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

Subtitle B—Acquisition Policy and Management

JWNDAA Section

House Conference Report 109-702

(a) Goal- It shall be the goal of the Department of Defense and each of the military departments to ensure that, within five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, for each major defense acquisition program and each major automated information system program, each of the following positions is performed by a properly qualified member of the Armed Forces or full-time employee of the Department of Defense:

(1) Program manager.

(2) Deputy program manager.

(3) Chief engineer.

(4) Systems engineer.

(5) Cost estimator.

(b) Plan of Action- Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and begin implementation of a plan of action for recruiting, training, and ensuring appropriate career development of military and civilian personnel to achieve the objective established in subsection (a). The plan of action required by this subsection shall include specific, measurable interim milestones.

(c) Reports- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the progress made by the Department of Defense and the military departments toward achieving the goal established in subsection (a).

(d) Definitions- In this section:

(1) The term `major defense acquisition program' has the meaning given such term in section 2430(a) of title 10, United States Code.

(2) The term `major automated information system program' has the meaning given such term in section 2445a(a) of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 816 of this Act).

The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 812) that would require the head of an agency to ensure that certain positions for each major defense acquisition program and each major automated information system program be performed by a properly qualified full-time Federal military or civilian employee.

The House bill contained no similar provision.

The House recedes with an amendment that would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan of action for the implementation of a Department of Defense goal, within 5 years of the date of enactment of this Act, that ensures certain positions for each major defense acquisition program and each major automated information system program be performed by a properly qualified full-time Federal military or civilian employee.

Congressional Record, June 20, 2006, S6120