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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall require that each major weapon system 
be supported by a product support manager in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A product support 
manager for a major weapon system shall— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement a comprehen-
sive product support strategy for the weapon 
system; 
‘‘(B) use advanced predictive analysis to 
the extent practicable to improve material avail-
ability and reliability, increase operational avail-
ability 
rates, 
and 
reduce 
operation 
and 
sustainment costs; 
‘‘(C) conduct appropriate cost analyses to 
validate the product support strategy, including 
cost-benefit analyses as outlined in Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–94; 
‘‘(D) ensure achievement of desired prod-
uct support outcomes through development and 
implementation of appropriate product support 
arrangements; 
‘‘(E) adjust performance requirements and 
resource allocations across product support in-
tegrators and product support providers as nec-
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essary to optimize implementation of the prod-
uct support strategy; 
‘‘(F) periodically review product support 
arrangements between the product support inte-
grators and product support providers to ensure 
the arrangements are consistent with the overall 
product support strategy; 
‘‘(G) prior to each change in the product 
support strategy or every five years, whichever 
occurs first, revalidate any business-case anal-
ysis performed in support of the product sup-
port strategy; and 
‘‘(H) ensure that the product support 
strategy maximizes small business participation 
at the appropriate tiers and apply the require-
ments of section 15(g) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) in a manner that en-
sures that small business concerns are not inap-
propriately selected for performance as a prime 
contractor. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) PRODUCT SUPPORT.—The term ‘product 
support’ means the package of support functions re-
quired to field and maintain the readiness and oper-
ational capability of major weapon systems, sub-
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systems, and components, including all functions re-
lated to weapon system readiness. 
‘‘(2) PRODUCT SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT.—The 
term ‘product support arrangement’ means a con-
tract, task order, or any type of other contractual 
arrangement, or any type of agreement or non-con-
tractual arrangement within the Federal Govern-
ment, for the performance of sustainment or logis-
tics support required for major weapon systems, 
subsystems, or components. The term includes ar-
rangements for any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Performance-based logistics. 
‘‘(B) Sustainment support. 
‘‘(C) Contractor logistics support. 
‘‘(D) Life-cycle product support. 
‘‘(E) Weapon systems product support. 
‘‘(3) PRODUCT
SUPPORT
INTEGRATOR.—The 
term ‘product support integrator’ means an entity 
within the Federal Government or outside the Fed-
eral Government charged with integrating all sources 
of product support, both private and public, defined 
within the scope of a product support arrangement. 
‘‘(4) PRODUCT SUPPORT PROVIDER.—The term 
‘product support provider’ means an entity that pro-
vides product support functions. The term includes 
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an entity within the Department of Defense, an enti-
ty within the private sector, or a partnership be-
tween such entities. 
‘‘(5) MAJOR
WEAPON
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘major weapon system’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 2302d of this title. 
‘‘(6) ADVANCED
PREDICTIVE
ANALYSIS.—The 
term ‘advanced predictive analysis’ means a type of 
analysis that applies advanced predictive modeling 
methodology to life-cycle management and product 
support by using event simulation to account for 
variations in asset demand over time, including 
events such as current equipment condition, planned 
usage, aging of parts, maintenance capacity and 
quality, and logistics response.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 137 of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘2335. Life-cycle management and product support.’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED SECTION.—Section 
805 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 2302) is re-
pealed. 
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SEC. 814. CODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO 
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE OF CRITICAL 
ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS. 
(a) CODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 87 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1706. Government performance of certain acquisi-
tion functions 
‘‘(a) GOAL.—It shall be the goal of the Department 
of Defense and each of the military departments to ensure 
that, for each major defense acquisition program and each 
major automated information system program, each of the 
following positions is performed by a properly qualified 
member of the armed forces or full-time employee of the 
Department of Defense: 
‘‘(1) Program manager. 
‘‘(2) Deputy program manager. 
‘‘(3) Product support manager. 
‘‘(4) Chief engineer. 
‘‘(5) Systems engineer. 
‘‘(6) Chief developmental tester. 
‘‘(7) Cost estimator. 
‘‘(b) PLAN OF ACTION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop and implement a plan of action for recruit-
ing, training, and ensuring appropriate career develop-
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ment of military and civilian personnel to achieve the ob-
jective established in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2430(a) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘major automated information 
system program’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2445a(a) of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1706. Government performance of certain acquisition functions.’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED SECTION.—Section 
820 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 815. LIMITATION ON FUNDING PENDING CERTIFI-
CATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR COMPETITION. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON FUNDING
FOR CERTAIN OF-
FICES.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2013 as specified in the funding table in section 
4301, not more than 80 percent of the funds authorized 
for the Office of the Secretary of Defense may be obligated 
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or expended until the certification described in subsection 
(b) is submitted. 
