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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce

P. L. 114-

House Conference Report. 114-270

(a) Mandatory market research training.—Section 2377 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(d) Market research training required.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide mandatory training for members of the armed forces and employees of the Department of Defense responsible for the conduct of market research required under subsection (c). Such mandatory training shall, at a minimum—

“(1) provide comprehensive information on the subject of market research and the function of market research in the acquisition of commercial items;

“(2) teach best practices for conducting and documenting market research; and

“(3) provide methodologies for establishing standard processes and reports for collecting and sharing market research across the Department.”.

(b) Incorporation into management certification training mandate.—The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall ensure that the requirements of section 2377(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), are incorporated into the requirements management certification training mandate of the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes.

The conferees note that the Department should consider using the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund for training in market research and other training needed to improve the Department's use of commercial contracting and pricing methods to better access commercial industry sources.

House Report 114-201 to accompany H. R. 1735 as it was reported out of the House Armed Services Committee.

Section 815--Mandatory Requirement for Training Related to the Conduct of Market Research

This section would amend section 2377 of title 10, United States Code, by adding a requirement that the Secretary of Defense shall provide mandatory training for members of the Armed Forces and employees of the Department of Defense responsible for the conduct of market research required under subsection (c) of section 2377 of title 10, United States Code. Such mandatory training shall, at a minimum:

(1) Provide comprehensive information on the subject of market research, and the function of market research in the acquisition of commercial items;

(2) Teach best practices for conducting and documenting market research; and

(3) Provide methodologies for establishing standard processes and reports for collecting and sharing market research across the Department.

Furthermore, this section would require the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure that such training requirements are also incorporated into the requirements management certification training mandate of the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System.