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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7049
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to improve the Depart-
ment of Defense-wide management of the investments in weapon systems
of the Department, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 28, 2020
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. VELA, and Mr. WILSON of
South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to
improve the Department of Defense-wide management
of the investments in weapon systems of the Department,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOD Portfolio Man-
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agement Accountability Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall di-
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rect the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
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Sustainment, in coordination with the Chairman of the
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Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Cost Assessment
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and Program Evaluation, to develop a plan to identify, de-
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velop, and acquire databases, analytical and financial
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tools, and workforce skills to improve the Department of
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Defense-wide assessment, management, and optimization
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of the investments in weapon systems of the Department,
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including through consolidation of duplicate or similar
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weapon system programs.
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(b) PLAN CONTENTS.—The plan developed under
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subsection (a) shall—
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(1) describe the databases and analytical and fi-
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nancial tools in use by the Department of Defense
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that may be used to support the Department-wide
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assessment, management, and optimization of the
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investments in weapon systems of the Department;
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(2) determine the database and analytical and
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financial tool requirements that must be met, and
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the workforce skills necessary, for more effective De-
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partment-wide reviews, analyses, and management
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by the Secretary of the investments in weapon sys-
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tems of the Department;
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(3) identify the skills described in paragraph
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(2) that are possessed by the workforce of the De-
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partment;
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(4) identify the databases and analytical and fi-
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nancial tools to be modified, developed, or acquired
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to improve the Department-wide reviews, analyses,
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and management of the investments in weapon sys-
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tems of the Department; and
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(5) set forth a timeline for implementing the
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plan, including a timeline for the modification, devel-
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opment, and acquisition of each database and ana-
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lytical and financial tool identified under paragraph
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(4).
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(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall submit to Congress the plan
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developed under subsection (a).
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(2) FORM.—The plan submitted under para-
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graph (1) shall be in an unclassified form but may
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contain a classified annex.
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