland security
committees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7654F45AD82A4364936387F265BB3C85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities of components</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each head of a Component shall comply with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and
Department acquisition management directives established by the Under
Secretary for Management. For each major acquisition program, each head of
a Component shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H805485AD7D8D4BB48167591E83599D0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a complete life cycle cost estimate with supporting documentation, including an
acquisition program baseline;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89C3DDEB40A544E989E4A1879E0B3E30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>verify each life cycle cost estimate against independent cost estimates, and reconcile any
differences;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEF9DB36DB9E46DEAD8DCAF6A4439B44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>complete a cost-benefit analysis with supporting documentation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H389ACC21A05D499E90ADB4A6E98F3796"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop and maintain a schedule that is consistent with scheduling best practices as identified by
the Comptroller General of the United States, including, in appropriate
cases, an integrated master schedule; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEA0E3D6954F40A2A3DBED19B65DCC14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that all acquisition program information provided by the Component is complete, accurate,
timely, and valid.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H43320A40B0D04B46817AAC99F829ADA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 708 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C09BD79C7E14AF1B36E973F29E8C04B" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 709. Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition programs.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Acquisition Program Management Discipline</header>
<section id="H372D4AAB8A9B4236A9A4A468F3387286"><enum>201.</enum><header>Acquisition Review Board</header>
<subsection id="H86708682EDF2426C94869FD69173A179"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3742DCA16DCA4954BF24300F28DD315D" style="OLC">
<section id="H4A2280B46ED74D4AAE68FF71CBF185E6"><enum>836.</enum><header>Acquisition Review Board</header>
<subsection id="HAB2A592C2C0A4EB396D7916B1EC05453"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an Acquisition Review Board (in this section referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>) to strengthen accountability and uniformity within the Department acquisition review process,
review major acquisition programs, and review the use of best practices.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F2418C1EF404B3EA842F84346BE8BF8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary for Management shall serve as chair of the Board. The
Secretary shall also ensure participation by other relevant Department
officials, including at least two Component heads or their designees, as
permanent members of the Board.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C1F6EFB1B354B8F944309D7FF926C38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Board shall meet every time a major acquisition program needs authorization to proceed from
acquisition decision events through the acquisition life cycle and to
consider any major acquisition program in breach as necessary. The Board
may also be convened for non-major acquisitions that are deemed high-risk
by the Executive Director referred to in section 709(b) of this Act. The
Board shall also meet regularly for purposes of ensuring all acquisitions
processes proceed in a timely fashion to achieve mission readiness.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE84E6A98A62641F9BAF7AD137E6B3094"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The responsibilities of the Board are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H455E4FE2AD4344C0BADBC82C03A4634F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Determine whether a proposed acquisition has met the requirements of key phases of the acquisition
life cycle framework and is able to proceed to the next phase and eventual
full production and deployment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44E86E297E284701BD287E504BA98B47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Oversee executable business strategy, resources, management, accountability, and alignment to
strategic initiatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40D6AE59C9FA4A34A8459F1B5B7E96E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Support the person with acquisition decision authority for an acquisition in determining the
appropriate direction for the acquisition at key acquisition decision
events.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BBA8D9DADDB43CA834CD3D7E9C0AB2D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Conduct systematic reviews of acquisitions to ensure that they are progressing in compliance with
the approved documents for their current acquisition phase.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD227DBD97A14E14B9317B1407281C74"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Validate the acquisition documents of each major acquisition program, including the acquisition
program baseline, to ensure the reliability of underlying data.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H381774D6A16B40B483D7AF38234F1A2D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Ensure that practices are adopted and implemented to require consideration of trade-offs among
cost, schedule, and performance objectives as part of the process for
developing requirements for major acquisition programs prior to the
initiation of the capability development plan, second acquisition decision
event, including, at a minimum, the following practices:</text>
<subparagraph id="H21897FA2D526497AAA7824CD1903CB36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Department officials responsible for acquisition, budget, and cost estimating functions are
provided with the appropriate opportunity to develop estimates and raise
cost and schedule matters before performance objectives are established
for capabilities when feasible.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA877349E913743218F5B664A5BE3FB57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Full consideration of possible trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives for each
alternative is considered.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD971FEFC1EB54F15A6FD0AFCC15BCB35"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acquisition program baseline report requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the person exercising acquisition decision authority over a major acquisition program approves
the program to proceed beyond the acquisition decision event requiring a
capability development plan before it has a Department-approved
acquisition program baseline, then the Under Secretary for Management
shall create and approve an acquisition program baseline report on the
decision, and the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2813B97B87F5409687EF3FA40D2FA081"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within seven days after an acquisition decision memorandum is signed, notify in writing the
congressional homeland security committees of such decision; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9351D67D90D743D89858C4D9493308AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>within 60 days after the acquisition decision memorandum is signed, submit a report to such
