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SEC. 712. LICENSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 
IN TRICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that a qualified mental health professional described 
in subsection (b) is eligible for reimbursement under the 
TRICARE program as a TRICARE certified mental health 
counselor. 
(b) QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFES-
SIONAL DESCRIBED.—A qualified mental health care pro-
fessional described in this subsection is an individual 
who— 
(1) holds a masters degree or doctoral degree in 
counseling from a mental health counseling program 
or clinical mental health counseling program that is 
accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Coun-
seling and Related Educational Programs; 
(2) is licensed by a State in mental health coun-
seling at the clinical level or, with respect to a State 
that has a tiered licensing scheme, at the highest level 
available; and 
(3) has passed the National Clinical Mental 
Health Counseling Examination. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN PRACTICING PROFES-
SIONALS.—During the period preceding January 1, 2027, 
for purposes of subsection (a), an individual who meets the 
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following criteria is deemed to be a qualified mental health 
care professional described in subsection (b): 
(1) The individual holds a masters degree or doc-
toral degree in counseling from a program that is ac-
credited by a covered institution. 
(2) The individual has been licensed by a State 
as a mental health counselor for a period of not less 
than five years. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered institution’’ means any of 
the following: 
(A) The Accrediting Commission for Com-
munity and Junior Colleges Western Association 
of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC-WASC). 
(B) The Higher Learning Commission 
(HLC). 
(C) The Middle States Commission on 
Higher Education (MSCHE). 
(D) The New England Association of 
Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions 
of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE). 
(E) The Southern Association of Colleges 
and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges. 
(F) The WASC Senior College and Univer-
sity Commission (WASC-SCUC). 
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(G) The Accrediting Bureau of Health Edu-
cation Schools (ABHES). 
(H) The Accrediting Commission of Career 
Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). 
(I) The Accrediting Council for Independent 
Colleges and Schools (ACICS). 
(J) The Distance Education Accreditation 
Commission (DEAC). 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
each possession of the United States. 
(3) The term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 713. REPORTS ON PROPOSED REALIGNMENTS OF MILI-
TARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
(a) LIMITATION ON REALIGNMENT.—Chapter 55 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1073b the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1073c. Reports on proposed realignments of mili-
tary medical treatment facilities 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 
restructure or realign a military medical treatment facility 
until— 
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‘‘(1) the Secretary submits to the congressional 
defense committees a report on such proposed restruc-
turing or realignment; and 
‘‘(2) a period of 90 days has elapsed following 
the date of such submission. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a)(1) 
shall include, with respect to the military medical treat-
ment facility covered by the report, the following: 
‘‘(1) The average daily inpatient census. 
‘‘(2) The average inpatient capacity. 
‘‘(3) The top five inpatient admission diagnoses. 
‘‘(4) Each medical specialty available. 
‘‘(5) The average daily percent of staffing avail-
able for each medical specialty. 
‘‘(6) The beneficiary population within the 
catchment area. 
‘‘(7) The budgeted funding level. 
‘‘(8) Whether the facility has a helipad capable 
of receiving medical evacuation airlift patients arriv-
ing on the primary evacuation aircraft platform for 
the military installation served. 
‘‘(9) A determination of whether the civilian hos-
pital system in which the facility resides, if any, is 
a Federally-designated underserved medical commu-
nity and the effect on such community from any re-
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duction in staff or functions or downgrade of the fa-
cility. 
‘‘(10) If the facility serves a training center— 
‘‘(A) a determination of the risk with re-
spect to high-tempo, live-fire military operations, 
treating battlefield-like injuries, and the poten-
tial for a mass casualty event if the facility is 
downgraded to a clinic or reduced in personnel 
or capabilities; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the extent to which the 
Secretary, in making such determination, con-
sulted with the appropriate training directorate, 
training and doctrine command, and forces com-
mand of each military department. 
‘‘(11) A site assessment by the TRICARE pro-
gram to assess the network capabilities of TRICARE 
providers in the local area. 
‘‘(12) The inpatient mental health availability. 
