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Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009
(Public Law No: 111-23)
Analysis
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House
Conference Report 111-124
JOINT EXPLANATORY
STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendment of the House to the bill (S. 454), to improve the
organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the
acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes,
submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate
in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report:
The House amendment struck all of the Senate bill after the
enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
The Senate recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of the
House with an amendment that is a substitute for the Senate bill
and the House amendment. The differences between the Senate
bill, the House amendment, and the substitute agreed to in
conference are noted below, except for clerical corrections,
conforming changes made necessary by agreements reached by the
conferees, and minor drafting and clarifying changes.
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Explanation To The
Section-By-Section Analysis
House Armed Services Committee
Report
111-101
Statement of
The
President on signing |
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TITLE
I--ACQUISITION ORGANIZATION |
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Sec. 101. Cost assessment
and program evaluation. |
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Sec. 102. Directors of Developmental Test
and Evaluation and Systems Engineering. |
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Sec. 103. Performance assessments and root
cause analyses for major defense acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 104. Assessment of technological
maturity of critical technologies of major defense acquisition
programs by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. |
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Sec. 105. Role of the commanders of the
combatant commands in identifying joint military requirements. |
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TITLE
II--ACQUISITION POLICY |
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Sec. 201.
Consideration of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and
performance objectives in Department of Defense acquisition
programs. |
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Sec. 202.
Acquisition strategies to ensure competition throughout the
lifecycle of major defense acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 203.
Prototyping requirements for major defense acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 204.
Actions to identify and address systemic problems in major
defense acquisition programs prior to Milestone B approval. |
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Sec. 205.
Additional requirements for certain major defense acquisition
programs. |
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Sec. 206.
Critical cost growth in major defense acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 207.
Organizational conflicts of interest in major defense
acquisition programs. |
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TITLE
III--ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION PROVISIONS
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Sec. 301.
Awards for Department of Defense personnel for excellence in the
acquisition of products and services. |
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Sec. 302.
Earned value management. |
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Sec. 303. Expansion of national security
objectives of the national technology and industrial base. |
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Sec. 304.
Comptroller General of the United States reports on costs and
financial information regarding major defense acquisition
programs. |
