and rapid acquisition. The review shall also involve the 
service acquisition executives of each military department. 
(b) ANALYSIS
OF FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
TRAINING.—Following the review conducted under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall analyze the 
most recent future-years defense program to determine 
the amounts of estimated expenditures and proposed ap-
propriations necessary to support the training require-
ments of the amendments made by section 205 of this Act, 
including any new training requirements determined after 
the review conducted under subsection (a). The Secretary 
shall identify any additional funding needed for such 
training requirements in the separate chapter on the de-
fense acquisition workforce required in the next annual 
strategic workforce plan under 115b of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR ONGOING CURRICULUM DE-
VELOPMENT WITH CERTAIN SCHOOLS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1746 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.—The President 
of the Defense Acquisition University shall work with the 
relevant professional schools and degree-granting institu-
tions of the Department of Defense and military depart-
ments to ensure that best practices are used in curriculum 
development to support acquisition workforce positions.’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT TO SECTION HEADING.—(A) 
The heading of section 1746 of such title is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1746. Defense Acquisition University’’. 
(B) The item relating to section 1746 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of subchapter IV 
of chapter 87 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘1746. Defense Acquisition University.’’. 
SEC. 209. COST ESTIMATING INTERNSHIP AND SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAMS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re-
quire the Department of Defense to develop internship 
and scholarship programs in cost estimating to underscore 
the importance of cost estimating, as a core acquisition 
function, to the acquisition process. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop intern and scholarship programs in cost esti-
mating for purposes of improving education and training 
in cost estimating and providing an opportunity to meet 
any certification requirements in cost estimating. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Such programs shall be es-
tablished not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall be implemented for a 4- 
year period following establishment of the programs. 
SEC. 210. PROHIBITION ON PERSONAL SERVICES CON-
TRACTS FOR SENIOR MENTORS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prohibit the award of a contract for personal services by 
any component of the Department of Defense for the pur-
pose of obtaining the services of a senior mentor. 
(b) INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be interpreted to prohibit the employment of a senior men-
tor as a highly qualified expert pursuant to section 9903 
of title 5, United States Code, subject to the pay and term 
limitations of that section. A senior mentor employed as 
a highly qualified expert shall be required to submit a fi-
nancial disclosure report and comply with all conflict of 
interest laws and regulations applicable to other Federal 
employees with similar conditions of service. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘contract for personal services’’ 
means a contract awarded under the authority of 
section 129b(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘component of the Department of 
Defense’’ means a military department, a defense
agency, a Department of Defense field activity, a 
unified combatant command, or the joint staff. 
(3) The term ‘‘senior mentor’’ means any per-
son— 
(A)(i) who has served as a general or flag 
officer in the Armed Forces; or 
(ii) who has served in a position at a level 
at or above the level of the senior executive 
service; 
(B) has retired within the 10 years pre-
ceding the award of a contract; and 
(C) who serves as a mentor, teacher, train-
er, or advisor to government personnel on mat-
ters pertaining to the former official duties of 
such person. 
TITLE III—FINANCIAL 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 301. INCENTIVES FOR ACHIEVING AUDITABILITY. 
(a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AUTHORIZED.—The 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall ensure 
that any component of the Department of Defense that 
the Under Secretary determines has financial statements 
validated as ready for audit earlier than September 30, 
2017, shall receive preferential treatment, as the Under 
Secretary determines appropriate—
(1) in financial matter matters, including— 
(A) consistent with the need to fund ur-
gent warfighter requirements and operational 
needs, priority in the release of appropriated 
funds to such component; 
(B) relief from the frequency of financial 
reporting of such component in cases in which 
such reporting is not required by law; 
(C) relief from departmental obligation and 
expenditure thresholds to the extent that such 
thresholds establish requirements more restric-
tive than those required by law; or 
(D) such other measures as the Under 
Secretary considers appropriate; and 
(2) in the availability of personnel management 
incentives, including— 
(A) the size of the bonus pool available to 
the financial and business management work-
force of the component; 
(B) the rates of promotion within the fi-
nancial and business management workforce of 
the component; 
(C) awards for excellence in financial and 
business management; or