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notice of any determination made under paragraph 
(1) at the time of the determination. 
SEC. 806. LEAD SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF LEAD SYSTEMS 
INTEGRATORS.—The Department of Defense may not 
award any new contracts for lead systems integrator func-
tions in the acquisition of major systems, effective October 
1, 2011. 
(b) PLAN FOR ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a plan for establishing the appropriate 
size of the acquisition workforce to accomplish inher-
ently governmental functions related to acquisition 
of major weapons systems. In developing the plan, 
the Secretary shall, at a minimum— 
(A) identify the positions and skills, due to 
their inherently governmental nature, that 
should be supplied by Department of Defense 
personnel versus contractor personnel; 
(B) identify the gaps in skills that exist 
within the current defense workforce; 
(C) create a plan for closing such skill 
gaps; 
(D) create a plan for obtaining a proper 
match between the level of acquisition expertise
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within each acquisition program office and the 
level of risk associated with the acquisition pro-
gram that the program office is expected to 
manage; and 
(E) identify the additional personnel or 
hiring authorities that may be required on an 
interim basis, until such time as the Depart-
ment of Defense has sufficient government per-
sonnel to fill the positions designated as inher-
ently governmental. 
(2) DEADLINE.—The plan described in para-
graph (1) shall be submitted to the congressional de-
fense committees no later than October 1, 2008. 
(c) EXCEPTION FOR CONTRACTS FOR OTHER MAN-
AGEMENT SERVICES.—The Department of Defense may 
continue to award contracts for the procurement of serv-
ices the primary purpose of which is to perform acquisition 
support functions with respect to the development or pro-
duction of a major system, if the following conditions are 
met: 
(1) The contractor may not perform inherently 
governmental functions, as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, including—
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(A) determining courses of action to be 
taken in the best interest of the government; 
and 
(B) determining best technical perform-
ance for the warfighter; and 
(2) a prime contractor for such a contract may 
not award a subcontract to an entity owned in whole 
or in part by the prime contractor. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LEAD
SYSTEMS
INTEGRATOR.—The term 
‘‘lead systems integrator’’ means— 
(A) a prime contractor for the development 
or production of a major system, if the prime 
contractor is not expected at the time of award 
to perform a substantial portion of the work on 
the system and the major subsystems; or 
(B) a prime contractor under a contract 
for the procurement of services the primary 
purpose of which is to perform acquisition func-
tions closely associated with inherently govern-
mental functions with respect to the develop-
ment or production of a major system. 
(2) MAJOR SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘major system’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 2302d 
of title 10, United States Code.
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SEC. 807. PROCUREMENT GOAL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN- 
SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND ALASKA NA-
TIVE-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 2323 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions 
and Alaska Native-serving institutions (as de-
fined in section 317 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965).’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting after ‘‘His-
panic-serving institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alaska Native- 
serving institutions,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘His-
panic-serving institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alaska Native- 
serving institutions,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘His-
panic-serving institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘to Native
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Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alaska Native- 
serving institutions,’’. 
SEC. 808. REINVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC SOURCES OF STRA-
TEGIC MATERIALS. 
(a) REINVESTMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) PROPOSAL
EVALUATION
CRITERIA.—The 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics shall issue guidance requiring 
that all Department of Defense solicitations for pro-
posals for major systems that could contain strategic 
materials clearly specify that an evaluation criteria 
for such proposals will be the extent to which each 
prospective strategic material supplier demonstrates 
a record of sustained reinvestment in processes, in-
frastructure, workforce training, and facilities for 
domestic production of such a material, as well as a 
plan for continued reinvestment. 
(2) FLOW DOWN REQUIRED.—Guidance issued 
under this subsection shall require that the evalua-
tion criteria be incorporated by reference into any 
solicitation for sources of strategic materials at any 
contractual tier. 
(b) REVIEW AND REPORT.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Strategic Mate-
rials Protection Board, established under section
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187 of title 10, United States Code, shall, on an an-
nual basis— 
(A) review the number of proposals sub-
mitted for major systems that could contain 
strategic materials; and 
(B) as part of the Board’s duties under 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 187(b) of 
such title, determine the following: 
(i) The percentage of proposals that 
were found to be responsive to the rein-
vestment evaluation criteria required under 
subsection (a). 
(ii) The percentage of responsive pro-
posals that were awarded. 
(iii) The percentage of non-responsive 
proposals that were awarded. 
(iv) The long-term viability of stra-
tegic materials suppliers, based upon the 
past and future reinvestment planned by 
the suppliers. 
(2) INCLUSION IN BOARD REPORT.—The Stra-
tegic Materials Protection Board shall include its 
findings in the next report submitted to Congress 
under section 187(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. The