[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1038. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. __. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
     and implement a policy that will ensure the acquisition 
     programs of major systems establish cost, schedule, and 
     performance goals at the onset of the program. The policy 
     shall also ensure that acquisition programs of major systems 
     report on the original cost, schedule, and performance goals 
     throughout the program to ensure transparency.
       (b) Major System Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``major system'' has the meaning given the term in section 
     2302d of title 10, United States Code.
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