[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 685. 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) Timeline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     update existing guidance for analyses of alternatives 
     conducted pursuant to a materiel development decision for a 
     major defense acquisition program to incorporate the 
     following:
       (1) Study completion within nine months.
       (2) Study guidance issued by the Director, Cost Assessment 
     and Program Evaluation of a scope designed to provide for 
     reasonable completion of the study within the nine-month 
     period.
       (3) Procedures for waiver of the timeline requirements of 
     this subsection on a case-by-case basis if--
       (A) the subject of the analysis is of extreme technical 
     complexity;
       (B) collection of additional intelligence is required to 
     inform the analysis;
       (C) insufficient technical expertise is available to 
     complete the analysis; or
       (D) the Secretary determines that there other sufficient 
     reasons for delay of the analysis.
       (b) Reporting.--If an analysis of alternatives cannot be 
     completed within the allotted time, or a waiver is used, the 
     Secretary shall report to the congressional defense 
     committees the following information:
       (1) For a waiver, the basis for use of the waivers, 
     including the reasons why the study cannot be completed 
     within the allotted time.
       (2) For a study estimated to take more than nine months--
       (A) an estimate of when the analysis will be completed;
       (B) an estimate of any additional costs to complete the 
     analysis; and
       (C) other relevant information pertaining to the analysis 
     and its completion.
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