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(g) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—The authority granted 
in subsection (a) shall become effective 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional 
defense committees a plan for implementation of those authorities 
under subsection (a). The plan shall include the following: 
(1) A Department of Defense definition of— 
(A) cyber operations-peculiar equipment and capabili-
ties; and 
(B) cyber capability-peculiar equipment, capabilities, 
and services. 
(2) Summaries of the components to be negotiated in the 
memorandum of agreements with the military departments 
and other Department of Defense components to carry out 
the development, acquisition, and sustainment of equipment, 
capabilities, and services described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (a)(1). 
(3) Memorandum of agreement negotiation and approval 
timelines. 
(4) Plan for oversight of the command acquisition executive 
established in subsection (b). 
(5) Assessment of the acquisition workforce needs of the 
United States Cyber Command to support the authority in 
subsection (a) until 2021. 
(6) Other matters as appropriate. 
(h) ANNUAL END-OF-YEAR ASSESSMENT.—Each year, the Cyber 
Investment Management Board shall review and assess the acquisi-
tion activities of the United States Cyber Command, including 
contracting and acquisition documentation, for the previous fiscal 
year, and provide any recommendations or feedback to the acquisi-
tion executive of Cyber Command. 
(i) SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate on September 30, 2021. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
DURATION
OF
ACQUISITIONS.—The 
authority under this section does not include major defense 
acquisition programs, major automated information system pro-
grams, or acquisitions of foundational infrastructure or software 
architectures the duration of which is expected to last more 
than five years. 
SEC. 808. REPORT ON LINKING AND STREAMLINING REQUIREMENTS, 
ACQUISITION, AND BUDGET PROCESSES WITHIN ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief 
of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps shall each submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on efforts to link and streamline 
the requirements, acquisition, and budget processes within the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, respectively. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A specific description of— 
(A) the management actions the Chief concerned or 
the Commandant has taken or plans to take to link and 
streamline the requirements, acquisition, and budget proc-
esses of the Armed Force concerned;
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(B) any reorganization or process changes that will 
link and streamline the requirements, acquisition, and 
budget processes of the Armed Force concerned; and 
(C) any cross-training or professional development ini-
tiatives of the Chief concerned or the Commandant. 
(2) For each description under paragraph (1)— 
(A) the specific timeline associated with implementa-
tion; 
(B) the anticipated outcomes once implemented; and 
(C) how to measure whether or not those outcomes 
are realized. 
(3) Any other matters the Chief concerned or the Com-
mandant considers appropriate. 
SEC. 809. ADVISORY PANEL ON STREAMLINING AND CODIFYING 
ACQUISITION REGULATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish 
under the sponsorship of the Defense Acquisition University and 
the National Defense University an advisory panel on streamlining 
acquisition regulations. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The panel shall be composed of at least 
nine individuals who are recognized experts in acquisition and 
procurement policy. In making appointments to the advisory panel, 
the Under Secretary shall ensure that the members of the panel 
reflect diverse experiences in the public and private sectors. 
(c) DUTIES.—The panel shall— 
(1) review the acquisition regulations applicable to the 
Department of Defense with a view toward streamlining and 
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the defense acquisi-
tion process and maintaining defense technology advantage; 
and 
(2) make any recommendations for the amendment or 
repeal of such regulations that the panel considers necessary, 
as a result of such review, to— 
(A) establish and administer appropriate buyer and 
seller relationships in the procurement system; 
(B) improve the functioning of the acquisition system; 
(C) ensure the continuing financial and ethical integ-
rity of defense procurement programs; 
(D) protect the best interests of the Department of 
Defense; and 
(E) eliminate any regulations that are unnecessary 
for the purposes described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(D). 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
the advisory panel established pursuant to subsection (a) with 
timely access to appropriate information, data, resources, and 
analysis so that the advisory panel may conduct a thorough 
and independent assessment as required under such subsection. 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
FACA.—The requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to the advisory panel established pursuant to subsection (a). 