‘‘(13) The average annual inpatient care directed 
to civilian medical facilities. 
‘‘(14) The civilian capacity by medical specialty 
in each catchment area. 
‘‘(15) The distance in miles to the nearest civil-
ian emergency care department. 
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‘‘(16) The distance in miles to the closest civilian 
inpatient hospital, listed by level of care and whether 
the facility is designated a sole community hospital. 
‘‘(17) The availability of ambulance service on 
the military installation and the distance in miles to 
the nearest civilian ambulance service, including the 
average response time to the military installation. 
‘‘(18) An estimate of the cost to restructure or re-
align the military medical treatment facility, includ-
ing with respect to bed closures and civilian personnel 
reductions. 
‘‘(19) If the military medical treatment facility 
is restructured or realigned, an estimate of— 
‘‘(A) the number of civilian personnel re-
ductions, listed by series; 
‘‘(B) the number of local support contracts 
terminated; and 
‘‘(C) the increased cost of purchased care. 
‘‘(20) An assessment of the effect of the elimi-
nation of health care services at the military medical 
treatment facility on civilians employed at such facil-
ity.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1073b the following new item: 
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‘‘1073c. Reports on proposed realignments of military medical treatment facili-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 714. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPERATION OF NETWORK 
OF RETAIL PHARMACIES UNDER TRICARE 
PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PILOT PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of Defense may conduct a pilot program to evalu-
ate whether, in carrying out the TRICARE pharmacy bene-
fits program under section 1074g of title 10, United States 
Code, operating a network of preferred retail pharmacies 
will generate cost savings for the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—In conducting 
the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) incorporate ‘‘best practices’’ to enhance pa-
tient access from non-TRICARE health plans that are 
using a preferred retail network of pharmacies along 
with the mail-order pharmacy program of the plans 
and preferred pharmacy networks in Medicare Part 
D; 
(2) allow beneficiaries to obtain prescription 
medication that is available through the TRICARE 
pharmacy benefits program, including maintenance 
medication, through the network of preferred retail 
pharmacies and the national mail-order pharmacy 
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program under section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(iii) of title 10 
United States Code; 
(3) allow retail pharmacies participating in the 
network of preferred retail pharmacies to purchase 
prescription medication for beneficiaries at rates 
available to the Federal government pursuant to sec-
tion 1074g(f) of title 10, United States Code; 
(4) ensure that retail pharmacies participating 
in the network of preferred retail pharmacies shall be 
comprised of small business pharmacies at a rate no 
lower than the current TRICARE pharmacy program 
participation rate; 
(5) study the potential, viability, cost efficiency, 
and health care effectiveness of the TRICARE phar-
macy benefits program administering prescription 
medication through a network of preferred retail 
pharmacies in addition to the methods available pur-
suant to section 1074g(a)(2)(E) of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(6) determine the opportunities for and barriers 
to coordinating and leveraging the use of a network 
of preferred retail pharmacies in addition to such 
methods 
available 
pursuant 
to 
such 
section 
1074g(a)(2)(E). 
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(c) SELECTION OF RETAIL PHARMACIES.—The Sec-
retary shall select the retail pharmacies to participate in 
the preferred network of preferred retail pharmacies pursu-
ant to subsection (a). In making such selection the Sec-
retary may— 
(1) require that retail pharmacies opt-in to the 
network and agree to the reimbursement rates paid by 
the Secretary; 
(2) determine specific criteria for each retail 
pharmacy to meet or that a certain number of retail 
pharmacies must meet; 
(3) use a competitive process; and 
(4) require the preferred pharmacy network to 
comply with the existing TRICARE retail pharmacy 
access standards. 
(d) SELECTION OF MILITARY COMMUNITIES.—In car-
rying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall select at least one region in which to carry out 
the pilot program. The Secretary shall ensure that any re-
gion selected meets the following criteria: 
(1) The region has a certain number or percent-
age, as determined by the Secretary, of— 
(A) members of the Armed Forces serving on 
active duty; 
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(B) members of the Armed Forces serving in 
a reserve component; and 
(C) retired members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) The number of beneficiaries under paragraph 
(1) is sufficient to produce statistically significant re-
sults. 
