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

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs

P. L. 114-

House Conference Report. 114-840

(1) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by inserting “the Secretaries of the military departments,” after “Logistics,”; and

(B) by striking “10 days” and all that follows through “title 31” and inserting “January 31 of each year, through January 31, 2021”; and

(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting after “Secretary” the following: “of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments”.

The House amendment contained a provision (sec. 815) that would amend section 139 of title 10, United States Code, by including the Secretaries of the military departments in the list of people who receive the annual report of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOTE). The section would also extend the annual report through January 31, 2021.

The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes.

The conferees recognize the importance in having an independent report each year on operational test and evaluation activities in the Department of Defense, but encourage the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to seek and consider input from other Department test organizations in developing such reports. Further, the conferees believe that more rigorous developmental testing, realistic requirements, and disciplined systems engineering will likely improve operational test outcomes. The conferees expect program offices to take the necessary steps to improve operational test outcomes and adopt lessons learned and best practices that are identified in the DOTE annual report. The conferees note that these reports are public documents and available electronically to all interested parties.