for the acquisition of services in accordance with the 
categories established under section 2330(a)(1)(C) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The composition of billets necessary to oper-
ate such process. 
(4) The training required for personnel engaged 
in such process. 
(5) The relationship between doctrine and such 
process. 
(6) Methods of obtaining input on joint require-
ments for the acquisition of services. 
(7) Procedures for coordinating with the acqui-
sition process. 
(8) Considerations relating to opportunities for 
strategic sourcing. 
(d) MATTERS
REQUIRED
IN
IMPLEMENTATION 
PLAN.—Each plan required under subsection (b) shall 
provide for initial implementation of a process for identi-
fying, assessing, and approving requirements for the ac-
quisition of services not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall provide for full im-
plementation of such process at the earliest date prac-
ticable. 
(e) CONSISTENCY WITH JOINT GUIDANCE.—When-
ever, at any time, guidance is issued by the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff relating to requirements for the 
acquisition of services, each process established under sub-
section (a) shall be revised in accordance with such joint 
guidance. 
(f) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘requirements for the 
acquisition 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 Coun-
cil is the validation authority, the Chairman shall des-
ignate 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 
materiel solution to the mission of the unit; and 
(3) participate consistent with its operational 
obligations. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A task force provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall, for the materiel solution con-
cerned—
(1) provide input to the analysis of alternatives; 
(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 spon-
sor for the joint military requirement shall provide admin-
istrative support to the joint evaluation task force for pur-
poses 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 
funding actions required to support the capabilities 
development and acquisition process for the materiel 
solution. 
(2) MATERIEL SOLUTION.—The term ‘‘materiel 
solution’’ means the development, acquisition, pro-
curement, or fielding of a new item, or of a modi-
fication to an existing item, necessary to equip, oper-
ate, maintain, and support military activities. 
SEC. 106. REVIEW OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION GUIDANCE. 
(a) REVIEW OF GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall review the acquisition guidance of the Depart-
ment of Defense, including, at a minimum, the guidance 
contained in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 
entitled ‘‘Operation 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 primarily relating to the acquisition 
of weapon systems to acquisitions not involving 
weapon systems (including the acquisition of com-
mercial goods and commodities, commercial and 
military unique services, and information tech-
nology); 
(2) whether long-term sustainment and energy 
efficiency of weapon systems is appropriately empha-
sized; 
(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, ca-
pacity, and technology development to help meet 
such needs; 
(4) the extent to which earned value manage-
ment should be required on acquisitions not involv-
ing the acquisition of weapon systems and whether 
measures of quality and technical performance 
should be included 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 
contained in section 804 of the National Defense 
Authorization 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 con-
siders 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 de-
tailing any changes in the acquisition guidance of the De-
partment of Defense identified during the review required