committees stating the rationale for the decision and a plan of action to
require an acquisition program baseline for the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C4FCF2D57904A2583A23A7332EE7174"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Best practices defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>best practices</term> has the meaning provided in section 4(b) of the DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6793555BA194B7DBCE7D5BF010301C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 835 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H87CBA2A90F3F47B9808D5DC6FB2305CE" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 836. Acquisition Review Board.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H1A79297785B3402CA3FD42D15AB4E6DE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="HE1E486923A264AC6B801CC054BAAE8A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H663FDD6C690248029FF1CFC83A6322F9" style="OLC">
<section id="H8BC0D4D07A9345D095AC385459BDDE25"><enum>837.</enum><header>Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="HF98C5ED37F794BD193D2E550129ECF81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To establish policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In an effort to reduce duplication and inefficiency for all Department investments, including major
acquisition programs, the Deputy Secretary, in consultation with the Under
Secretary for Management, shall establish Department-wide policies to
integrate all phases of the investment life cycle and help the Department
identify, validate, and prioritize standards for common Component
requirements for major acquisition program requirements in order to
increase opportunities for effectiveness and efficiencies. The policies
shall also include strategic alternatives for developing and facilitating
a Department Component-driven requirements process that includes oversight
of a development test and evaluation capability; identification of
priority gaps and overlaps in Department capability needs; and provision
of feasible technical alternatives, including innovative commercially
available alternatives, to meet capability needs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6491D5446164AC2A5D5B8E730EE67B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mechanisms To carry out requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Secretary, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall coordinate the
actions necessary to carry out subsection (a), using such mechanisms as
considered necessary by the Secretary to help the Department reduce
duplication and inefficiency for all Department investments, including
major acquisition programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDAC8A61854D4E9B98279E33FC261CCF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In coordinating the actions necessary to carry out subsection (a), the Deputy Secretary shall
consult with the Under Secretary for Management, Component Acquisition
Executives, and any other Department officials, including the Under
Secretary for Science and Technology or his designee, with specific
knowledge of Department or Component acquisition capabilities to prevent
unnecessary duplication of requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H19078B8AA4EE497A94E1E761EA55A8B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Secretary, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall seek and
consider input within legal and ethical boundaries from members of
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations,
and the private sector, as appropriate, on matters within their authority
and expertise in carrying out the Department’s mission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB48279AA1C0A4A779B76E78996B692FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Secretary, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall meet at least
quarterly and communicate with Components often to ensure that Components
do not overlap or duplicate spending or priorities on major investments
and acquisition programs within their areas of responsibility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H116ADEDA4EF04F67A25FE50663F799D0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>In carrying out this section, the responsibilities of the Deputy Secretary are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HBB0AE8E62E764B818A338E36EB6ACACD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To review and validate the requirements documents of major investments and acquisition programs
prior to acquisition decision events of the investments or programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H359030E3B9F347B8866E6D419591C7E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To ensure the requirements and scope of a major investment or acquisition program are stable,
measurable, achievable, at an acceptable risk level, and match the
resources planned to be available.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8FACDC2DD804F539B7564E9571EA317"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Before any entity of the Department issues a solicitation for a new contract, coordinate with other
Department entities as appropriate to prevent duplication and inefficiency
and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B4D96CE421D4B53BEBA4ABE70D20828"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to implement portfolio reviews to identify common mission requirements and crosscutting
opportunities among Components to harmonize investments and requirements
and prevent overlap and duplication among Components; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17776288838046A484DB4825F831B202"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, to standardize equipment purchases, streamline the acquisition process,
improve efficiencies, and conduct best practices for strategic sourcing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11B1DC2034414CDCB637C548F05F91E6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To ensure program managers of major investments and acquisition programs conduct analyses, giving
particular attention to factors such as cost, schedule, risk, performance,
and operational efficiency in order to determine that programs work as
intended within cost and budget expectations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H798FB8B503D443D781879DE04809DEF4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To propose schedules for delivery of the operational capability needed to meet each Department
investment and major acquisition program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDBCFBEB59824273B2F94297A95DE604"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Best practices defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>best practices</term> has the meaning provided in section 4(b) of the DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FAFA6F6688640059ED804112A2E0216"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 836 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4C6DB52A87D94797BDECEFA4A092FE33" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 837. Requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HCFCC2C8AF1354F9087986BFA1B4D48DB"><enum>203.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office review of Board and of requirements to reduce duplication in
acquisition programs</header>
<subsection id="HC027425E8E774526BF565810537AE5CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the effectiveness of the
