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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
address the following matters: 
(1) A description of undersea fixed surveillance system 
recapitalization requirements, including key performance 
parameters and key system attributes as applicable. 
(2) Cost estimates for procuring a future system or systems. 
(3) Projected dates for key milestones within the acquisition 
strategy. 
(4) A description of how the acquisition strategy will 
improve performance in the areas of detection and localization 
compared to the legacy system to enable effective performance 
against current, emerging, and future threats over the life 
of the systems. 
(5) A description of how the acquisition strategy will 
encourage competition and reward innovation for addressing 
system performance requirements. 
SEC. 1074. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE FOR MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL OPER-
ATIONS FORCES AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 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 the House 
of Representatives a report on the implementation of section 922 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2354) and the amendments made 
by that section (in this section collectively referred to as the ‘‘covered 
authority’’). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A statement of the responsibilities of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 
Conflict that is consistent with the covered authority, including 
an identification of any responsibilities to be divested by the 
Assistant Secretary pursuant to the covered authority. 
(2) A resource-unconstrained analysis of manpower require-
ments necessary to satisfy the responsibilities akin to those 
of the Secretary of a military department that are specified 
by the covered authority. 
(3) An accounting of civilian, military, and contractor per-
sonnel currently assigned to the fulfillment of the responsibil-
ities akin to those of the Secretary of a military department 
that are specified by the covered authority, including respon-
sibilities relating to budget, personnel, programs and require-
ments, acquisition, and special access programs. 
(4) A description of actions taken to implement the covered 
authority as of the date of the report, including the assignment 
of any additional civilian, military, or contractor personnel to 
fulfill additional responsibilities akin to those of the Secretary 
of a military department that are specified by the covered 
authority. 
(5) An explanation how the responsibilities akin to those 
of the Secretary of a military department that assigned to 
the Assistant Secretary by the covered authority will be fulfilled 
in the absence of additional personnel being assigned to the 
office of the Assistant Secretary.
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(6) An assessment of whether the responsibilities specified 
in section 138(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, could be 
accomplished more effectively if the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict were 
elevated to an Under Secretary, including the potential benefits 
and negative consequences of such a change. 
(7) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate. 
SEC. 
1075. 
REPORT 
ON 
THE 
GLOBAL 
FOOD 
SYSTEM 
AND 
VULNERABILITIES 
RELEVANT 
TO 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE MISSIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
consultation with the heads of such components of the Department 
of Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate, submit to the 
congressional defense committees an assessment of Department 
of Defense policies and operational plans for addressing the national 
security implications of global food system vulnerabilities. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) An evaluation of vulnerabilities in the global food 
system that may affect the national security of the United 
States and the Department of Defense roles, missions, and 
capabilities in addressing such vulnerabilities, including 
information technology, data management, and surveillance 
capabilities for detection and assessment of food system shocks 
with the potential to result in the deployment of the Armed 
Forces or directly affect bilateral security interests with allies 
or partners. 
(2) A characterization of how Department of Defense 
strategy, policies, and plans, including the Unified Command 
Plan, defense planning scenarios, operational plans, theater 
cooperation plans, and other relevant planning documents and 
procedures, account for food system vulnerabilities as precur-
sors to and components of protracted major state conflicts, 
civil wars, insurgencies, or terrorism. 
(3) An evaluation of United States interests, including the 
interests of allies and strategic partners, and potential United 
States military operations, including thresholds for ordering 
such operations, in regions where food system instability rep-
resents an urgent and growing threat, including due to the 
presence of destabilizing non-state actors who may weaponize 
access to food. 
(4) An identification of opportunities to initiate or further 
develop cooperative military-to-military relationships to build 
partner capacity to avoid, minimize, or control global and 
regional food system shocks. 
Subtitle G—Modernizing Government 
Technology 
SEC. 1076. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator of General Services.
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(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Technology Mod-
ernization Board established under section 1094(c)(1). 
