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Science and Innovation Integration commencing as of that 
date without further appointment under section 133a of 
title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 902. REPEAL OF POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF COST AS-
SESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
(a) REPEAL OF POSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 139a of title 10, 
United States Code is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The following pro-
visions of law are repealed: 
(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 131(b)(4) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(B) Subparagraph (A) of section 131(b)(8) 
of such title. 
(C) Subparagraph (C) of section 2222(e)(6) 
of such title. 
(D) Chapter 222 of such title. 
(E) Paragraph (5) of section 1672(c) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 
(F) Subparagraph (E) of section 223(c)(1) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
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Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 
4172 note). 
(G) Subparagraph (C) of section 836(e)(2) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 
U.S.C. 3101 note prec.). 
(H) 
Subparagraph 
(E) 
of 
section 
231(d)(2)of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116—92; 
10 U.S.C. 4571 note). 
(I) Section 101(c) of the Weapon Systems 
Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–23; 10 U.S.C. 139a note). 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation, Depart-
ment of Defense.’’. 
(B) Section 118(e) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Cost 
Assessment and Performance Evaluation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment’’. 
(C) Section 181 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(i) in subsection (d)— 
(I) by striking subparagraph (F); 
and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (G) and (H) as subparagraphs 
(F) and (G), respectively; and 
(ii) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘, 
such as the Office of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation,’’. 
(D) Section 134(b)(5) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ and the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Eval-
uation’’. 
(E) Section 225(e)(4) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(F) Section 231a(c)(2)(E) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘of the Of-
fice of Cost Assessment and Program Eval-
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uation’’ and inserting ‘‘of another organiza-
tion of the Department of Defense’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of the 
Office of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘of such other 
organization’’. 
(G) Section 499a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘act-
ing through the Director for Cost Esti-
mating and Program Evaluation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘acting through the official des-
ignated under section 902(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2024’’; 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘the official de-
scribed in subsection (a)’’; 
(iii) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraph (1)— 
(aa) in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘the official described in 
subsection (a)’’; and 
(bb) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘such Directors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the official and the Direc-
tor’’; 
(II) in paragraph (2)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘Director of 
Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘offi-
cial described in subsection (a)’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘such Direc-
tors’’ and inserting ‘‘the official 
and the Director’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (3), by strik-
ing ‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the official described in subsection 
(a)’’; and 
(iv) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 
‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘the offi-
cial described in subsection (a)’’. 
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(H) Section 3501(i)(3)(B) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘conducted on the basis of section 3226(b) of this 
title,’’. 
(I) Section 4251 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in paragraph (6), by striking 
‘‘consistent with study guidance devel-
oped by the Director of Cost Assess-
ment and Program Evaluation’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (7), by striking 
‘‘, with the concurrence of the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Eval-
uation,’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(1)(F), by striking 
‘‘conducted by the Director of Cost Assess-
ment and Program Evaluation’’. 
(J) Section 4252(a)(3)(C) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, 
with the concurrence of the Director of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation,’’. 
(K) Section 4325(c) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘with the concurrence of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
sition and Sustainment,’’. 
(L) Section 4376 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘in 
consultation with the Director of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation,’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking 
‘‘by the Director of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation’’. 
(M) Section 4506 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended striking ‘‘Director of Cost As-
sessment and Performance Evaluation’’ each 
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment’’. 
(N) Section 351(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 
Law 117–263) is amended by striking ‘‘Director 
of Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment’’. 
(O) Section 1640(c)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
(Public Law 117–263) is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of the Office of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation of the Department of De-
fense’’ and inserting ‘‘official designated under 
section 902(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’. 
(P) Section 833(e)(2)(A) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking clause (vi); and 
(ii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 
clause (vi). 
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(Q) Section 1507(c)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
(Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 167b note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram Evaluation,’’. 
(R) Section 834(f) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 
Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 4571 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Director of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Sec-
retary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment’’. 
(S) Section 1251(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 
Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking 
‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram Evaluation,’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘, 
the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller), and the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation’’ and inserting 
‘‘and the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller)’’. 
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(T) Section 1664(a)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 179 note) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (C), respectively. 
(U) Section 1709 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, the 
Director of the Joint Staff, and the Director 
of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Director of the 
Joint Staff’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘, 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
and the Director of Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
the Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff’’. 
(V) Section 1053(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) 
is— 
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(i) 
in 
the 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘CAPE’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment’’. 
(W) Section 839(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 
Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 4171 note)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘shall’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘coordinate 
with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the Director for 
Cost Assessment and Program Evalua-
tion or another’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, the 
senior official of the Department of De-
fense with responsibility for develop-
mental testing,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
senior official of the Department of De-
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fense with responsibility for develop-
mental testing’’. 
(X) Section 925(b)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4271 note) is 
amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B). 
(Y) Section 3113(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 50 U.S.C. 2512 note) is amended 
by striking paragraph (4). 
(Z) Section 1618(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and the Director of Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation’’. 
(AA) Section 907(a)(1) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1564 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘acting through the Direc-
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(3) MODIFICATION OF OTHER TRANSACTION AU-
THORITY.—Section 4021 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, the 
Defense Innovation Unit,’’ after ‘‘Defense Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and the 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Defense Innovation Unit, and 
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’. 
(4) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 1766 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘as deter-
mined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘as de-
termined by the Secretary of Defense’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘as di-
rected by the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘as di-
rected by the Secretary of Defense’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NONTRADITIONAL INNOVATION 
FIELDING ENTERPRISE.—Subchapter I of chapter 303 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 4062 the following new section: 
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