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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1912 

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 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico 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 2019’’. 


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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 new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 711. 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 such requirements, as appro17 priate; 

18 ‘‘(B) a complete lifecycle cost estimate 

19 with supporting documentation; 

20 ‘‘(C) verification of such 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 for submission to Con8 gress an annual comprehensive report on the status 

9 of departmental acquisitions. 

10 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—On a case-by-case basis with respect 

11 to any major acquisition program under this section, the 

12 Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (3) 

13 of subsection (a) for a fiscal year if either— 

14 ‘‘(1) such program has not— 

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

16 in the acquisition lifecycle; 

17 ‘‘(B) had a reasonable cost estimate estab18 lished; and 

19 ‘‘(C) had a system configuration defined 

20 fully; or 

21 ‘‘(2) such program does not meet the definition 

22 of capital asset, as such term is defined by the Di23 rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 

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

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


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

2 Secretary shall make information available, as applicable, 

3 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

4 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

5 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the re6 quirement described in subsection (a) in the prior fiscal 

7 year that includes the following specific information re8 garding each major acquisition program for which the Sec9 retary has issued a waiver under subsection (b): 

10 ‘‘(1) The grounds for granting a waiver for 

11 such program. 

12 ‘‘(2) The projected cost of such program. 

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

14 annual acquisition budget attributed to such pro15 gram, as available. 

16 ‘‘(4) Information on the significance of such 

17 program with respect to the component’s or office’s 

18 operations and execution of its mission. 

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

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

21 a Department acquisition program that is estimated by 

22 the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure of 

23 at least $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2019 constant 

24 dollars) over its lifecycle cost.’’. 


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

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

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

4 related to section 707 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 711. Acquisition documentation.’’. 

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