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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 subsection (b), by inserting “, or the milestone decision authority, when the milestone decision authority is the service acquisition executive of the military department that is managing the program,” after “the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics”;

(2) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “, or the milestone decision authority, when the milestone decision authority is the service acquisition executive of the military department that is managing the program,” after “the Under Secretary”; and

(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking “, in accordance with section 2431b of this title”; and

(3) in subsection (d)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “(1) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the” and inserting “The”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “because of a change described in paragraph (1)(F)” after “for a program or system”.

The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 833) that would amend section 2431a of title 10, United States Code, to make technical changes and require that the acquisition strategy for each major defense acquisition program must also consider a comprehensive sustainment strategy that includes all aspects of the total life-cycle management of the weapon system, including product support, logistics, product support engineering, supply chain integration, maintenance, acquisition logistics, and all aspects of software sustainment.

The House amendment contained no similar provision.

The House recedes with an amendment that would remove the requirement to include a sustainment strategy within the acquisition strategy required under section 2431a of title 10, United States Code. The conferees note that section 2431a of title 10, United States Code, requires logistics, maintenance, and sustainment issues to be considered in acquisition strategies, and that a life-cycle sustainment strategy is mandated under section 2337 of title 10, United States Code. Another provision in this Act requires an evaluation of the existing life-cycle sustainment strategy and an assessment of how well its elements are incorporated into the acquisition strategy in section 2431a of title 10, United States Code.