[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 328. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 F of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 866. CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP OF CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS.

       The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that--
       (1) all Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) have civilian 
     leadership;
       (2) all civilian and senior military personnel assigned to 
     leadership positions within defense acquisition organizations 
     and Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) possess the appropriate 
     acquisition certifications as directed by the Defense 
     Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (title XII of Public 
     Law 110-510); and
       (3) the Army Futures Command reports directly to the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, 
     and Technology, which will have final authority over all 
     acquisition and modernization decisions for the Army.
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