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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1365 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain acquisition 

innovation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2017 

Mr. CORREA (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

certain acquisition innovation, 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 ‘‘Department of Home5 land Security Acquisition Innovation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ACQUISITION INNOVATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu8 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 710. ACQUISITION INNOVATION. 

2 ‘‘The Under Secretary for Management may— 

3 ‘‘(1) designate an individual within the Depart4 ment to manage acquisition innovation efforts of the 

5 Department; 

6 ‘‘(2) test emerging acquisition best practices to 

7 carrying out acquisitions, consistent with the Fed8 eral Acquisition Regulation and Department acquisi9 tion management directives, as appropriate; 

10 ‘‘(3) develop and distribute best practices and 

11 lessons learned regarding acquisition innovation 

12 throughout the Department; and 

13 ‘‘(4) establish metrics to measure the effective14 ness of acquisition innovation efforts with respect to 

15 cost, operational efficiency of the acquisition pro16 gram (including timeframe for executing contracts), 

17 and collaboration with the private sector, including 

18 small businesses.’’. 

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

20 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

21 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

22 709 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 710. Acquisition innovation.’’. 

23 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

24 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits the 

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1 land Security, the Secretary shall, if appropriate, submit 

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 a report on the 

5 activities undertaken in the previous fiscal year in further6 ance of section 710 of the Homeland Security Act, as 

7 added by subsection (a) of this Act. Each such report shall 

8 include information on the following: 

9 (1) Emerging acquisition best practices that 

10 were tested within the Department during such year. 

11 (2) Efforts to distribute best practices and les12 sons learned within the Department, including 

13 through web-based seminars, training, and forums, 

14 during such year. 

15 (3) Utilization by components throughout the 

16 Department of best practices distributed by the 

17 Under Secretary of Management pursuant to para18 graph (3) of such section 710. 

19 (4) Performance as measured by the metrics es20 tablished under paragraph (4) of such section 710. 

21 (5) Any impacts of the utilization of innovative 

22 acquisition mechanism by the Department on small 

23 businesses. 

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