at the end of the items relating to such title the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 710. Acquisition Professional Career Program.’’. 
SEC. 205. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ACQUISITION WORK-
FORCE. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Procurement 
Officer and the Chief Human Capital Officer of the De-
partment of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a 5-year strategic plan for 
the acquisition workforce of the Department. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) designate the acquisition positions that will 
be necessary to support the Department acquisition 
requirements, including in the fields of— 
(A) program management; 
(B) systems planning, research, develop-
ment, engineering, and testing; 
(C) procurement, including contracting; 
(D) industrial property management; 
(E) logistics; 
(F) quality control and assurance; 
(G) manufacturing and production; 
(H) business, cost estimating, financial 
management, and auditing; 
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(I) education, training, and career develop-
ment; 
(J) construction; and 
(K) joint projects with other Government 
agencies and foreign countries; 
(2) identify acquisition workforce needs of each 
Department component performing acquisition func-
tions and develop a schedule for filling those needs; 
(3) include departmental guidance and risk- 
based policies on the use of contractors to perform 
acquisition functions; 
(4) summarize the recruitment, hiring, training, 
and retention of the workforce identified in para-
graph (2); and 
(5) establish goals for achieving integration and 
consistency with Governmentwide training and ac-
creditation standards, acquisition training tools, and 
training facilities. 
(c) OTHER ACQUISITION POSITIONS.—The Chief Ac-
quisition Officer of the Department may, as appropriate, 
designate as acquisition positions those additional posi-
tions that perform significant acquisition-related functions 
within that component of the Department. 
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SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF MAJOR AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF MAJOR PRO-
CUREMENT AWARDS. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTS.—The 
Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees at least 3 business days prior to— 
‘‘(1) making a contract award, other trans-
action agreement, or task and delivery order exceed-
ing $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(2) announcing the intention to make such an 
award. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—If the Secretary determines that 
compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk 
to homeland security, an award may be made without the 
notification required by subsection (a) if the Secretary no-
tifies the appropriate congressional committees by not 
later than 5 business days after such award is made.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such title the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. Notification to Congress of major procurement awards.’’. 
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SEC. 207. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 712. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Man-
agement shall establish a process to provide for the evalua-
tion of the integrity and quality of major acquisitions, to 
be conducted independently by personnel with no involve-
ment or interest in the underlying acquisitions. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR GUIDANCE.—The Under 
Secretary for Management shall create a transparent ac-
quisition process by making available to the public written 
guidance that provides the following: 
‘‘(1) Criteria for applying and planning inde-
pendent verification and validation, including appro-
priate thresholds above which acquisitions may not 
proceed without independent verification and valida-
tion unless authorized to do so by the Acquisition 
Review Board established under section 708. 
‘‘(2) Procedures for ensuring the managerial, fi-
nancial, and technical independence of providers of 
independent verification and validation. 
‘‘(3) Methods for integrating independent 
verification and validation results into program man-
agement. 
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‘‘(c) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—The annual report 
required by section 708(e) shall— 
‘‘(1) identify any acquisition that is granted ini-
tial approval to proceed by the Acquisition Review 
Board without undergoing the process to establish 
independent verification and validation required 
under this section; and 
‘‘(2) provide an explanation of the decision not 
to employ independent verification and validation.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Under Secretary for Manage-
ment shall establish the process required by the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such title the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 712. Independent verification and validation.’’. 
SEC. 208. OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY. 
Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep-
tember 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 
30, 2016’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than 2 years after the effective date of this Act, and 
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