‘‘(4) The assignment and training of con-
tracting officer representatives when such represent-
atives are required to be members of the armed 
forces because of the nature of the contract con-
cerned.’’. 
(b) PHASED IMPLEMENTATION
OF PERFORMANCE 
ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall imple-
ment the requirements of chapter 149 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), in a phased man-
ner while guidance is issued, and categories, metrics, 
goals, and standards are established. Implementation shall 
begin with a cross section of elements of the defense acqui-
sition system representative of the entire system and shall 
be completed for all elements not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATION BY JOINT RE-
QUIREMENTS 
OVERSIGHT 
COUNCIL 
OF 
INPUT FROM CERTAIN OFFICIALS. 
Paragraph (2) of section 105(e) of the Weapon Sys-
tem Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
23) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) MATTERS COVERED.—The report shall in-
clude, at a minimum, an assessment of— 
‘‘(A) the extent to which the Council has 
effectively sought, and the commanders of the 
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combatant commands have provided, meaning-
ful input on proposed joint military require-
ments; 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the Council has 
meaningfully considered the input and expertise 
of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion, Technology, and Logistics in its discus-
sions; 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the Council has 
meaningfully considered the input and expertise 
of the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro-
gram Evaluation in its discussions; 
‘‘(D) the quality and effectiveness of ef-
forts to estimate the level of resources needed 
to fulfill joint military requirements; and 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the Council has 
considered trade-offs among cost, schedule, and 
performance objectives.’’. 
SEC. 103. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE JOINT 
CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION AND DEVELOP-
MENT SYSTEM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that the Department of Defense de-
velops and implements a program to manage performance 
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in establishing joint military requirements pursuant to 
section 181 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) LEADERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate an officer identified or designated as a joint quali-
fied officer to serve as leader of a joint effort to develop 
the performance management program required by sub-
section (a). The Secretary shall also designate an officer 
from each Armed Force to serve as leader of the effort 
within the Armed Force concerned. Officers designated 
pursuant to this section shall have the seniority and au-
thority necessary to oversee and direct all personnel en-
gaged in establishing joint military requirements within 
the Joint Staff or within the Armed Force concerned. 
(c) MATTERS COVERED.—The program developed 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall: 
(1) Measure the following in relation to each 
joint military requirement: 
(A) The time a requirements document 
takes to receive validation through the require-
ments process. 
(B) The quality of cost information associ-
ated with the requirement and the extent to 
which cost information was considered during 
the requirements process. 
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(C) The extent to which the requirements 
process established a meaningful level of pri-
ority for the requirement. 
(D) The extent to which the requirements 
process considered trade-offs between cost, 
schedule, and performance objectives. 
(E) 
The 
quality 
of 
information 
on 
sustainment associated with the requirement 
and the extent to which sustainment informa-
tion was considered during the requirements 
process. 
(F) Such other matters as the Secretary 
shall determine appropriate. 
(2) Achieve, to the maximum extent practicable, 
the following outcomes in the requirements process: 
(A) Timeliness in delivering capability to 
the warfighter. 
(B) Mechanisms for controlling require-
ments creep. 
(C) Responsiveness to fact-of-life changes 
occurring after the approval of a requirements 
document, including changes to the threat envi-
ronment, the emergence of new capabilities, or 
changes in the resources estimated to procure 
or sustain a capability. 
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