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall certify to the congressional defense commit-
tees that the Department of Defense is implementing the 
requirements of section 202(d) of the Weapon Systems 
Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–23; 10 
U.S.C. 2430 note). Such a certification shall be accom-
panied by— 
(1) a briefing to the congressional defense com-
mittees on processes and procedures that have been 
implemented across the military departments and 
Defense Agencies to maximize competition through-
out the life-cycle of major defense acquisition pro-
grams, including actions to award contracts for per-
formance of maintenance and sustainment of major 
weapon systems or subsystems and components of 
such systems; and 
(2) a representative sample of solicitations 
issued since May 22, 2009, intended to fulfill the ob-
jectives of such section 202(d). 
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SEC. 816. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REGULA-
TIONS RELATING TO DETECTION AND AVOID-
ANCE OF COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS. 
Section 818(c)(2)(B) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1493; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) the cost of counterfeit electronic 
parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts 
and the cost of rework or corrective action that 
may be required to remedy the use or inclusion 
of such parts are not allowable costs under De-
partment contracts, unless— 
‘‘(i) the covered contractor has an 
operational system to detect and avoid 
counterfeit parts and suspect counterfeit 
electronic parts that has been reviewed and 
approved by the Department of Defense 
pursuant to subsection (e)(2)(B); 
‘‘(ii) the counterfeit electronic parts or 
suspect counterfeit electronic parts were— 
‘‘(I) procured from a trusted sup-
plier in accordance with regulations 
described in paragraph (3); or 
‘‘(II) provided to the contractor 
as Government property in accordance 
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tion Regulation; and 
‘‘(iii) the covered contractor provides 
timely notice to the Government pursuant 
to paragraph (4).’’. 
SEC. 817. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION RELATING TO PRODUC-
TION OF SPECIALTY METALS WITHIN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 2533b(m) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘produced’, as used in sub-
sections (a) and (b), means melted, or processed in 
a manner that results in physical or chemical prop-
erty changes that are the equivalent of melting. The 
term does not include finishing processes such as 
rolling, heat treatment, quenching, tempering, grind-
ing, or shaving.’’. 
SEC. 818. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT RELATING TO INFRA-
RED TECHNOLOGY SECTORS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
junction with the sector-by-sector, tier-by-tier review con-
ducted by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, shall conduct 
an assessment of the health and status of various national 
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defense infrared technology sectors, including technology 
such as focal plane arrays sensitive to infrared wave-
lengths, read-out integrate circuits, cryogenic coolers, 
Dewar technology, infrared sensor engine assemblies, and 
infrared imaging systems. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
findings of the assessment within 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 819. COMPLIANCE WITH BERRY AMENDMENT RE-
QUIRED FOR UNIFORM COMPONENTS SUP-
PLIED TO AFGHAN MILITARY OR AFGHAN NA-
TIONAL POLICE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—In the case of any textile com-
ponents supplied by the Department of Defense to the Af-
ghan National Army or the Afghan National Police for 
purposes of production of uniforms, section 2533a of title 
10, United States Code, shall apply, and no exceptions or 
exemptions under that section shall apply. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
solicitations issued and contracts awarded for the procure-
ment of such components after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to 
Contracts in Support of Contin-
gency Operations in Iraq or Af-
ghanistan 
SEC. 821. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO 
ACQUIRE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRO-
DUCED IN COUNTRIES ALONG A MAJOR 
ROUTE OF SUPPLY TO AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF
TERMINATION
DATE.—Sub-
section (f) of section 801 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2399) is amended by striking ‘‘on or after the date 
occurring three years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘after December 31, 2014’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO COVER FORCES 
OF THE UNITED STATES AND COALITION FORCES.—Sub-
section (b)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) by the United States or coalition 
forces in Afghanistan if the product or service 
is from a country that has agreed to allow the 
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transport of coalition personnel, equipment, and 
supplies;’’. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Such section is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), 
and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not use the 
authority provided in subsection (a) to procure goods or 
services from Pakistan until such time as the Government 
of Pakistan agrees to re-open the Ground Lines of Com-
munication for the movement of United States equipment 
and supplies through Pakistan.’’. 
(d) REPEAL OF EXPIRED REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 
Subsection (h) of such section, as redesignated by sub-
section (c) of this section, is repealed. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘; REPORT’’. 
SEC. 822. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROD-
UCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AFGHANI-
STAN. 