(3) The region has at least one retail pharmacy 
that operates at least 10 pharmacy locations in the 
region. 
(4) The region has at least one military installa-
tion that has a military medical treatment facility 
with a pharmacy. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop the 
pilot program under subsection (a) in consultation with— 
(1) the Secretaries of the military departments; 
(2) representatives from the military installa-
tions within the region selected under subsection (d); 
and 
(3) the TRICARE-managed pharmacy contractor 
with responsibility for the national pharmacy mail- 
order program. 
(f) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—If the Secretary 
of Defense carries out the pilot program under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall commence such pilot program by 
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not later than May 1, 2016, and shall terminate such pro-
gram on September 30, 2018. 
(g) REPORTS.—If the Secretary of Defense carries out 
the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
reports on the pilot program as follows: 
(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a report containing an imple-
mentation plan for the pilot program. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the pilot program commences, and semiannu-
ally thereafter during the period in which the pilot 
program is carried out, an interim report on the pilot 
program. 
(3) Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the pilot program terminates, a final report de-
scribing the results of the pilot program, including 
any recommendations of the Secretary to expand such 
program. 
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Subtitle C—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 721. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR DOD-VA HEALTH 
CARE SHARING INCENTIVE FUND. 
Section 8111(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 722. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND. 
Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2573), as amended by section 722 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291;128 Stat. 3417), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 800. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DESIRED TENETS 
OF THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives held a series of hearings in 
2013, 2014, and 2015 gathering testimony from key 
acquisition leaders and experts. It is clear that the ac-
quisition reform efforts of the last 50 years continue 
to founder because they fail to address the motiva-
tional and environmental factors in which they must 
be implemented. The acquisition system, though frus-
trating to all, is in one sense in equilibrium. The ac-
quisition system provides enough benefits to pro-
ponents and opponents to continue, with only minor 
changes, despite its shortcomings. 
(2) The Armed Forces continue to pursue too 
many defense acquisitions, chasing too few dollars. 
Consequently, there remains a vast difference between 
the budgeting plans of the Department and the reality 
of the cost of its systems or the services it acquires. 
(3) To keep programs alive, the Department de-
velops and Congress accepts fragile acquisition strate-
gies that downplay technical issues and assume only 
successful outcomes from high-risk efforts. As a result, 
the Department often ends up with too few weapons, 
with performance that falls short, that are difficult 
and costly to maintain, delivered late at too high a 
cost. Congressional and Department of Defense leader-
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ship have limited insight into the services acquired or 
what services need to be acquired in the future. Fur-
thermore, the conventional acquisition process is not 
agile enough for today’s demands. Finally, the De-
partment of Defense continues to struggle with finan-
cial management and auditability, affecting its abil-
ity to control costs, ensure basic accountability, an-
ticipate future costs and claims on the budget, and 
measure performance. 
(4) Too often today, all stakeholders in the De-
partment of Defense, Congress, and industry, accept 
that— 
(A) for the acquisition process, success is de-
fined as maximizing technical performance or 
protecting organizational interests, without re-
gard to funding disruptions and delivery delays 
of needed capability or services to the warfighter; 
and 
(B) the acquisition process is— 
(i) reactive, meaning issues are ad-
dressed late and at great cost only after 
problems are realized; 
(ii) plodding, meaning the bureau-
cratic processes are sclerotic and cum-
bersome; 
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(iii) opaque, meaning that limiting in-
formation is necessary to protect programs; 
and 
(iv) traditional, meaning that cus-
tomary approaches and suppliers are pre-
ferred over perceived risk of new or unique 
concepts and vendors. 
(5) Today, the United States is at a cross-roads, 
and if changes to the acquisition system are not made 
soon, the trend of fewer and more costly systems and 
services that fall short of the needs of the Armed 
Forces will continue. Congress, the Department of De-
fense, and industry all have a stake in making posi-
tive changes. Each plays a role in contributing to the 
current system. Each gains benefits from that system, 
but each is frustrated by it as well. 