(3) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud computing’’ has 
the meaning given the term by the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology in NIST Special Publication 800–145 and 
any amendatory or superseding document thereto. 
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget. 
(5) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Technology Mod-
ernization Fund established under section 1094(b)(1). 
(6) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information 
technology’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3502 
of title 44, United States Code. 
(7) IT WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—The term ‘‘IT working cap-
ital fund’’ means an information technology system moderniza-
tion and working capital fund established under section 
1093(b)(1). 
(8) LEGACY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘legacy information technology system’’ means an outdated or 
obsolete system of information technology. 
SEC. 1077. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
SYSTEMS 
MODERNIZATION 
AND 
WORKING 
CAPITAL 
FUNDS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered agency’’ 
means each agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM MODERNIZATION
AND 
WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The head of a covered agency may 
establish within the covered agency an information technology 
system modernization and working capital fund for necessary 
expenses described in paragraph (3). 
(2) SOURCE
OF
FUNDS.—The following amounts may be 
deposited into an IT working capital fund: 
(A) Reprogramming and transfer of funds made avail-
able in appropriations Acts enacted after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, including the transfer of any funds for 
the operation and maintenance of legacy information tech-
nology systems, in compliance with any applicable re-
programming law or guidelines of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives or transfer authority specifically provided in appro-
priations law. 
(B) Amounts made available to the IT working capital 
fund through discretionary appropriations made available 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—An IT working capital fund established 
under paragraph (1) may only be used— 
(A) to improve, retire, or replace existing information 
technology systems in the covered agency to enhance cyber-
security and to improve efficiency and effectiveness across 
the life of a given workload, procured using full and open 
competition among all commercial items to the greatest 
extent practicable; 
(B) to transition legacy information technology systems 
at the covered agency to commercial cloud computing and
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other innovative commercial platforms and technologies, 
including those serving more than 1 covered agency with 
common requirements; 
(C) to assist and support covered agency efforts to 
provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective information 
technology capabilities that address evolving threats to 
information security; 
(D) to reimburse funds transferred to the covered 
agency from the Fund with the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer, in consultation with the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, of the covered agency; and 
(E) for a program, project, or activity or to increase 
funds for any program, project, or activity that has not 
been denied or restricted by Congress. 
(4) EXISTING FUNDS.—An IT working capital fund may not 
be used to supplant funds provided for the operation and 
maintenance of any system within an appropriation for the 
covered agency at the time of establishment of the IT working 
capital fund. 
(5) PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDS.—The head of each covered 
agency— 
(A) shall prioritize funds within the IT working capital 
fund of the covered agency to be used initially for cost 
savings activities approved by the Chief Information Officer 
of the covered agency; and 
(B) may reprogram and transfer any amounts saved 
as a direct result of the cost savings activities approved 
under clause (i) for deposit into the IT working capital 
fund of the covered agency, consistent with paragraph 
(2)(A). 
(6) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any funds deposited into an IT 
working capital fund shall be available for obligation for 
the 3-year period beginning on the last day of the fiscal 
year in which the funds were deposited. 
(B) 
TRANSFER
OF
UNOBLIGATED
AMOUNTS.—Any 
amounts in an IT working capital fund that are unobligated 
at the end of the 3-year period described in subparagraph 
(A) shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury. 
(7) AGENCY CIO RESPONSIBILITIES.—In evaluating projects 
to be funded by the IT working capital fund of a covered 
agency, the Chief Information Officer of the covered agency 
shall consider, to the extent applicable, guidance issued under 
section 1094(b)(1) to evaluate applications for funding from 
the Fund that include factors including a strong business case, 
technical design, consideration of commercial off-the-shelf prod-
ucts and services, procurement strategy (including adequate 
use of rapid, iterative software development practices), and 
program management. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
head of each covered agency shall submit to the Director, with 
respect to the IT working capital fund of the covered agency— 
(A) a list of each information technology investment 
funded, including the estimated cost and completion date 
for each investment; and