Section 886 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
266; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘IRAQ 
AND’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Iraq or’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating clauses (i) and 
(ii) of subparagraph (B) as subclauses (I) 
and (II), respectively, and in subclause 
(II), as so redesignated, by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) the Government of Afghanistan is not tax-
ing assistance provided by the United States to Af-
ghanistan in violation of any bilateral or other 
agreement with the United States.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 831. ENHANCEMENT OF REVIEW OF ACQUISITION 
PROCESS FOR RAPID FIELDING OF CAPABILI-
TIES 
IN 
RESPONSE 
TO 
URGENT 
OPER-
ATIONAL NEEDS. 
Section 804(b)(3) of the Ike Skelton National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 
111–383; 124 Stat. 4256; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C) and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D). 
SEC. 832. LOCATION OF CONTRACTOR-OPERATED CALL 
CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any call 
center operated pursuant to a contract entered into by the 
Secretary or by the head of any of the military depart-
ments is located in the United States. 
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SEC. 833. CONSIDERATION AND VERIFICATION OF INFOR-
MATION RELATING TO EFFECT ON DOMESTIC 
EMPLOYMENT OF AWARD OF DEFENSE CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2305(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6)(A) The head of an agency, in issuing a so-
licitation for competitive proposals, shall state in the 
solicitation that the agency may consider informa-
tion (in this paragraph referred to as a ‘jobs impact 
statement’) that the offeror may include in its offer 
related to the effects on employment within the 
United States of the contract if it is awarded to the 
offeror. 
‘‘(B) The information that may be included in 
a jobs impact statement may include the following: 
‘‘(i) The number of jobs expected to be 
created in the United States, or the number of 
jobs retained that otherwise would be lost, if 
the contract is awarded to the offeror. 
‘‘(ii) The number of jobs created or re-
tained in the United States by the subcontrac-
tors expected to be used by the offeror in the 
performance of the contract. 
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‘‘(iii) A guarantee from the offeror that 
jobs created or retained in the United States 
will not be moved outside the United States 
after award of the contract. 
‘‘(C) The contracting officer may consider the 
information in the jobs impact statement in the eval-
uation of the offer. 
‘‘(D) The agency may request further informa-
tion from the offeror in order to verify the accuracy 
of the information in the jobs impact statement. 
‘‘(E) In the case of a contract awarded to an 
offeror that submitted a jobs impact statement with 
the offer for the contract, the agency shall, not later 
than six months after the award of the contract and 
annually thereafter for the duration of the contract 
or contract extension, assess the accuracy of the jobs 
impact statement. 
‘‘(F) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress an annual report on the frequency of use 
within the Department of Defense of jobs impact 
statements in the evaluation of competitive pro-
posals.’’. 
(b) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re-
vised to implement the amendment made by this section. 
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SEC. 834. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT RE-
PORT. 
Not later than June 30, 2013, the Secretary of the 
Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall each submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the use of energy savings 
performance contracts by the Department of the Army, 
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the 
Air Force, respectively, including each of the following: 
(1) The amount of appropriated funds that 
have been obligated or expended and that are ex-
pected to be obligated or expended for energy sav-
ings performance contracts. 
(2) The amount of such funds that have been 
used for comprehensive retrofits. 
(3) The amount of such funds that have been 
used to leverage private sector capital, including the 
amount of such capital. 
SEC. 835. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS IN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS 
OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENTS
TO
INCLUDE 
EVALUATION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—With re-
spect to any performance assessment of a defense con-
tractor or subcontractor of such a contractor, or any labor 
recruiter, broker, or other agent used by the contractor 
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or subcontractor, the Secretary of Defense shall include 
an evaluation of trafficking in persons. 
(b) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘trafficking in persons’’ has the meaning 
provided the term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in persons’’ 
in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense 
Management 
SEC. 901. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR MANUFACTURING 
AND INDUSTRIAL BASE POLICY AND AMEND-
MENTS TO STRATEGIC MATERIALS PROTEC-
TION BOARD. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Defense Logistics Agency has made lit-
tle progress in addressing the findings and rec-
ommendations from the April 2009 report of the De-
partment of Defense report titled ‘‘Reconfiguration 
of the National Defense Stockpile Report to Con-
gress’’. 
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including the Defense Logistics Agency, for all ac-
tivities that pertain to ensuring a secure supply of 
materials critical to national security. 
(6) The Strategic Materials Protection Board 
should be reconfigured so as to be chaired by the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufac-
turing and Industrial Base Policy and should fully 
execute its duties and responsibilities. 