(6) The acquisition improvement effort of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives proposes a different approach from pre-
vious efforts by seeking to improve the environment 
(i.e., statutes, regulations, processes, and culture) 
driving acquisition decisions in the Department of 
Defense, industry, and Congress. The Committee has 
solicited input from industry and the Department of 
Defense, as well as others in Congress, and will con-
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tinue to do so. The Committee recognizes that there 
are no ‘‘silver bullets’’ that can immediately fix the 
current acquisition system in a holistic and long- 
standing manner. Therefore, the reform effort will be 
an ongoing and iterative process that will result in 
legislation not only this year, but will be embedded in 
the Committee’s annual and regular work. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE TENETS OF AN IM-
PROVED ACQUISITION SYSTEM.—It is the sense of Congress 
that all stakeholders in the acquisition system—the Depart-
ment of Defense, Congress, and industry—should be gov-
erned by the following tenets: 
(1) SUCCESS.—Success in the acquisition system 
means the timely delivery of affordable and effective 
military equipment and services. 
(2) PROACTIVE.—The acquisition system should 
be proactive, meaning— 
(A) the system should recognize that devel-
opment and acquisition problems can occur; and 
(B) officials at all levels should be empow-
ered to solve problems and reduce risks by sur-
facing issues early and honestly and taking ac-
tion to resolve them. 
(3) AGILE.—The acquisition system should be 
agile, meaning that needed program adjustments to 
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both respond to emerging threats and the rapid pace 
of technological change and to address development or 
production issues should be proposed and adjudicated 
quickly. 
(4) 
TRANSPARENT.—The 
acquisition 
system 
should be transparent, meaning that— 
(A) all decision makers should be given use-
ful, relevant, credible, and reliable information 
when making commitments; 
(B) Government and industry communica-
tion should be clear and open; and 
(C) the Department of Defense should 
produce auditable financial management state-
ments. 
(5) INNOVATIVE.—The acquisition system should 
be innovative, meaning that barriers should be re-
moved that preclude companies from undertaking de-
fense business or officials from proposing new ap-
proaches. 
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Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 
Management 
SEC. 801. REPORT ON LINKING AND STREAMLINING RE-
QUIREMENTS, ACQUISITION, AND BUDGET 
PROCESSES WITHIN ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, 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 each 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
efforts to link and streamline the requirements, acquisition, 
and budget processes within the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps, respectively. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A specific description of— 
(A) the management actions the Chief con-
cerned or the Commandant has taken or plans to 
take to link and streamline the requirements, ac-
quisition, and budget processes of the Armed 
Force concerned; 
(B) any reorganization or process changes 
that will link and streamline the requirements, 
acquisition, and budget processes of the Armed 
Force concerned; and 
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(C) any cross-training or professional devel-
opment initiatives of the Chief concerned or the 
Commandant. 
(2) For each description under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the specific timeline associated with im-
plementation; 
(B) the anticipated outcomes once imple-
mented; and 
(C) how to measure whether or not those 
outcomes are realized. 
(3) Any other matters the Chief concerned or the 
Commandant considers appropriate. 
SEC. 802. REQUIRED REVIEW OF ACQUISITION-RELATED 
FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEFS OF STAFF OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REVIEW 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 conduct a review of their current individual authori-
ties provided in sections 3033, 5033, 8033, and 5043 of title 
10, United States Code, and other relevant statutes and reg-
ulations related to defense acquisitions for the purpose of 
developing such recommendations as the Chief concerned or 
the Commandant considers necessary to further or advance 
the role of the Chief concerned or the Commandant in the 
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development of requirements, acquisition processes, and the 
associated budget practices of the Department of Defense. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than March 1, 2016, 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 each submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing, at a minimum, the 
following: 
(1) The recommendations developed by the Chief 
concerned or the Commandant under subsection (a) 
and other results of the review conducted under such 
subsection. 
(2) The actions the Chief concerned or the Com-
mandant is taking, if any, within the Chief’s or Com-
mandant’s existing authority to implement such rec-
ommendations. 