Acquisition Review Board established under section 836 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (as added by section 201) and the requirements to
reduce duplication in acquisition programs established under section 837
of such Act (as added by section 202) in improving the Department’s
acquisition management process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B704530819D48FAA86099AD957B5144"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope of report</header><text>The review shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3412F3BB880441A18A2AC4441B53D08F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of the effectiveness of the Department in increasing program management oversight,
best practices and standards, and discipline among the Components of the
Department, including in working together and in preventing overlap and
duplication.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA61A9476EA9B4F628E1C370D953DEC8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the effectiveness of the Department in instilling program management discipline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A54986A24A0492CBBDECDA4FCBCD3AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A statement of how regularly each major acquisition program is reviewed by the Board, how often the
Board stops major acquisition programs from moving forward in the phases
of the acquisition life cycle process, and the number of major acquisition
programs that have been halted because of problems with operational
effectiveness, schedule delays, or cost overruns.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4AD798500AE748B5A02B713E864A372E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional homeland security committees a report on
the review required by this section not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act. The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE4348958D1FB4DEB9EC4F9EB8BD39252"><enum>204.</enum><header>Excluded Party List System waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide notification to the congressional homeland
security committees within five days after the issuance of a waiver by the
Secretary of Federal requirements that an agency not engage in business
with a contractor in the Excluded Party List System (or successor system)
as maintained by the General Services Administration and an explanation
for a finding by the Secretary that a compelling reason exists for this
action.</text>
</section><section id="H27D2D9CF6D824FAD90CDCB785D3333C8"><enum>205.</enum><header>Inspector General oversight of suspension and debarment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security—</text>
<paragraph id="HBB08186DDDD0412E8250A42D66F633E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may audit decisions about grant and procurement awards to identify instances where a contract or
grant was improperly awarded to a suspended or debarred entity and whether
corrective actions were taken to prevent recurrence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6599A47BA68442A1B2999DFAD0B506C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall review the suspension and debarment program throughout the Department of Homeland Security to
assess whether suspension and debarment criteria are consistently applied
throughout the Department and whether disparities exist in the application
of such criteria, particularly with respect to business size and
categories.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Acquisition Program Management Accountability and Transparency</header>
<section id="H30E4319DC205401AB798EE22C2B47A85"><enum>301.</enum><header>Congressional notification and other requirements for major acquisition program breach</header>
<subsection id="HCC1C36D3BB6B47559B3EE9106DACDF1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H16D9E3B0201747A5A0EC468B3639F9B9" style="OLC">
<section id="HF797CA5BED054EE39C0907F2A92F5BCD"><enum>838.</enum><header>Congressional notification and other requirements for major acquisition program breach</header>
<subsection id="H7431F07D46C54891B693F9276C46CA3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Breach defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>breach</term>, with respect to a major acquisition program, means a failure to meet any cost, schedule, or
performance parameter specified in the acquisition program baseline.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H955AB47B34F94FBD9A672B8E10B74220"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements within department if breach occurs</header>
<paragraph id="HD401F677C6204CC881CFE24B0AC12C02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notifications</header>
<subparagraph id="HF4BB17BD2A7C4B008BCE36306B8CE621"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notification of potential breach</header><text>If a major acquisition program has a potential for a future breach, as determined by the program
manager for that program, the program manager shall notify the person
exercising acquisition decision authority for the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3477AB04ECAB48609D59622DA037E75A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification of actual breach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an actual breach occurs in a major acquisition program, the program manager for that program
shall notify the head of the Component concerned, the Component
Acquisition Executive for the program, the Executive Director referred to
in section 709(b) of this Act, the Under Secretary for Management, and the
Deputy Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AB9F46654844D7E9A1B56A6F8941C07"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification to secretary</header><text>If a major acquisition program has an actual breach with a cost overrun greater than 20 percent or
a schedule delay greater than 12 months from the costs or schedule set
forth in the acquisition program baseline for the program, the Secretary
and the Inspector General of the Department shall be notified not later
than five business days after the actual breach is identified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6871BCE4792D4C319D8609118061D3E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remediation plan and root cause analysis</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B2D928498D540C8AD7E1773319FF87B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an actual breach with a cost overrun greater than 15 percent or a schedule delay
greater than 180 days from the costs or schedule set forth in the
acquisition program baseline, a remediation plan and root cause analysis
is required, and the Under Secretary for Management or his designee shall
establish a date for submission within the Department of a breach
remediation plan and root cause analysis in accordance with this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE395D5A39F4491194D9D06F425C44ED"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remediation plan</header><text>The remediation plan required under this subsection shall be submitted in writing to the head of
the Component concerned, the Executive Director referred to in section
709(b) of this Act, and the Under Secretary for Management. The plan
shall—</text>
<clause id="H0860485E66D3462BBAA217F056C138E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>explain the circumstances of the breach;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF9134F04FA6B4A4CBD50DFD3D8571697"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide prior cost estimating information;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB382CFCC92BA4207B51F5861C1C323E5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>propose corrective action to control cost growth, schedule delays, or performance issues;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0AE655ECC46B43D99F2516D659E9B8D7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in coordination with Component Acquisition Executive, discuss all options considered, including the