(e) REPORT.—
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(1) PANEL REPORT.—Not later than two years after the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense establishes the advisory 
panel, the panel shall transmit a final report to the Secretary. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The final report shall contain a detailed 
statement of the findings and conclusions of the panel, 
including— 
(A) a history of each current acquisition regulation 
and a recommendation as to whether the regulation and 
related law (if applicable) should be retained, modified, 
or repealed; and 
(B) such additional recommendations for legislation as 
the panel considers appropriate. 
(3) INTERIM REPORTS.—(A) Not later than 6 months and 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to or brief the 
congressional defense committees on the interim findings of 
the panel with respect to the elements set forth in paragraph 
(2). 
(B) The panel shall provide regular updates to the Secretary 
of Defense for purposes of providing the interim reports 
required under this paragraph. 
(4) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after receiving 
the final report of the advisory panel, the Secretary of Defense 
shall transmit the final report, together with such comments 
as the Secretary determines appropriate, to the congressional 
defense committees. 
(f) DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND 
SUPPORT.—The Secretary of Defense may use amounts available 
in the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 
Fund established under section 1705 of title 10, United States 
Code, to support activities of the advisory panel under this section. 
SEC. 810. REVIEW OF TIME-BASED REQUIREMENTS PROCESS AND 
BUDGETING AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS. 
(a) TIME-BASED REQUIREMENTS PROCESS.—The Secretary of 
Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall review 
the requirements process with the goal of establishing an agile 
and streamlined system that develops requirements that provide 
stability and foundational direction for acquisition programs and 
shall determine the advisability of providing a time-based or phased 
distinction between capabilities needed to be deployed urgently, 
within 2 years, within 5 years, and longer than 5 years. 
(b) BUDGETING AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall review and ensure that the acquisition and budgeting 
systems are structured to meet time-based or phased requirements 
in a manner that is predictable, cost effective, and efficient and 
takes advantage of emerging technological developments.
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Subtitle B—Amendments to General Con-
tracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
SEC. 
811. 
AMENDMENT 
RELATING 
TO 
MULTIYEAR 
CONTRACT 
AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. 
Subsection (a)(1) and subsection (i)(4) of section 2306b of title 
10, United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘substantial’’ 
and inserting ‘‘significant’’. 
SEC. 812. APPLICABILITY OF COST AND PRICING DATA AND CERTIFI-
CATION REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 2306a(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) to the extent such data— 
‘‘(i) relates to an offset agreement in connection 
with a contract for the sale of a weapon system or 
defense-related item to a foreign country or foreign 
firm; and 
‘‘(ii) does not relate to a contract or subcontract 
under the offset agreement for work performed in such 
foreign country or by such foreign firm that is directly 
related to the weapon system or defense-related item 
being purchased under the contract.’’. 
SEC. 813. RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA. 
(a) RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA RELATING TO MAJOR WEAPON 
SYSTEMS.—Paragraph (2) of section 2321(f) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a challenge to a use or release restriction 
that is asserted with respect to technical data of a contractor 
or subcontractor for a major system or a subsystem or component 
thereof on the basis that the major weapon system, subsystem, 
or component was developed exclusively at private expense— 
‘‘(A) the presumption in paragraph (1) shall apply— 
‘‘(i) with regard to a commercial subsystem or compo-
nent of a major system, if the major system was acquired 
as a commercial item in accordance with section 2379(a) 
of this title; 
‘‘(ii) with regard to a component of a subsystem, if 
the subsystem was acquired as a commercial item in 
accordance with section 2379(b) of this title; and 
‘‘(iii) with regard to any other component, if the compo-
nent is a commercially available off-the-shelf item or a 
commercially available off-the-shelf item with modifications 
of a type customarily available in the commercial market-
place or minor modifications made to meet Federal Govern-
ment requirements; and 
‘‘(B) in all other cases, the challenge to the use or release 
restriction shall be sustained unless information provided by