merce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(7) BREACH.—The term ‘breach’, with respect 
to a major acquisition program, means a failure to 
satisfy any cost, schedule, or performance threshold 
specified in the most recently approved acquisition 
program baseline. 
‘‘(8) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER.—The term 
‘Chief Acquisition Officer’ means the Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer pursuant to section 1702 of title 41, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(9) COMPONENT ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE.— 
The term ‘Component Acquisition Executive’ means 
the senior acquisition official within a component 
who is designated in writing by the Under Secretary 
for Management, in consultation with the component 
head, with authority and responsibility for leading a 
process and staff to provide acquisition and program 
management oversight, policy, and guidance to en-
sure that statutory, regulatory, and higher level pol-
icy requirements are fulfilled, including compliance 
with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion, and Department acquisition management direc-
tives established by the Under Secretary for Man-
agement. 
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‘‘(10) LIFE-CYCLE COST.—The term ‘life-cycle 
cost’ means the total ownership cost of an acquisi-
tion, including all relevant costs related to acquiring, 
deploying, operating, maintaining, supporting, and 
(if applicable) disposing of the system, project, or 
product at issue over a specified period of time. 
‘‘(11) MAJOR
ACQUISITION
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘major acquisition program’ means a Depart-
ment capital asset, service, or hybrid acquisition pro-
gram that is estimated by the Secretary to require 
an 
eventual 
total 
expenditure 
of 
at 
least 
$300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2022 constant 
dollars) over the life-cycle cost of the program, or an 
acquisition program identified by the Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer as a program of special interest.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by inserting before the item re-
lating to section 831 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 830. Definitions.’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR MAJOR AC-
QUISITION PROGRAM BREACH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 836. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND OTHER RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR ACQUISITION PRO-
GRAM BREACH. 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATIONS
WITHIN
DEPARTMENT
IN 
EVENT OF BREACH.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION OF BREACH.—If a breach 
occurs, or is expected to occur, in a major acquisi-
tion program, the program manager for such pro-
gram shall notify the Component Acquisition Execu-
tive for such program, the head of the component 
concerned, and the Executive Director of the Pro-
gram Accountability and Risk Management office in 
writing not later than 30 calendar days after the 
date on which such breach is identified. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION TO UNDER SECRETARY.— 
Not later than five business days after receipt of a 
notification pursuant to paragraph (1), the Compo-
nent Acquisition Executive for the major acquisition 
program at issue shall notify the Under Secretary 
for Management in writing of the breach that is the 
subject of such notification. 
‘‘(3) PAUSING ACTIVITIES.—Upon notification 
to the Under Secretary under paragraph (2), the 
major acquisition program that is the subject of the 
breach at issue shall pause all activities relating to 
such program except those activities necessary to de-
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velop the remediation plan required under subsection 
(b) until the Under Secretary for Management ap-
proves such plan or provides alternative corrective 
actions for such program pursuant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION
TO CONGRESS
IN EVENT
OF 
BREACH.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
a notification to the Under Secretary for Management is 
made under subsection (a)(1) relating to a breach in a 
major acquisition program, the Under Secretary shall no-
tify in writing the appropriate committees of Congress of 
such breach. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIATION PLAN AND ROOT CAUSE ANAL-
YSIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a breach occurs, or is ex-
pected to occur, in a major acquisition program, the 
program manager for such program shall, in coordi-
nation with the Component Acquisition Executive for 
such program, submit in writing to the head of the 
component concerned, the Executive Director of the 
Program Accountability and Risk Management of-
fice, and the Under Secretary for Management, at a 
date established by the Under Secretary, a remedi-
ation plan and root cause analysis relating to such 
breach and program. 
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