SEC. 803. INDEPENDENT STUDY OF MATTERS RELATED TO 
BID PROTESTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall enter into a contract with an inde-
pendent research entity that is a not-for-profit entity or a 
federally funded research and development center with ap-
propriate expertise and analytical capability to carry out 
a comprehensive study of factors leading to the filing of bid 
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protests. The study shall examine issues such as the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The variable influences on the net benefit 
(monetary and non-monetary) to contractors either 
filing a protest or indicating intent to file a protest. 
(2) The extent to which protests are filed by in-
cumbent contractors for purposes of extending a con-
tract’s period of performance. 
(3) The extent to which companies file protests 
even when those companies do not believe there was 
an error in the procurement process. 
(4) The time it takes agencies to implement cor-
rective actions after a ruling or decision. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the independent entity shall 
provide to the Secretary and the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the results of the study, along with any 
recommendations it may have. 
SEC. 804. PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS. 
(a) COMMERCIAL ITEM DETERMINATIONS BY DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 140 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 2380. Commercial item determinations by Depart-
ment of Defense 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) establish and maintain a centralized capa-
bility with necessary expertise and resources to over-
see the making of commercial item determinations for 
the purposes of procurements by the Department of 
Defense; and 
‘‘(2) provide public access to Department of De-
fense commercial item determinations for the purposes 
of procurements by the Department of Defense.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2380. Commercial item determinations by Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) COMMERCIAL ITEM EXCEPTION TO SUBMISSION OF 
COST AND PRICING DATA.—Section 2306a(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) COMMERCIAL
ITEM
DETERMINATION.—(A) 
For purposes of applying the commercial item excep-
tion under paragraph (1)(B) to the required submis-
sion of certified cost or pricing data, the contracting 
officer may presume that a prior commercial item de-
termination made by a military department, a De-
fense Agency, or another component of the Depart-
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ment of Defense shall serve as a determination for 
subsequent procurements of such item. 
‘‘(B) If the contracting officer does not make the 
presumption described in subparagraph (A) and in-
stead chooses to proceed with a procurement of an 
item previously determined to be a commercial item 
using procedures other than the procedures authorized 
for the procurement of a commercial item, the con-
tracting officer shall request a review of the commer-
cial item determination by the head of the contracting 
activity. 
‘‘(C) Not later than 30 days after receiving a re-
quest for review of a commercial item determination 
under subparagraph (B), the head of a contracting 
activity shall— 
‘‘(i) confirm that the prior determination 
was appropriate and still applicable; or 
‘‘(ii) issue a revised determination with a 
written explanation of the basis for the revi-
sion.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEM.—Nothing in 
this section or the amendments made by this section shall 
affect the meaning of the term ‘‘commercial item’’ under 
subsection (a)(5) of section 2464 of title 10, United States 
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Code, or any requirement under subsection (c) of such sec-
tion. 
SEC. 805. MODIFICATION TO INFORMATION REQUIRED TO 
BE SUBMITTED BY OFFEROR IN PROCURE-
MENT OF MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS AS COM-
MERCIAL ITEMS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR DETERMINATION.—Subsection 
(a) of section 2379 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘; and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(b) TREATMENT
OF SUBSYSTEMS
AS COMMERCIAL 
ITEMS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘only if’’ and inserting ‘‘if either’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘the subsystem is a’’ and inserting 
‘‘that the subsystem is a’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B). 
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(c) TREATMENT
OF COMPONENTS
AS COMMERCIAL 
ITEMS.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘title only if’’ and inserting ‘‘title 
if either’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘the component or’’ and inserting 
‘‘that the component or’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(C) by striking clause (ii). 
(d) INFORMATION SUBMITTED.—Subsection (d) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘submit—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘prices paid’’ and inserting ‘‘submit prices 
paid’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 806. AMENDMENT RELATING TO MULTIYEAR CON-
TRACT AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION OF 
PROPERTY. 
Paragraph (1) of section 2306b(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) That there is a reasonable expectation that 
the use of such a contract will result in lower total 
anticipated costs of carrying out the program than if 
the program were carried out through annual con-
tracts.’’. 
