IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1912 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 15, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 
for requirements relating to documentation for major 
acquisition programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Acquisition Doc-
umentation Integrity Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ACQUISI-
TION DOCUMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each major acquisition pro-
gram, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
for Management, shall require the head of a relevant com-
ponent or office to— 
‘‘(1) maintain acquisition documentation that is 
complete, accurate, timely, and valid, and that in-
cludes, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) operational requirements that are 
validated consistent with departmental policy 
and changes to such requirements, as appro-
priate; 
‘‘(B) a complete lifecycle cost estimate 
with supporting documentation; 
‘‘(C) verification of such lifecycle cost esti-
mate against independent cost estimates, and 
reconciliation of any differences; 
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‘‘(2) such program does not meet the definition 
of capital asset, as such term is defined by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—At the same 
time the President’s budget is submitted for a fiscal year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary shall make information available, as applicable, 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the re-
quirement described in subsection (a) in the prior fiscal 
year that includes the following specific information re-
garding each major acquisition program for which the Sec-
retary has issued a waiver under subsection (b): 
‘‘(1) The grounds for granting a waiver for 
such program. 
‘‘(2) The projected cost of such program. 
‘‘(3) The proportion of a component’s or office’s 
annual acquisition budget attributed to such pro-
gram, as available. 
‘‘(4) Information on the significance of such 
program with respect to the component’s or office’s 
operations and execution of its mission. 
‘‘(d) MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 
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a Department acquisition program that is estimated by 
the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure of 
at least $300 million (based on fiscal year 2019 constant 
dollars) over its lifecycle cost.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding after the item 
related to section 707 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. Acquisition documentation.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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