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY.—Section 139c(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘appointed by’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the subsection and inserting ‘‘ap-
pointed by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY.—Section 139c(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Providing input to strategy reviews, in-
cluding quadrennial defense reviews conducted pur-
suant to section 118 of this title, on matters related 
to— 
‘‘(A) the defense industrial base; and 
‘‘(B) materials critical to national security. 
‘‘(2) Establishing policies of the Department of 
Defense for developing and maintaining the defense 
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industrial base of the United States and ensuring a 
secure supply of materials critical to national secu-
rity. 
‘‘(3) Providing recommendations to the Under 
Secretary on budget matters pertaining to the indus-
trial base, the supply chain, and the development 
and retention of skills necessary to support the in-
dustrial base. 
‘‘(4) Providing recommendations and acquisi-
tion policy guidance to the Under Secretary on sup-
ply chain management and supply chain vulner-
ability throughout the entire supply chain, from sup-
pliers of raw materials to producers of major end 
items.’’. 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and redesignating 
paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as para-
graphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph (10): 
‘‘(10) Providing policy and oversight of matters 
related to materials critical to national security to 
ensure a secure supply of such materials to the De-
partment of Defense.’’. 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-
graph (18); and 
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(5) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(15) Coordinating with the Director of Small 
Business Programs on all matters related to indus-
trial base policy of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(16) Ensuring reliable sources of materials 
critical to national security, such as specialty metals, 
armor plate, and rare earth elements. 
‘‘(17) Establishing policies of the Department 
of Defense for continued reliable resource availability 
from domestic sources and allied nations for the in-
dustrial base of the United States.’’. 
(d) MATERIALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY 
DEFINED.—Section 139c of such title is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MATERIALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘materials critical to 
national security’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 187(e)(1) of this title.’’. 
(e) AMENDMENTS TO STRATEGIC MATERIALS PRO-
TECTION BOARD.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—Paragraph (2) of section 
187(a) of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The Board shall be composed of the following: 
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‘‘(A) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, 
who shall be the chairman of the Board. 
‘‘(B) The Administrator of the Defense Logis-
tics Agency Strategic Materials, or any successor or-
ganization, who shall be the vice chairman of the 
Board. 
‘‘(C) A designee of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. 
‘‘(D) A designee of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisi-
tion. 
‘‘(E) A designee of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force for Acquisition.’’. 
(2) DUTIES.—Paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec-
tion 187(b) of such title are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(3) MEETINGS.—Section 187(c) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy’’. 
(4) REPORTS.—Section 187(d) of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—(1) After each meeting of the 
Board, the Board shall prepare a report containing the 
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results of the meeting and such recommendations as the 
Board determines appropriate. The Secretary of each mili-
tary department shall review and comment on the report. 
‘‘(2) Each such report shall be published in the Fed-
eral Register and subsequently submitted to the congres-
sional defense committees, together with public comments 
and comments and recommendations from the Secretary 
of Defense, not later than 90 days after the meeting cov-
ered by the report.’’. 
SEC. 902. REQUIREMENT FOR FOCUS ON URGENT OPER-
ATIONAL NEEDS AND RAPID ACQUISITION. 
(a) DESIGNATION
OF SENIOR OFFICIAL RESPON-
SIBLE FOR FOCUS ON URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS 
AND RAPID ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
after consultation with the Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments, shall designate a senior official in 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense as the prin-
cipal official of the Department of Defense respon-
sible for leading the Department’s actions on urgent 
operational needs and rapid acquisition, in accord-
ance with this section. 
(2) STAFF
AND
RESOURCES.—The Secretary 
shall assign to the senior official designated under 
paragraph (1) appropriate staff and resources nec-
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essary to carry out the official’s functions under this 
section. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The senior official des-
ignated under subsection (a) shall be responsible for the 
following: 
(1) Acting as an advocate within the Depart-
ment of Defense for issues related to the Depart-
ment’s ability to rapidly respond to urgent oper-
ational needs, including programs funded and car-
ried out by the military departments. 
(2) Improving visibility of urgent operational 
needs throughout the Department, including across 
the military departments, the Defense Agencies, and 
all other entities and processes in the Department 
that address urgent operational needs. 
(3) Ensuring that tools and mechanisms are 
used to track, monitor, and manage the status of ur-
gent operational needs within the Department, from 
validation through procurement and fielding, includ-
ing a formal feedback mechanism for the armed 
forces to provide information on how well fielded so-
lutions are meeting urgent operational needs. 
(c) URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘urgent operational needs’’ means 
capabilities that are determined by the Secretary of De-
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fense, pursuant to the review process required by section 
804(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note), to be 
suitable for rapid fielding in response to urgent oper-
ational needs. 