SEC. 807. COMPLIANCE WITH INVENTORY OF CONTRACTS 
FOR SERVICES. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the op-
eration of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, not more than 75 percent may 
be obligated or expended in fiscal year 2016 until— 
(1) the ‘‘Department of Defense Compliance Plan 
for Section 8108(c) of Public Law 112–10’’, as con-
tained in a memorandum and enclosure dated No-
vember 22, 2011, is implemented; 
(2) the implementing direction contained in the 
‘‘Enterprise-wide Contractor Manpower Reporting 
Application’’, as contained in a memorandum dated 
November 28, 2012, from the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and 
the (then) Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is fulfilled; 
and 
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(3) the funds made available in March 2014 to 
establish the Total Force Management Support Office 
to define business processes for compiling, reviewing, 
and using the inventory required under section 
2330a(c) of title 10, United States Code, have been ob-
ligated. 
Subtitle B—Workforce Development 
and Related Matters 
SEC. 811. AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AC-
QUISITION 
WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUND. 
(a) PERMANENT
EXTENSION
OF
FUND.—Section 
1705(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of an 
amount as follows:’’ and all that follows through the 
end and inserting ‘‘of an amount of not less than 
$500,000,000.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘an 
amount that is less than’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting ‘‘an amount that is less than 
$400,000,000.’’. 
(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EXPEDITED HIRING 
AUTHORITY.—Section 1705(g) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
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(2) by striking ‘‘AUTHORITY.—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘For purposes of’’ in paragraph (1) and 
inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY.—For purposes of’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(5) by aligning paragraphs (1) and (2), as des-
ignated by paragraphs (3) and (4), so as to be two 
ems from the left margin. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE COV-
ERED.—Section 1705(g) of such title, as amended by sub-
section (c), is further amended by striking ‘‘acquisition 
workforce positions’’ and inserting ‘‘of positions in the ac-
quisition workforce, as defined in subsection (h),’’. 
SEC. 812. DUAL-TRACK MILITARY PROFESSIONALS IN OPER-
ATIONAL AND ACQUISITION SPECIALITIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR SERVICE CHIEF INVOLVE-
MENT.—Section 1722a(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘military department)’’ the 
following: ‘‘, in collaboration with 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 
(with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps, respectively),’’. 
(b) DUAL-TRACK CAREER PATH.—Section 1722a(b) of 
such title is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘single-track’’ 
before ‘‘career path’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) A dual-track career path that attracts the 
highest quality officers and enlisted personnel and al-
lows them to gain experience in and receive credit for 
a primary career in combat arms and a functional 
secondary career in the acquisition field in order to 
more closely align the military operational, require-
ments, and acquisition workforces of each armed 
force.’’. 
SEC. 813. PROVISION OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT CREDIT 
FOR ACQUISITION DUTY. 
Section 668(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(D); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(F) acquisition matters addressed by military 
personnel and covered under chapter 87 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 814. REQUIREMENT FOR ACQUISITION SKILLS ASSESS-
MENT 
BIENNIAL 
STRATEGIC 
WORKFORCE 
PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 115b(b)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) new or expanded critical skills and 
competencies needed by the existing civilian em-
ployee workforce of the Department to address 
new acquisition process requirements established 
by law or policy during the four years preceding 
the year of submission of the plan; and’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 115b of such 
title is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E) of subsection (b)(1), as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘(1)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)(E)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A) of each of subsections 
(c), (d), and (e), by striking ‘‘through (D)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘through (E)’’. 
SEC. 815. MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING RE-
LATED TO THE CONDUCT OF MARKET RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) MANDATORY MARKET RESEARCH TRAINING.—Sec-
tion 2377 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MARKET RESEARCH TRAINING REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall provide mandatory training for 
members of the armed forces and employees of the Depart-
ment of Defense responsible for the conduct of market re-
search required under subsection (c). Such mandatory 
training shall, at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) provide comprehensive information on the 
subject of market research and the function of market 
research in the acquisition of commercial items; 
‘‘(2) teach best practices for conducting and doc-
umenting market research; and 
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‘‘(3) provide methodologies for establishing 
standard processes and reports for collecting and 
sharing market research across the Department.’’. 