estimated impact on cost, schedule, or performance of the program if no
changes are made to current requirements, the estimated cost of the
program if requirements are modified, and the extent to which funding from
other programs will need to be reduced to cover the cost growth of the
program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF363688B29EC41A6B6CFE4280AC6A02E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>explain the rationale for why the proposed corrective action is recommended.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08819715B5F8444B8B30F5142E4D48F8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Root cause analysis</header><text>The root cause analysis required under this subsection shall determine the underlying cause or
causes of shortcomings in cost, schedule, or performance of the program,
including the role, if any, of the following:</text>
<clause id="H981112E0876244CCAD2C397BFDDE722E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Unrealistic performance expectations.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA9459C6278A4BC799E4DF87D6D7633D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Unrealistic baseline estimates for cost or schedule or changes in program requirements.</text>
</clause><clause id="HED38F5379D1249909592420746F6F18B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Immature technologies or excessive manufacturing or integration risk.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3335E6EAFA064D8485BAFC1535BA7122"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Unanticipated design, engineering, manufacturing, or technology integration issues arising during
program performance.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1F9B35D3C87C4A0F8F58E65618CBD7E0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Changes in procurement quantities.</text>
</clause><clause id="H33998D9025C649B186900E0D428FC505"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Inadequate program funding or changes in planned out-year funding from one five-year funding plan
to the next five-year funding plan as outlined in the Future Years
Homeland Security Program required under section 874 of this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE34B80F5BB244CAABA559151A6002A6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Legislative, legal, or regulatory changes.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2CAD7C4E65C54A5A9E845D6B636D3F00"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Inadequate program management personnel, including lack of training, credentials, certifications,
or use of best practices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H784DBBC3334B4D4BA95E47DFF2DC69A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Correction of breach</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management or his designee shall establish a date for submission within the
Department of a program of corrective action that ensures that one of the
following actions has occurred:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9BFB81A218E49F2B4167C09CBB01D0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The breach has been corrected and the program is again in compliance with the original acquisition
program baseline parameters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1163B051081458ABAA9A006EC7D1DBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A revised acquisition program baseline has been approved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53089876437C41D98F516739A4AB4A79"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The program has been halted or cancelled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EBBD02A966247269F4CCE38F80D85CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements relating to congressional notification if breach occurs</header>
<paragraph id="H3BEE1D820B4A4209B79FA4E8DBA21AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a notification is made under subsection (b)(1)(B) for a breach in a major acquisition program
with a cost overrun greater than 15 percent or a schedule delay greater
than 180 days from the costs or schedule set forth in the acquisition
program baseline, or with an anticipated failure for any key performance
threshold or parameter specified in the acquisition program baseline, the
Under Secretary for Management shall notify the congressional homeland
security committees of the breach in the next quarterly Comprehensive
Acquisition Status Report after the Under Secretary for Management
receives the notification from the program manager under subsection
(b)(1)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2450EC7D154F40BEB0895176FD91B061"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Substantial variances in costs or schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a likely cost overrun is greater than 20 percent or a likely delay is greater than 12 months
from the costs and schedule set forth in the acquisition program baseline
for a major acquisition program, the Under Secretary for Management shall
include in the notification required in (c)(1) a written certification,
with supporting explanation, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25C472EC55B4403F93C837E4748B4B6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition is essential to the accomplishment of the Department’s mission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9180B06EFEE44E48D2A4C4C620B986F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there are no alternatives to such capability or asset that will provide equal or greater capability
in both a more cost-effective and timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE74297F7C8245288C0602D9AA1C03D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the new acquisition schedule and estimates for total acquisition cost are reasonable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAF8B4D787C64EE69816C6224EC3D069"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the management structure for the acquisition program is adequate to manage and control performance,
cost, and schedule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H61FCA268BE0A48009ECAAFF4E496776D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submissions to congress</header><text>Not later than 30 calendar days after submission to such committees of a breach notification under
paragraph (1) of this section for a major acquisition program, the Under
Secretary for Management shall submit to such committees the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4803EFD3BFCA43748FD696F6708DFC79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A copy of the remediation plan and the root cause analysis prepared under subsection (b)(2) for the
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H069BA0C7E4FC4567B725A1FBC3C005A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A statement describing the corrective action or actions that have occurred pursuant to subsection
(b)(3) for the program, with a justification for the action or actions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8CAFAF42D074E6FA077C8C31BFD8FC0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional actions if breach occurs</header>
<paragraph id="H6F121BE3986C45CA84020AA399E51694"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on obligation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the 90-day period following submission under subsection (c)(3) of a remediation plan, root
