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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4398 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for requirements 

relating to documentation for major acquisition programs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

for requirements relating to documentation for major 

acquisition programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Acquisition Doc5 umentation Integrity Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUISI2 TION DOCUMENTATION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 708. ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each major acquisition pro8 gram, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 

9 for Management, shall require the head of a relevant com10 ponent or office to— 

11 ‘‘(1) maintain acquisition documentation that is 

12 complete, accurate, timely, and valid and that in13 cludes, at a minimum— 

14 ‘‘(A) operational requirements that are 

15 validated consistent with Departmental policy 

16 and changes to those requirements, as appro17 priate; 

18 ‘‘(B) a complete lifecycle cost estimate 

19 with supporting documentation; 

20 ‘‘(C) verification of the lifecycle cost esti21 mate against independent cost estimates, and 

22 reconciliation of any differences; 

23 ‘‘(D) a cost-benefit analysis with sup24 porting documentation; and 

25 ‘‘(E) a schedule, including, as appropriate, 

26 an integrated master schedule; 


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1 ‘‘(2) prepare cost estimates and schedules for 

2 major acquisition programs, as required under sub3 paragraphs (B) and (E), in a manner consistent 

4 with best practices as identified by the Comptroller 

5 General of the United States; and 

6 ‘‘(3) submit certain acquisition documentation 

7 to the Secretary to produce an annual comprehen8 sive report on the status of departmental acquisi9 tions for submission to Congress. 

10 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—On a case-by-case basis, the Sec11 retary may waive the requirement under paragraph (3) of 

12 subsection (a) for a fiscal year if either— 

13 ‘‘(1) the program has not— 

14 ‘‘(A) entered the full rate production phase 

15 in the acquisition lifecycle; 

16 ‘‘(B) had a reasonable cost estimate estab17 lished; and 

18 ‘‘(C) had a system configuration defined 

19 fully; or 

20 ‘‘(2) the program does not meet the definition 

21 of capital asset, as such term is defined by the Di22 rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 

23 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—At the same 

24 time the President’s budget is submitted for a fiscal year 

25 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 


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1 Secretary shall make information available, as applicable, 

2 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate information on 

5 the requirement under subsection (a) in the prior fiscal 

6 year that includes the following specific information re7 garding each program for which the Secretary has issued 

8 a waiver under subsection (b): 

9 ‘‘(1) The grounds for granting a waiver for that 

10 program. 

11 ‘‘(2) The projected cost of that program. 

12 ‘‘(3) The proportion of a component’s or office’s 

13 annual acquisition budget attributed to that pro14 gram, as available. 

15 ‘‘(4) Information on the significance of the pro16 gram with respect to the component’s operations and 

17 execution of its mission. 

18 ‘‘(d) MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAM DEFINED.—In 

19 this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 

20 a Department acquisition program that is estimated by 

21 the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure of 

22 at least $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2016 constant 

23 dollars) over its lifecycle cost.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

25 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 


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1 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item 

2 related to section 707 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 708. Acquisition documentation.’’. 

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