(b) INCORPORATION INTO MANAGEMENT CERTIFI-
CATION TRAINING MANDATE.—The Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff shall ensure that the requirements of section 
2377(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), are incorporated into the requirements manage-
ment certification training mandate of the Joint Capabili-
ties Integration Development System. 
SEC. 816. INDEPENDENT STUDY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF 
DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION 
WORKFORCE 
IM-
PROVEMENT EFFORTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall enter into a contract with an inde-
pendent research entity described in subsection (b) to carry 
out a comprehensive study of the strategic planning of the 
Department of Defense related to the defense acquisition 
workforce. The study shall provide a comprehensive exam-
ination of the Department’s efforts to recruit, develop, and 
retain the acquisition workforce with a specific review of 
the following: 
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(1) The implementation of the Defense Acquisi-
tion Workforce Improvement Act (including chapter 
87 of title 10, United States Code). 
(2) The application of the Department of Defense 
Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (as estab-
lished under section 1705 of title 10, United States 
Code). 
(3) The effectiveness of professional military edu-
cation programs, including fellowships and exchanges 
with industry. 
(b) INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENTITY.—The entity de-
scribed in this subsection is an independent research entity 
that is a not-for-profit entity or a federally funded research 
and development center with appropriate expertise and an-
alytical capability. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) TO SECRETARY.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the inde-
pendent research entity shall provide to the Secretary 
a report containing— 
(A) the results of the study required by sub-
section (a); and 
(B) such recommendations to improve the 
acquisition workforce as the independent re-
search entity considers to be appropriate. 
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(2) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after 
receipt of the report under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit such report, together 
with any additional views or recommendations of the 
Secretary, to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 817. EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RE-
LATING 
TO 
CERTAIN 
ACQUISITION 
PER-
SONNEL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRO-
CEDURES. 
Section 1762(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
Subtitle C—Weapon Systems 
Acquisition and Related Matters 
SEC. 821. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DESIRED CHARAC-
TERISTICS FOR THE WEAPON SYSTEMS AC-
QUISITION SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) CURRENT
SITUATION.—Despite significant 
and repeated attempts at acquisition reform, the De-
partment of Defense still experiences case after case of 
expensive weapon system acquisition failures. The De-
partment of Defense has a track record of too many 
cancellations, schedule slippages, cost over-runs, and 
failures to deliver timely solutions to the requirements 
of the Armed Forces. This situation is unacceptable. 
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For example, according to the Final Report of the 
2010 Army Acquisition Review, between 1996 and 
2010, the Army expended approximately $1 billion to 
$3 billion annually on two dozen programs that were 
eventually cancelled. No military service and no type 
of weapon acquisition has been immune. 
(2) PROBLEMS
IN
ALL
PHASES
OF
ACQUISI-
TIONS.— 
(A) Despite detailed weapon acquisition 
processes and procedures, there is only limited 
discipline in starting programs. Many programs 
begin without a solid foundation. They have too 
many requirements deemed ‘‘critical’’, which are 
driven by too many organizations and individ-
uals. Approved requirements are often set with 
only a limited understanding of the technical 
feasibility of achieving them. The resulting com-
promises of good program management and en-
gineering judgment that allow the programs to 
proceed are the ‘‘spackle’’ of the acquisition sys-
tem that covers up the risks and enables the sys-
tem to operate. 
(B) As these weapon systems proceed into 
engineering and manufacturing development, 
they often encounter development problems lead-
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ing to cost growth, schedule delay, and perform-
ance reductions. Industry and Government offi-
cials frequently respond by taking additional de-
velopment risks to resolve basic performance 
issues by reducing the time to analyze and assess 
development results, overlapping key development 
efforts, and reducing testing. The Department of 
Defense and Congress disrupt the planned fund-
ing of stable programs to find resources for trou-
bled programs or to fund across-the-board spend-
ing cuts. Funding instability is the inevitable 
price that programs pay for survival because 
funding disruptions actually keep more pro-
grams alive. 
