NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012

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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle E — Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce
P. L. 114-	House Conference Report. 114-840
SEC. 862. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE TENURE REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM MANAGERS FOR PROGRAM DEFINITION AND PROGRAM EXECUTION PERIODS. (a) Program Definition Period.—Section 826(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) is amended by striking “The Secretary may waive” and inserting “The service acquisition executive, in the case of a major defense acquisition program of a military department, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in the case of a Defense-wide or Defense Agency major defense acquisition program, may waive”. (b) Program Execution Period.—Section 827(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) is amended by striking “The immediate supervisor of a program manager for a major defense acquisition program may waive” and inserting “The service acquisition executive, in the case of a major defense acquisition program of a military department, or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in the case of a Defense-wide or Defense Agency major defense acquisition program, may waive”.	Authority to waive tenure requirement for program managers for program definition and program execution periods (sec. 862) The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 852) that would amend sections 826(e) and 827(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) to harmonize the waiver authorities granted in these sections to the Service Acquisition Executive or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. The House amendment contained no similar provision. The House recedes.