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Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009

(Public Law No: 111-23)

Analysis

 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.

Wifcon.com's Explanation To The Section-By-Section Analysis

House Armed Services Committee Report 111-101 

Statement of The President on signing

TITLE I--ACQUISITION ORGANIZATION

Sec. 101. Cost assessment and program evaluation.

Sec. 102. Directors of Developmental Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineering.
Sec. 103. Performance assessments and root cause analyses for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 104. Assessment of technological maturity of critical technologies of major defense acquisition programs by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
Sec. 105. Role of the commanders of the combatant commands in identifying joint military requirements.
TITLE II--ACQUISITION POLICY
Sec. 201. Consideration of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives in Department of Defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 202. Acquisition strategies to ensure competition throughout the lifecycle of major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 203. Prototyping requirements for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 204. Actions to identify and address systemic problems in major defense acquisition programs prior to Milestone B approval.
Sec. 205. Additional requirements for certain major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 206. Critical cost growth in major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 207. Organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition programs.
TITLE III--ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Awards for Department of Defense personnel for excellence in the acquisition of products and services.
Sec. 302. Earned value management.
Sec. 303. Expansion of national security objectives of the national technology and industrial base.
Sec. 304. Comptroller General of the United States reports on costs and financial information regarding major defense acquisition programs.
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