‘‘§ 2546. Audits of performance assessment 
‘‘(a) AUDITS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the performance assessments of the defense 
acquisition system required by section 2545 of this title are 
subject to periodic audits to determine the accuracy, reli-
ability, and completeness of such assessments. 
‘‘(b) STANDARDS AND APPROACH.—In performing the 
audits required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure 
that such audits— 
‘‘(1) comply with generally accepted government 
auditing standards issued by the Comptroller Gen-
eral; 
‘‘(2) use a risk-based approach to audit plan-
ning; and 
‘‘(3) appropriately account for issues associated 
with auditing assessments of activities occurring in a 
contingency operation. 
‘‘§ 2547. Use of performance assessments for managing 
performance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that the results of performance assessments are used 
in the management of elements of the defense acquisition 
system through direct linkages between the results of a per-
formance assessment and the following: 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:26 Apr 23, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00011
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H5013.RH
H5013
srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with BILLS
‘‘(1) The size of the bonus pool available to the 
workforce of an element of the defense acquisition sys-
tem. 
‘‘(2) Rates of promotion in the workforce of an 
element of the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(3) Awards for acquisition excellence. 
‘‘(4) The scope of work assigned to an element of 
the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that actions taken to manage the acqui-
sition workforce pursuant to subsection (a) are undertaken 
in accordance with the requirements of subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 1701a of this title. 
‘‘§ 2548. Acquisition–related functions of the Chiefs of 
Staff of the armed forces 
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure, 
notwithstanding 
section 
3014(c)(1)(A), 
section 
5014(c)(1)(A), and section 8014(c)(1)(A) of this title, that 
the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Oper-
ations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps assist the Secretary of the 
military department concerned in the performance of the 
following acquisition-related functions of such department: 
‘‘(1) The development of requirements relating to 
the defense acquisition system. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:26 Apr 23, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00012
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H5013.RH
H5013
srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with BILLS
‘‘(2) The development of measures to control re-
quirements creep in the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(3) The development of career paths in acquisi-
tion for military personnel (as required by section 
1722a of this title). 
‘‘(4) The assignment and training of contracting 
officer representatives when such representatives are 
required to be members of the armed forces because of 
the nature of the contract concerned. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘requirements creep’ means the ad-
dition of new technical or operational specifications 
after a requirements document is approved. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘requirements document’ means a 
document produced in the requirements process that 
is provided for an acquisition program to guide the 
subsequent development, production, and testing of the 
program and that— 
‘‘(A) justifies the need for a materiel ap-
proach, or an approach that is a combination of 
materiel and non-materiel, to satisfy one or more 
specific capability gaps; 
‘‘(B) details the information necessary to 
develop an increment of militarily useful, 
logistically supportable, and technically mature 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
21:26 Apr 23, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00013
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H5013.RH
H5013
srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with BILLS