(b) GUIDANCE AND PLAN REQUIRED.—The Chief of 
Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps shall— 
(1) issue and maintain guidance relating to the 
requirements process required by subsection (a); and 
(2) develop a plan to implement the require-
ments process required by subsection (a). 
(c) MATTERS REQUIRED IN GUIDANCE.—The guid-
ance required under subsection (b) shall establish, in rela-
tion to the requirements process for the acquisition of 
services, the following: 
(1) Organization of the requirements process. 
(2) The level of command responsibility re-
quired for identifying and validating requirements in 
accordance with the categories established under sec-
tion 2330(a)(1)(C) of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The composition of billets necessary to oper-
ate the requirements process. 
(4) The training required for personnel engaged 
in the requirements process. 
(5) The relationship between doctrine and the 
requirements process. 
(6) Methods of obtaining input on joint require-
ments. 
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(7) Procedures for coordinating with the acqui-
sition process. 
(8) Considerations relating to opportunities for 
strategic sourcing. 
(d) MATTERS
REQUIRED
IN
IMPLEMENTATION 
PLAN.—The plan required under subsection (b) shall pro-
vide for initial implementation of a requirements process 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall provide for full implementation of 
the process at the earliest date practicable. 
(e) CONSISTENCY WITH JOINT GUIDANCE.—When-
ever, at any time, guidance is issued by the Joint Staff 
relating to the acquisition of services, each requirements 
process established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be re-
vised in accordance with the requirements of such joint 
guidance. 
SEC. 105. JOINT EVALUATION TASK FORCES. 
(a) TASK FORCES REQUIRED.—For each joint mili-
tary requirement involving a materiel solution for which 
the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Coun-
cil is the validation authority, the Chairman shall des-
ignate a commander of a unified combatant command to 
provide a joint evaluation task force to assist in the acqui-
sition of the materiel solution. Such task force shall— 
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(1) come from a military unit or units des-
ignated by the combatant commander concerned; 
(2) be selected based on the relevance of the 
materiel solution to the mission of the unit; and 
(3) participate consistent with its operational 
obligations. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A task force provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall participate in all stages of 
the development and low rate initial production of the ma-
teriel solution, including— 
(1) providing input to the analysis of alter-
natives; 
(2) participating in testing (including limited 
user tests and prototype testing); 
(3) providing input on a concept of operations 
and doctrine; 
(4) providing end user feedback to the resource 
sponsor; and 
(5) participating in any alteration of the re-
quirement for such solution. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The resource spon-
sor for the joint military requirement shall provide admin-
istrative support to the joint evaluation task force for pur-
poses of carrying out this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) RESOURCE SPONSOR.—The term ‘‘resource 
sponsor’’ means the organization responsible for all 
common documentation, periodic reporting, and 
funding actions required to support the capabilities 
development and acquisition process for the materiel 
solution. 
(2) MATERIEL SOLUTION.—The term ‘‘materiel 
solution’’ means the development, acquisition, pro-
curement, or fielding of a new item, or of a modi-
fication to an existing item, necessary to equip, oper-
ate, maintain, and support military activities. 
SEC. 106. REVIEW OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION GUIDANCE. 
(a) REVIEW OF GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall review the acquisition guidance of the Depart-
ment of Defense, including, at a minimum, the guidance 
contained in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 
entitled ‘‘Operation of the Defense Acquisition System’’. 
(b) MATTERS CONSIDERED.—The review performed 
under subsection (a) shall consider— 
(1) the extent to which it is appropriate to 
apply guidance relating to the acquisition of weapon 
systems to acquisitions not involving weapon systems 
(including the acquisition of commercial goods and 
commodities, commercial and military unique serv-
ices, and information technology); 
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