IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1365 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 27, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
certain acquisition innovation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Acquisition Innovation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION INNOVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 710. ACQUISITION INNOVATION. 
‘‘The Under Secretary for Management may— 
‘‘(1) designate an individual within the Depart-
ment to manage acquisition innovation efforts of the 
Department; 
‘‘(2) test emerging acquisition best practices to 
carrying out acquisitions, consistent with the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation and Department acquisi-
tion management directives, as appropriate; 
‘‘(3) develop and distribute best practices and 
lessons learned regarding acquisition innovation 
throughout the Department; 
‘‘(4) establish metrics to measure the effective-
ness of acquisition innovation efforts with respect to 
cost, operational efficiency of the acquisition pro-
gram (including timeframe for executing contracts), 
and collaboration with the private sector, including 
small businesses; and 
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‘‘(5) determine impacts of acquisition innova-
tion efforts on the private sector by— 
‘‘(A) engaging with the private sector, in-
cluding small businesses, to provide information 
and obtain feedback on procurement practices 
and acquisition innovation efforts of the De-
partment; 
‘‘(B) obtaining feedback from the private 
sector on the impact of acquisition innovation 
efforts of the Department; and 
‘‘(C) incorporating such feedback, as ap-
propriate, into future acquisition innovation ef-
forts of the Department.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
709 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 710. Acquisition innovation.’’. 
(c) INFORMATION.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security sub-
mits the annual budget justification for the Department 
of Homeland Security for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, the Secretary shall, if appropriate, provide 
information to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
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