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SEC. 805. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF SELECTED
ACQUISITION REPORT REQUIREMENT.
(a) Extension.--Section 2432(j) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``fiscal year
2021'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2023''.
(b) Demonstration Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March
1, 2022, and every six months thereafter, the Secretary of
Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees
a demonstration of the capability improvements necessary to
achieve the full operational capability of the reporting
system that will replace the Selected Acquisition Report
requirements under section 2432 of title 10, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--
(A) In general.--The demonstration
required under paragraph
(1) shall incorporate the following elements:
(i) A demonstration of the full
suite of data sharing capabilities of the reporting system
referred to in paragraph (1) that can be accessed by
authorized external users, including the congressional
defense committees, for a range of covered programs across
acquisition categories, including those selected under
section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1492).
(ii) The plans required under
subsection (c), as available.
(B) Initial report.--In addition to
the elements described in subparagraph (A), the first
demonstration provided under paragraph (1) shall incorporate
the findings of the report required under section 830(b) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1492).
(3) Termination.--The requirements
under this subsection shall terminate upon the date on which
the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees a written certification of the determination of the
Secretary that the reporting system referred to in paragraph
(1) has achieved full operational capability.
(c) Plans Required for Data Gathering
and Sharing.--
(1) Data required for improved
decision making.--
(A) In general.--Not later than
March 1, 2022, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation shall prepare a plan for identifying and
gathering the data required for effective decision making by
program managers and Department of Defense leadership
regarding covered programs.
(B) Contents.--The plan required
under subparagraph (A) shall include--
(i) data that--
(I) address covered program
progress compared to covered program cost, schedule, and
performance goals;
(II) provide an assessment of
covered program risks; and
(III) can be collected
throughout the fiscal year without significant
additional burden;
(ii) the data, information, and
analytical capabilities supported by the reporting system
referred to in subsection (b)(1);
(iii) the specific data elements
needed to assess covered program performance and
associated risks, including software development and
cybersecurity risks, and an identification of any data
elements that cannot be publicly released;
(iv) the types of covered programs
to be included in the reporting system referred to in
subsection (b)(1), including the dollar value threshold
for inclusion, and the acquisition methodologies and
pathways that are to be included;
(v) the criteria for initiating,
modifying, and terminating reporting for covered programs
in the reporting system referred to in subsection (b)(1),
including program characteristics, acquisition methodology
or pathway being used, cost growth or changes, and covered
program performance; and
(vi) the planned reporting
schedule for the reporting system referred to in
subsection (b)(1), including when reports will be
available to authorized external users and the intervals
at which data will be updated.
(2) Improved data sharing within the
department of defense and
with outside stakeholders.--
(A) In general.--Not later than July
1, 2022, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense
committees the plan of the Department of Defense for the
reporting system referred to in subsection (b)(1) to report
to the congressional defense committees and effectively
share information related to covered programs.
(B) Contents.--The plan required
under subparagraph (A)
shall--
(i) incorporate the plan required
under paragraph (1);
(ii) provide for reporting not
less frequently than once per year and continuous or
periodic updates for authorized external users, as
appropriate, to increase the efficiency of, and reduce the
bureaucratic burdens for, reporting data and information
on acquisition programs;
(iii) identify the organizations
responsible for implementation and overall operation of
the reporting system referred to in subsection (b)(1);
(iv) identify the organizations
responsible for providing data for inclusion in such
reporting system and ensuring that data is provided in a
timely fashion;
(v) include the schedule and
milestones for implementing such reporting system;
(vi) identify, for such
implementation--
(I) the resources required,
including personnel and funding; and
(II) the implementation risks
and how such risks will be mitigated;
(vii) identify the mechanisms by
which reporting will be provided to the congressional
defense committees and other authorized external users,
including--
(I) identification of types of
organizations that will have access to the system,
including those outside the Department of Defense;
(II) how the system will be
accessed by users, including those outside the
Department of Defense; and
(III) how such users will be
trained on the use of the system and what level of
support will be available for such users on an ongoing
basis; and
(viii) identify any changes to
policy, guidance, or
legislation that are required to begin reporting to the
congressional defense committees in accordance with the
plan.
(d) Covered Program Defined.--In this
section, the term ``covered program'' means a program required
to be included in a report submitted under section 2432 of title
10, United States Code. |
Two-year extension of Selected
Acquisition Report requirement (sec. 805)
The House bill contained a provision
(sec. 815) that would restore the requirement for a report at
the end of each fiscal year quarter on current major defense
acquisition programs and any program to exceed $300.0 million.
The Senate amendment contained a similar
provision (sec.854) that would make a similar extension and also
require a demonstration of the replacement reporting system that
includes the Department of Defense's plan for implementing such
a system.
The agreement includes the Senate
provision with an amendment that would clarify reporting
responsibilities and the content of required reports.
H. R. 4350--House
Report 117-118
Section 815--Extension
of Requirement to Submit Selected Acquisition Reports
This section would restore the requirement for a report at the
end of each fiscal-year quarter on current major defense
acquisition programs and any program to exceed $300.0 million.
S. 2792--Senate Report117-39
Two-year extension of
Selected Acquisition Report requirement (sec. 854)
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the
requirement for Selected Acquisition Reports, as established
under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, through
fiscal year 2023, and require a demonstration of the replacement
reporting system that includes the Department of Defense's plan
for implementing such a system.
The committee recognizes
that the Secretary of Defense is in the process of developing an
alternate approach for reporting on defense acquisition
programs, pursuant to section
830 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2020 (Public Law 116-92). The committee supports these ongoing
efforts and notes the importance of replacing the Selected
Acquisition Report requirement with an updated reporting
construct for all acquisition programs that can be tailored to
the acquisition pathways of the Department of Defense's new
Adaptive Acquisition Framework. However, until these efforts are
fully developed and implemented, the committee believes the
requirement for Selected Acquisition Reports should be
maintained to ensure the Congress continues to receive critical
information about the cost, schedule, performance, and other
challenges of the Department of Defense's largest acquisition
programs.
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