sition of services, each process established under subsection 
(a) shall be revised in accordance with such joint guidance. 
(f) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘requirements for the ac-
quisition of services’’ means objectives to be achieved 
through acquisitions primarily involving the procurement 
of services. 
SEC. 105. JOINT EVALUATION TASK FORCES. 
(a) TASK FORCES REQUIRED.—For each joint mili-
tary requirement involving a materiel solution for which 
the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
is the validation authority, the Chairman shall designate 
a commander of a unified combatant command to provide 
a joint evaluation task force to participate in such materiel 
solution. Such task force shall— 
(1) come from a military unit or units des-
ignated by the combatant commander concerned; 
(2) be selected based on the relevance of such ma-
teriel solution to the mission of the unit; and 
(3) participate consistent with its operational 
obligations. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A task force provided pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall, for the materiel solution con-
cerned— 
(1) provide input to the analysis of alternatives; 
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(2) participate in testing (including limited user 
tests and prototype testing); 
(3) provide input on a concept of operations and 
doctrine; 
(4) provide end user feedback to the resource 
sponsor; and 
(5) participate, through the combatant com-
mander concerned, in any alteration of the require-
ment for such solution. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The resource sponsor 
for the joint military requirement shall provide administra-
tive support to the joint evaluation task force for purposes 
of carrying out this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) RESOURCE
SPONSOR.—The term ‘‘resource 
sponsor’’ means the organization responsible for all 
common documentation, periodic reporting, and fund-
ing actions required to support the capabilities devel-
opment and acquisition process for the materiel solu-
tion. 
(2) MATERIEL SOLUTION.—The term ‘‘materiel 
solution’’ means the development, acquisition, pro-
curement, or fielding of a new item, or of a modifica-
tion to an existing item, necessary to equip, operate, 
maintain, and support military activities. 
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SEC. 106. REVIEW OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION GUIDANCE. 
(a) REVIEW OF GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall review the acquisition guidance of the Department of 
Defense, including, at a minimum, the guidance contained 
in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 entitled ‘‘Op-
eration of the Defense Acquisition System’’. 
(b) MATTERS CONSIDERED.—The review performed 
under subsection (a) shall consider— 
(1) the extent to which it is appropriate to apply 
guidance relating to the acquisition of weapon sys-
tems to acquisitions not involving weapon systems 
(including the acquisition of commercial goods and 
commodities, commercial and military unique serv-
ices, and information technology); 
(2) whether long-term sustainment of weapon 
systems is appropriately emphasized; 
(3) whether appropriate mechanisms exist to 
communicate information relating to the mission 
needs of the Department of Defense to the industrial 
base in a way that allows the industrial base to make 
appropriate investments in infrastructure, capacity, 
and technology development to help meet such needs; 
(4) the extent to which earned value management 
should be required on acquisitions not involving the 
acquisition of weapon systems and whether measures 
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of quality and technical performance should be in-
cluded in any earned value management system; 
(5) the extent to which it is appropriate to apply 
processes primarily relating to the acquisition of 
weapon systems to the acquisition of information 
technology systems, consistent with the requirement to 
develop an alternative process for such systems con-
tained in section 804 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 2401; 10 U.S.C. 2225 note); and 
(6) such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and of the House of Representatives a report detailing any 
changes in the acquisition guidance of the Department of 
Defense identified during the review required by subsection 
(a), and any actions taken, or planned to be taken, to im-
plement such changes 
SEC. 107. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO 
SERVICES CONTRACTING THROUGHOUT THE 
FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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