cause analysis, and statement of corrective actions with respect to a
major acquisition program, the Under Secretary for Management shall submit
a certification described in paragraph (2) of this subsection to the
congressional homeland security committees. If the Under Secretary for
Management does not submit such certification by the end of such 90-day
period, then funds appropriated to the major acquisition program shall not
be obligated until the Under Secretary for Management submits such
certification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1E0EE20DAE45DB90FA3C5B4B17876A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the certification described in this paragraph is a certification
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A1B91654BA441979D319F1A2B246354"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Department has adjusted or restructured the program in a manner that addresses the root cause
or causes of the cost growth in the program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H888CEA347374417EA0D3AFAC57A83956"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department has conducted a thorough review of the breached program’s acquisition decision event
approvals and the current acquisition decision event approval for the
breached program has been adjusted as necessary to account for the
restructured program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2060901D0B7B4AD99F07346285F115C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 837 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 838. Congressional notification and other requirements for major acquisition program breach.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6812A176AC794C42BAE39B76A06584B8"><enum>302.</enum><header>Multiyear acquisition strategy</header>
<subsection id="H12BDF405E3AE4DD58E634BEB41AFF105"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H8D39DB27A1F34FD083C2DD88C4845FDD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H60C58C1492094039B748CDBE0D16ACB7"><enum>839.</enum><header>Multiyear acquisition strategy</header>
<subsection id="H672A75B79A8744A9B505B1CD3F151371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Multiyear acquisition strategy required</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit
to the appropriate homeland security committees a multiyear acquisition
strategy to guide the overall direction of the acquisitions of the
Department while allowing flexibility to deal with ever-changing threats
and risks and to help industry better understand, plan, and align
resources to meet the future acquisition needs of the Department. The
strategy shall be updated and included in each Future Years Homeland
Security Program required under section 874 of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8351D1C3179A41A89EC7C6EF5D289D4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the strategy, the Secretary shall consult with others as the Secretary deems
appropriate, including headquarters, Components, employees in the field,
and when appropriate, individuals from industry and the academic
community.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H80ADEB92DFC0496182D5C38CDF58A8A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of strategy</header><text>The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex for any
sensitive or classified information if necessary. The Department also
shall publish the plan in an unclassified format that is publicly
available.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6EEB3DF50CF49CC855D5083DBD98D74"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contents of strategy</header><text>The strategy shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF3285C35CD6949A188785AD6DB18F99A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prioritized list</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A systematic and integrated prioritized list developed by the Under Secretary for Management or his
designee in coordination with all of the Component Acquisition Executives
of Department major acquisition programs that Department and Component
acquisition investments seek to address, that includes the expected
security and economic benefit of the program or system and an analysis of
how the security and economic benefit derived from the program or system
will be measured.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2E2617C7A7D4018886199820D70D5F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>A plan to develop a reliable Department-wide inventory of investments and real property assets to
help the Department plan, budget, schedule, and acquire upgrades of its
systems and equipment and plan for the acquisition and management of
future systems and equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B1BEBEE720E4F6B996696E2426F6D98"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding gaps</header><text>A plan to address funding gaps between funding requirements for major acquisition programs and
known available resources including, to the maximum extent practicable,
ways of leveraging best practices to identify and eliminate overpayment
for items to prevent wasteful purchasing, achieve the greatest level of
efficiency and cost savings by rationalizing purchases, aligning pricing
for similar items, and utilizing purchase timing and economies of scale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59BE621E4FD54D709402CEE4652E7A2C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Identification of capabilities</header><text>An identification of test, evaluation, modeling, and simulation capabilities that will be required
to support the acquisition of the technologies to meet the needs of the
plan and ways to leverage to the greatest extent possible the emerging
technology trends and research and development trends within the public
and private sectors and an identification of ways to ensure that the
appropriate technology is acquired and integrated into the Department’s
operating doctrine and procured in ways that improve mission performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E596AED0A2F4B09B61BFB0978672F7B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Focus on flexible solutions</header><text>An assessment of ways the Department can improve its ability to test and acquire innovative
solutions to allow needed incentives and protections for appropriate
risk-taking in order to meet its acquisition needs with resiliency,
agility, and responsiveness to assure the Nation’s homeland security and
facilitate trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91B96FFD589841739D336971401141AB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Focus on Incentives to Save Taxpayer Dollars</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of ways the Department can develop incentives for program managers and senior
Department acquisition officials to prevent cost overruns, avoid schedule
delays, and achieve cost savings in major acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2531B72F5C3F4DF78F0129A17C3EE133"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Focus on addressing delays and bid protests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of ways the Department can improve the acquisition process to minimize cost overruns
in requirements development, procurement announcements, requests for
proposals, evaluation of proposals, protests of decisions and awards and
through the use of best practices as defined in section 4(b) of the DHS
Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act and lessons learned by the
Department and other Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6150893CC6D14DF1B810F0D03EA973F0"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Focus on improving outreach</header><text>An identification and assessment of ways to increase opportunities for communication and