(C) Finally, these weapons are often rushed 
into production only to encounter production 
problems, and are fielded with many unknowns 
or deficiencies leading to significantly reduced 
quantities and force structure reductions. The 
warfighter faces the challenge of operating weap-
ons with poor reliability, high maintenance de-
mands, reduced performance, and many capa-
bility shortfalls. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, in accordance with the tenets described in sec-
tion 800, to improve weapon system acquisitions, the 
Department of Defense, Congress, and industry should 
develop an acquisition system characterized by highly 
disciplined program initiation coupled with agile 
program execution and balanced oversight, as de-
scribed in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4). 
(2) 
HIGHLY
DISCIPLINED
PROGRAM
INITI-
ATION.—An acquisition system characterized by high-
ly disciplined program initiation means that pro-
grams do not begin engineering development until 
firm requirements are matched to a flexible acquisi-
tion strategy structured to develop militarily useful 
capability that can be delivered in a relevant period 
of time with available technologies, funding, and 
management capacity. Such a highly disciplined pro-
gram initiation includes— 
(A) a workforce with smart requirements 
setters and expert buyers, with the knowledge, 
skills, and experience to successfully plan for and 
execute highly complex acquisitions; 
(B) requirements that are well-defined, tech-
nically feasible, and affordable; 
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(C) acquisition strategies that are designed 
to minimize time to market of militarily useful 
capability, with the program concerned being 
structured so that— 
(i) lower-risk, technically mature capa-
bilities are matched to delivering capability 
to the warfighter in the near term, while re-
maining requirements are aligned and re-
sources are programmed to support integra-
tion into later increments to meet the re-
quirements of the Armed Forces; 
(ii) capabilities are approved for an 
increment only when their developmental 
risks have been appropriately reduced; and 
(iii) increments are planned to com-
plete engineering and manufacturing devel-
opment in a reasonable period of time; 
(D) a science and technology development 
enterprise that is responsive to the acquisition 
process before engineering and manufacturing 
development begins, and sufficiently resourced to 
reduce risks and enable programs to make smart 
decisions without losing critical funds; and 
(E) redtape reduction in order to free up 
program and Department officials to focus on 
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General Counsel of the Department of the Navy 
are redesignated as the Under Secretary of the 
Navy and Marine Corps, the Assistant Secre-
taries of the Navy and Marine Corps, and the 
General Counsel of the Department of the Navy 
and Marine Corps, respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF ‘‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’’.— 
Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 
Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy 
and Marine Corps, and the Department of the Air 
Force.’’. 
(2) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The first 
sentence of section 5011 of such title is amended to 
read as follows: ‘‘The Department of the Navy and 
Marine Corps is separately organized under the Sec-
retary of the Navy and Marine Corps.’’. 
(3) 
POSITION
OF
SECRETARY.—Section 
5013(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘There 
is a Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘There is 
a Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(4) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 
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(A) The heading of chapter 503 of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 
(B) The heading of chapter 507 of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS’’. 
(5) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ and 
‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they appear 
other than as specified in paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), and (4) (including in section headings, sub-
section captions, tables of chapters, and tables of 
sections) and inserting ‘‘Department of the Navy 
and Marine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, respectively, in each case 
with the matter inserted to be in the same type-
face and typestyle as the matter stricken. 
(B)(i) Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 5016(a), 
5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are 
amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 
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Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of 
the Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(ii) The heading of section 5016 of such 
title, and the item relating to such section in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 503 
of such title, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and 
Marine Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the 
matter inserted in each case to be in the same 
typeface and typestyle as the matter amended. 
(c) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF-
ERENCES.— 
(1) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each 
place they appear and inserting ‘‘Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, respectively. 
(2) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any 
law other than in title 10 or title 37, United States 
Code, or in any regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States, to the Department of the 
Navy shall be considered to be a reference to the De-
partment of the Navy and Marine Corps. Any such 
reference to an office specified in subsection (a)(2) 
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