[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3516-S3517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 513. Mr. DURBIN 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 811. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES PURSUANT TO MATERIEL 
                   DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 139 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2366c the 
     following new section:

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     ``Sec. 2366d. Analysis of alternatives pursuant to materiel 
       development decisions

       ``(a) Timeline.--(1) Any analysis of alternatives conducted 
     pursuant to a materiel development decision for a major 
     defense acquisition program shall be completed not later than 
     9 months after the initiation of such analysis.
       ``(2) The Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, 
     shall ensure that the study guidance issued by the Director 
     shall be of such scope that is reasonable to produce within 
     the allotted time.
       ``(b) Reporting.--If the analysis of alternatives cannot be 
     completed within the allotted time, the milestone decision 
     authority for the major defense acquisition program, upon 
     learning of the breach in schedule, shall report to the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the 
     Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the 
     Chairman, Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and the 
     congressional defense committees the following information:
       ``(1) The reasons why the analysis cannot be completed 
     within the allotted time.
       ``(2) An estimate of when the analysis will be completed.
       ``(3) An estimate of any additional costs to complete the 
     analysis.
       ``(c) Waiver.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
     and Engineering may waive the requirements of subsection (a) 
     on a case-by-case basis, following 30 days notification to 
     the congressional defense committees, if--
       ``(1) the subject of the analysis is of extreme technical 
     complexity;
       ``(2) collection of additional intelligence is required to 
     inform the analysis; or
       ``(3) insufficient technical expertise is available to 
     complete the analysis.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 2366c the following new item:

``2366d. Analysis of alternatives pursuant to materiel development 
              decisions.''.
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