collaboration with industry, small and disadvantaged businesses,
intra-government entities, university centers of excellence, accredited
certification and standards development organizations, and national
laboratories to ensure that the Department understands the market for
technologies, products, and innovation that is available to meet its
mission needs to inform the requirements-setting process and before
engaging in an acquisition, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF5D4C0786DA4C97BB678E18852EC0FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>methods designed especially to engage small and disadvantaged businesses and a cost-benefit
analysis of the tradeoffs that small and disadvantaged businesses provide,
barriers to entry for small and disadvantaged businesses, and unique
requirements for small and disadvantaged businesses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE453D776521A4C3DAEFB64DF06248D0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>within the Department Vendor Communication Plan and Market Research Guide, instructions for
interaction by program managers with such entities to prevent
misinterpretation of acquisition regulations and to permit freedom within
legal and ethical boundaries for program managers to interact with such
businesses with transparency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD40EE823298B49219ACCC198DD0B2FC5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Competition</header><text>A plan regarding competition as described in subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA062F6CE81647E2B46AC624C7A9AA0B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Acquisition workforce</header><text>A plan regarding the Department acquisition workforce as described in subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1DAEDEE9EA644CB9904BE07E2F0236F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Feasibility of workforce development fund pilot program</header><text>An assessment of the feasibility of conducting a pilot program to establish an acquisition
workforce development fund as described in subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H372A8A6A9318488E925F4A291B4BDE5A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Competition plan</header><text>The strategy shall also include a plan (referred to in subsection (d)(9)) that shall address
actions to ensure competition, or the option of competition, for major
acquisition programs. The plan may include assessments of the following
measures in appropriate cases if such measures are cost effective:</text>
<paragraph id="HD02AB6E5BF2B4E61991F9DDEB8AB2E7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Competitive prototyping.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE297E768B01C4302801A5A58BFCE3591"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Dual-sourcing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDBF5A526D6A43DFB95557F074E57571"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Unbundling of contracts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86AC0BCCB5614C8591D608F1DFF5A486"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Funding of next-generation prototype systems or subsystems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66A3A52A908648E4818C4ACC1D6CB76E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Use of modular, open architectures to enable competition for upgrades.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34F2AAFAE7094A70AB3DD1713A453BD9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Acquisition of complete technical data packages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBA9A3EE17794BC7B1A32670966198B3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Periodic competitions for subsystem upgrades.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03301F437D0B4D1185CA01F2987C1C22"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Licensing of additional suppliers, including small businesses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1812BBBE08544B86B12A1C2774DE0EE7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Periodic system or program reviews to address long-term competitive effects of program decisions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FB4A33DFFFC4F6B87BBE7616A5327D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Acquisition workforce plan</header>
<paragraph id="HE8D0EA80DD7644D9A6D017E27DE098E4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acquisition workforce</header><text>The strategy shall also include a plan (referred to in subsection (d)(10)) to address Department
acquisition workforce accountability and talent management that identifies
the acquisition workforce needs of each Component performing acquisition
functions and develops options for filling those needs with qualified
individuals, including a cost-benefit analysis of contracting for
acquisition assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8222742FA2934AFFB64BCC13D7E7A283"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional matters covered</header><text>The acquisition workforce plan shall address ways to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H398E5DBFF0DA450DBAAA494A12A74326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of Department acquisition workforce
personnel, including contracting officer’s representatives, in order to
retain highly qualified individuals that have experience in the
acquisition life cycle, complex procurements, and management of large
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4532A6BBA1E54BCAAD84D397C0BC3941"><enum>(B)</enum><text>empower program managers to have the authority to manage their programs in an accountable and
transparent manner as they work with the acquisition workforce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0EFE1E1B8C8E43B2BA1B9E8D67A5C33B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prevent duplication within Department acquisition workforce training and certification requirements
through leveraging already-existing training within the Federal
Government, academic community, or private industry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5C8A25D12A9C411DB62688748ECFA925"><enum>(D)</enum><text>achieve integration and consistency with Government-wide training and accreditation standards,
acquisition training tools, and training facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE83462EF741342A88B101EB34D3089D2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>designate the acquisition positions that will be necessary to support the Department acquisition
requirements, including in the fields of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0A44C86161BF42E69AB4C47B69D717FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>program management;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDFA1EFB6CA814BB08AFA7EA769C9099E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>systems engineering;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H397219DA122B40499311BEF9DD9BB740"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>procurement, including contracting;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCECA4B951B11440CAECE97D166450F80"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>test and evaluation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB4AFFCA86EE6476A95615F252C367729"><enum>(v)</enum><text>life cycle logistics;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3C8C9D5F1E52424D98F90BAB1123222C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>cost estimating and program financial management; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5CD67A812F7644208156E6E91C1C0E69"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>additional disciplines appropriate to Department mission needs;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H343026E7924C402FB38EB27D75E1C15C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthen the performance of contracting officer’s representatives (as defined in Subpart 1.602-2
