ficer, the Under Secretary shall have the authorities 
and perform the functions specified in section 
1702(b) of such title, and perform all other func-
tions and responsibilities delegated by the Secretary 
or described in this subsection. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS
AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.—In 
addition to the authorities and functions specified in 
section 1702(b) of title 41, United States Code, the 
functions and responsibilities of the Under Secretary 
for Management related to acquisition (as such term 
is defined in section 131 of such title) include the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Advising the Secretary regarding ac-
quisition management activities, considering 
risks of failure to achieve cost, schedule, or per-
formance parameters, to ensure that the De-
partment achieves its mission through the adop-
tion of widely accepted program management 
best practices (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 714) and standards and, where appro-
priate, acquisition innovation best practices. 
‘‘(B) Leading the Department’s acquisition 
oversight body, the Acquisition Review Board. 
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‘‘(C) Synchronizing interagency coordina-
tion relating to acquisition programs and acqui-
sition management efforts of the Department. 
‘‘(D) Exercising the acquisition decision 
authority (as such term is defined in section 
714) to approve, pause, modify (including the 
rescission of approvals of program milestones), 
or cancel major acquisition programs (as such 
term is defined in section 714), unless the 
Under Secretary delegates such authority to a 
Component Acquisition Executive (as such term 
is defined in section 714) pursuant to para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(E) Providing additional scrutiny and 
oversight for an acquisition that is not a major 
acquisition if— 
‘‘(i) the acquisition is for a program 
that is important to the strategic and per-
formance plans of the Department; 
‘‘(ii) the acquisition is for a program 
with significant program or policy implica-
tions; and 
‘‘(iii) the Secretary determines that 
such scrutiny and oversight for the acquisi-
tion is proper and necessary. 
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‘‘(F) Establishing policies for managing 
acquisitions across the Department that pro-
mote best practices (as such term is defined in 
section 714). 
‘‘(G) Establishing policies for acquisition 
that implement an approach that considers 
risks of failure to achieve cost, schedule, or per-
formance parameters that all components of the 
Department shall comply with, including out-
lining relevant authorities for program man-
agers to effectively manage acquisition pro-
grams (as such term is defined in section 714). 
‘‘(H) Ensuring that each major acquisition 
program has a Department-approved acquisi-
tion program baseline (as such term is defined 
in section 714), pursuant to the Department’s 
acquisition management policy that is traceable 
to the life-cycle cost estimate of the program, 
integrated master schedule, and operational re-
quirements. 
‘‘(I) Assisting the heads of components 
and Component Acquisition Executives in ef-
forts to comply with Federal law, the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation, and Department acqui-
sition management directives. 
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