and other criteria pursuant to the Department- 
level acquisition policy; 
‘‘(D) the acquisition decision authority for 
the acquisition; and 
‘‘(E) the current acquisition phase. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
COMPONENTS.—Each 
head of a component shall comply with Federal law, the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisi-
tion management directives established by the Under Sec-
retary for Management. For each major acquisition pro-
gram, each head of a component shall— 
‘‘(1) establish an organizational structure for 
conducting acquisitions within the component, to be 
managed by a Component Acquisition Executive; 
‘‘(2) obtain the resources necessary to operate 
such an organizational structure that are aligned 
with the number, type, size, and complexity of the 
acquisition programs of the component; and 
‘‘(3) oversee sustainment of capabilities de-
ployed by major acquisition programs and non-major 
acquisition programs after all planned deployments 
are completed until such capabilities are retired or 
replaced. 
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‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF COMPONENT ACQUISI-
TION EXECUTIVES.—Each Component Acquisition Execu-
tive shall— 
‘‘(1) establish and implement policies and guid-
ance for managing and conducting oversight for 
major acquisition programs and non-major acquisi-
tion programs within the component at issue that 
comply with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, and Department acquisition manage-
ment directives established by the Under Secretary 
for Management; 
‘‘(2) for each major acquisition program— 
‘‘(A) define baseline requirements and doc-
ument changes to such requirements, as appro-
priate; 
‘‘(B) establish a complete life cycle cost es-
timate with supporting documentation that is 
consistent with cost estimating best practices as 
identified by the Comptroller General of the 
United States; 
‘‘(C) verify each life cycle cost estimate 
against independent cost estimates or assess-
ments, as appropriate, and reconcile any dif-
ferences; 
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‘‘(D) complete a cost-benefit analysis with 
supporting documentation; and 
‘‘(E) develop and maintain a schedule that 
is consistent with scheduling best practices as 
identified by the Comptroller General of the 
United States, including, in appropriate cases, 
an integrated master schedule; 
‘‘(3) ensure that all acquisition program docu-
mentation provided by the component demonstrates 
the knowledge required for successful program exe-
cution prior to final approval and is complete, accu-
rate, timely, and valid; 
‘‘(4) in such cases where it is appropriate, exer-
cise the acquisition decision authority to approve, 
pause, modify (including the rescission of approvals 
of program milestones), or cancel major acquisition 
programs or non-major acquisition programs when 
delegated by the Under Secretary for Management 
pursuant to section 701(d)(3); and 
‘‘(5) review, oversee, and direct activities be-
tween acquisition decision events for major acquisi-
tion programs within the component for which the 
Under Secretary for Management is the acquisition 
decision authority. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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