and Subpart 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation), including by—</text>
<clause id="H362429FD41564A8A814AE4677484EAA1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assessing the extent to which contracting officer’s representatives are certified and receive
training that is appropriate;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE130ED23AFE04888A46CB0A1C4E99AE1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determining what training is most effective with respect to the type and complexity of assignment;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CAF11B0A5B445F3948640F8D83BF7D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>implementing actions to improve training based on such assessment; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H236ABF211FCC49E7B8F2E09D5623B0FA"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify ways to increase training for relevant investigators and auditors to examine fraud in
major acquisition programs, including identifying opportunities to
leverage existing Government and private sector resources in coordination
with the Inspector General of the Department.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32043C09882F4EF7A998717AB936EB32"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Feasibility of workforce development fund pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy shall also include an assessment (referred to in subsection (d)(11)) of the
feasibility of conducting a pilot program to establish a Homeland Security
Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (in this subsection referred to as
the <quote>Fund</quote>) to ensure the Department acquisition workforce has the capacity, in both personnel and skills,
needed to properly perform its mission and ensure that the Department
receives the best value for the expenditure of public resources. The
assessment shall address the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H6487DAD4704F49CBAC60FC85E8610964"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Ways to fund the Fund, including the use of direct appropriations, or the credit, transfer, or
deposit of unobligated or unused funds from Department Components into the
Fund to remain available for obligation in the fiscal year for which
credited, transferred, or deposited and to remain available for successive
fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H655D83A334814646949BB6A2D8475532"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Ways to reward the Department acquisition workforce and program managers for good program
management in controlling cost growth, limiting schedule delays, and
ensuring operational effectiveness through providing a percentage of the
savings or general acquisition bonuses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABB4C45D507D44BEA5C669F07947602A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Guidance for the administration of the Fund that includes provisions to do the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H92DFF49E08514BDEB99D3F6019E58BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Describe the costs and benefits associated with the use of direct appropriations or credit,
transfer, or deposit of unobligated or unused funds to finance the Fund.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F68175A03224CE0A2B14B825A4BC451"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Describe the manner and timing for applications for amounts in the Fund to be submitted.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A84E9C332104250BF65593E5DAEA77A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Explain the evaluation criteria to be used for approving or prioritizing applications for amounts
in the Fund in any fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC75D016E19834E568B160F63D63B2461"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Explain the mechanism to report to Congress on the implementation of the Fund on an ongoing basis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DD3464C439A413D80BDC990C4AEE41C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Detail measurable performance metrics to determine if the Fund is meeting the objective to improve
the acquisition workforce and to achieve cost savings in acquisition
management.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43526833EF2E4357BF198054C9D336CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 838 the following new item:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 839. Multiyear acquisition strategy.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBABBEDFC92634C0180728E71738942BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to future years homeland security program</header><text>Section 874(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/454">6 U.S.C. 454(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H01B143E440E84343AB3E2777881A43D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79400A8D850343BB980F0CE081EB3417"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBEA38DB48B6E4C7E816691B978E5196C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H23277BBB9293484AB5BB2958F1721C15" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H45F7DDD593424C1BB3C6C0C811F97B5A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include the multiyear acquisition strategy required under section 839 of this Act.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB300C01AE2AD4B21AF3226F74BDBEFEE"><enum>303.</enum><header>Acquisition reports</header>
<subsection id="H600EBAE7BB6940359513E787F5C8762D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C. 391 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H51C9BB251C994A90826A38868E9A1EE0"><enum>840.</enum><header>Acquisition reports</header>
<subsection id="H6396A12017D44055BD18E9003B6E40D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report</header>
<paragraph id="H105A348E50B1487494C71E2F0D8484E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Under Secretary for Management each year shall submit to the congressional homeland security
committees, at the same time as the President’s budget is submitted for a
fiscal year under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, a comprehensive acquisition status report. The report shall
include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4393C1F2FE34514AFCF8AEA4E60C577"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The information required under the heading <quote>Office of the Under Secretary for Management</quote> under Title I of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/74">Public Law 112–74</external-xref>) (as required under the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/6">Public Law 113–6</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBF81DD650644B4D9688607243A34E28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A listing of programs that have been cancelled, modified, paused, or referred to the Under
Secretary for Management or Deputy Secretary for additional oversight or
action by the Board, Department Office of Inspector General, or the
Comptroller General.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H799297DCAC2B4E1CA1633D3752F00C1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A listing of established Executive Steering Committees, which provide governance of a program or