SEC. 903. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
SENIOR 
OFFICIAL 
FOR 
ENTERPRISE 
RE-
SOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM DATA CONVER-
SION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) designate a senior official of the Depart-
ment of Defense as the official with principal re-
sponsibility for coordination and management over-
sight of data conversion for all enterprise resource 
planning systems of the Department; and 
(2) set forth the responsibilities of that senior 
official with respect to such data conversion. 
SEC. 904. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES 
FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE 
FOR 
DEVELOPMENTAL 
TEST 
AND 
EVALUATION. 
(a) SUPERVISION.—Section 139b(a)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to the Under 
Secretary’’ before the period and inserting ‘‘directly to the 
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Under Secretary, without the interposition of any other 
supervising official’’. 
(b) CONCURRENT SERVICE.—Section 139b(a)(7) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’. 
(c) RESOURCES.—Section 139b(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(A) The President shall include in the 
budget transmitted to Congress, pursuant to 
section 1105 of title 31, for each fiscal year, a 
separate statement of estimated expenditures 
and proposed appropriations for the fiscal year 
for the activities of the Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense for Developmental Test and 
Evaluation in carrying out the duties and re-
sponsibilities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation 
shall have sufficient professional staff of mili-
tary and civilian personnel to enable the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary to carry out the duties and 
responsibilities prescribed by law. The resources 
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for the Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be 
comparable to the resources, including Senior 
Executive Service positions, other civilian posi-
tions, and military positions, available to the 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.’’. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 139b(d) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘JOINT’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re-
spectively; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Not later than 
March 31’’; 
(4) in the matter appearing before subpara-
graph (A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘jointly’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) With respect to the report required under para-
graph (1) by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Developmental Test and Evaluation— 
‘‘(A) the report shall include a separate section 
that covers the activities of the Department of De-
fense Test Resource Management Center (estab-
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lished under section 196 of this title) during the pre-
ceding year; and 
‘‘(B) the report shall be transmitted to the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics at the same time it is sub-
mitted to the congressional defense committees.’’. 
SEC. 905. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS.— 
(1) REDESIGNATION
OF
MILITARY
DEPART-
MENT.—The military department designated as the 
Department of the Navy is redesignated as the De-
partment of the Navy and Marine Corps. 
(2) 
REDESIGNATION
OF
SECRETARY
AND 
OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.— 
(A) SECRETARY.—The position of the Sec-
retary of the Navy is redesignated as the Sec-
retary of the Navy and Marine Corps. 
(B) OTHER
STATUTORY
OFFICES.—The 
positions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, 
the four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and 
the General Counsel of the Department of the 
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Navy are redesignated as the Under Secretary 
of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Assistant 
Secretaries of the Navy and Marine Corps, and 
the General Counsel of the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps, respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
TITLE
10, 
UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
‘‘MILITARY
DEPART-
MENT’’.—Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 
Department of the Army, the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 
Air Force.’’. 
(2) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The text 
of section 5011 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: ‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine 
Corps is separately organized under the Secretary of 
the Navy and Marine Corps.’’. 
(3) 
POSITION
OF
SECRETARY.—Section 
5013(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘There is a Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting 
‘‘There is a Secretary of the Navy and Marine 
Corps’’. 
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(4) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 
(A) The heading of chapter 503 of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 
(B) The heading of chapter 507 of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS’’. 
(5) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ 
and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they 
appear other than as specified in paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), and (4) (including in section head-
ings, subsection captions, tables of chapters, 
and tables of sections) and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and ‘‘Sec-
retary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec-
tively, in each case with the matter inserted to 
be in the same typeface and typestyle as the 
matter stricken. 
(B)(i) 
Sections 
5013(f), 
5014(b)(2), 
5016(a), 5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of 
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disorder and traumatic brain injury, and other 
mental problems as a result of such service; and 
(B) the cost of lifetime prosthetics care 
and treatment for veterans suffering from am-
putations as a result of such service. 
(17) Current and future cost of providing De-
partment of Veterans Affairs disability benefits for 
the lifetime of veterans who incur disabilities while 
serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Op-
eration New Dawn, Operation Enduring Freedom, 
or Operation Odyssey Dawn. 
(18) Current and future cost of providing sur-
vivors’ benefits to survivors of members of the 
Armed Forces killed while serving in support of Op-
eration Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Odyssey 
Dawn. 
(19) Cost of bringing members of the Armed 
Forces and equipment back to the United States 
upon the conclusion of Operation New Dawn, Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Odyssey 
Dawn, including the cost of demobilization, trans-
portation costs (including fuel costs), providing tran-
sition services for members of the Armed Forces 
transitioning from active duty to veteran status, 
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