and implement the performance management program for 
joint military requirements. The report shall address the 
measures specified in subsection (c)(1). 
(f) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 
initial implementation of the program required by sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the effectiveness of the 
program for joint military requirements in achieving the 
outcomes specified in subsection (c)(2). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) REQUIREMENTS PROCESS.—The term ‘‘re-
quirements process’’ means the Joint Capabilities 
Integration and Development System (JCIDS) proc-
ess or any successor to such process established by 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to support 
the statutory responsibility of the Joint Require-
ments Oversight Council in advising the Chairman 
and the Secretary of Defense in identifying, assess-
ing, and validating joint military capability needs, 
with their associated operational performance cri-
teria, in order to successfully execute missions. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
DOCUMENT.—The term 
‘‘requirements document’’ means a document pro-
duced in the requirements process that is provided 
for an acquisition program to guide the subsequent
development, production, and testing of the program 
and that— 
(A) justifies the need for a materiel ap-
proach, or an approach that is a combination of 
materiel and non-materiel, to satisfy one or 
more specific capability gaps; 
(B) details the information necessary to 
develop an increment of militarily useful, 
logistically supportable, and technically mature 
capability, including key performance param-
eters; or 
(C) identifies production attributes re-
quired for a single increment of a program. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS
CREEP.—The term ‘‘re-
quirements creep’’ means the addition of new tech-
nical or operational specifications after a require-
ments document is approved. 
(h) DISCRETIONARY IMPLEMENTATION AFTER 5 
YEARS.—After the date that is 5 years after the initial 
implementation of the performance management program 
under this section, the requirement to implement a pro-
gram under this section shall be at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Defense.
SEC. 104. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SERV-
ICES. 
(a) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that each military department establishes a 
process for identifying, assessing, and approving require-
ments for the acquisition of services, and that com-
manders of unified combatant commands and other offi-
cers identified or designated as joint qualified officers have 
an opportunity to participate in the process of each mili-
tary department to provide input on joint requirements 
for the acquisition of services. 
(b) GUIDANCE AND PLAN REQUIRED.—The Chief of 
Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps shall— 
(1) issue and maintain guidance relating to 
each process established under subsection (a); and 
(2) develop a plan to implement each process 
established under subsection (a). 
(c) MATTERS REQUIRED IN GUIDANCE.—The guid-
ance issued under subsection (b) shall establish, in relation 
to a process for identifying, assessing, and approving re-
quirements for the acquisition of services, the following: 
(1) Organization of such process. 
(2) The level of command responsibility re-
quired for identifying and validating requirements