related set of programs and lower-tiered oversight, and support between
acquisition decision events and Component reviews, including the mission
and membership for each.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6205E55F33645DCA3E2544053FB4129"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information for major acquisition programs</header><text>For each major acquisition program, the report shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H87D113F5DF134C1CACEE2509344E7119"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A narrative description, including current gaps and shortfalls, the capabilities to be fielded, and
the number of planned increments or units.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D6F70FED3D24ACFB7F264E6D63AFCE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Acquisition Review Board (or other board designated to review the acquisition) status of each
acquisition, including the current acquisition phase, the date of the last
review, and a listing of the required documents that have been reviewed
with the dates reviewed or approved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB62ED08AC0641BC80CDB114A76B398E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The most current, approved acquisition program baseline (including project schedules and events).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2902D690762047A8A804FBD9978F4D9C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A comparison of the original acquisition program baseline, the current acquisition program
baseline, and the current estimate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2B7A346BFC54A91B46977D938ECDFA6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Whether or not an independent verification and validation has been implemented, with an explanation
for the decision and a summary of any findings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D5E603E597E4F61BE0DAFC8CF4D1F75"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A rating of cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associated with the program (including
narrative descriptions and mitigation actions).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H141E8A2832FA4109990A09C6F2C22BDF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Contract status (including earned value management data as applicable).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C911F03C064428383CA496B0BF9FBBA"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A lifecycle cost of the acquisition, and time basis for the estimate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E9E57ACBFB44822AE7CFDA1D0D86A54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Under Secretary shall submit quarterly updates to such report not later than 45 days after the
completion of each quarter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H614BF27189B44DAF8D6E5EFF7E1D8539"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Quarterly Program Accountability Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary for Management shall prepare a quarterly program accountability report to meet
the Department’s mandate to perform program health assessments and improve
program execution and governance. The report shall be submitted to the
congressional homeland security committees.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFE90DACD4204408878668F0A3FC74BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding after the item relating to section 839 the following new item:</text>
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</subsection></section><section id="H335E78070FE84AA2AA73503D56B96FD1"><enum>304.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office review of multiyear acquisition strategy</header>
<subsection id="HD2A11CD1DEDC439FBC1B0C99CDC5F358"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review required</header><text>After submission to Congress of the first multiyear acquisition strategy (pursuant to section 839
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002) after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a
review of the plan within 180 days to analyze the viability of the plan’s
effectiveness in the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE7FC7EF7D6E49A9B0C179F251A79B5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Complying with the requirements in section 839 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
section 302 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4180B647B7D486483B640AA4AC99D2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Establishing clear connections between Department objectives and acquisition priorities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC08B4021880E4E6DBA0930433133B724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Demonstrating that Department acquisition policy reflects program management best practices and
standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F2B75D4E53044C98228AE3A6B8B7C04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensuring competition or the option of competition for major acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED367F647B52487E91DC9B2199352744"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Considering potential cost savings through using already-existing technologies when developing
acquisition program requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13FC1ED87B764C8E9A0AA7CD2C842BE6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Preventing duplication within Department acquisition workforce training requirements through
leveraging already-existing training within the Federal Government,
academic community, or private industry.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H054B47DF6D114A4789145EB923D2C238"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Providing incentives for program managers to reduce acquisition and procurement costs through the
use of best practices and disciplined program management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A982080F2EB42EF904FE266C249945A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Assessing the feasibility of conducting a pilot program to establish a Homeland Security
Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB31CECDD82E4CFB99C94C8542BA0E19"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional homeland security committees a report on
the review required by this section. The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF6EF5E398FE74050BC7C45EF349572AD"><enum>305.</enum><header>Office of Inspector General report</header>
<subsection id="H89C0C0E5E5524378ACB2683AE941188E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than 2 years following the submission of the report submitted by the Comptroller General
of the United States as required by section 304, the Department’s
Inspector General shall conduct a review of whether the Department has
complied with the multiyear acquisition strategy (pursuant to section 839
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002) and adhered to the strategies set
forth in the plan. The review shall also consider whether the Department
has complied with the requirements to provide the Acquisition Review Board
with a capability development plan for each major acquisition program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAFBCC00C40B64B5B87E855FAF6CBC28E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Inspector General shall submit to the congressional homeland security committees a report of
the review required by this section. The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text>
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Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk