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partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2013 (division D of Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 
343) and section 840 of this Act, and make such re-
port available to congressional homeland security 
committees. 
‘‘(13) Prepare the Department’s Quarterly Pro-
gram Accountability Report as required by section 
840 of this Act, and make such report available to 
the congressional homeland security committees. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
COMPONENTS.—Each 
head of a Component shall comply with Federal law, the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, and Department acquisi-
tion management directives established by the Under Sec-
retary for Management. For each major acquisition pro-
gram, each head of a Component shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a complete life cycle cost estimate 
with supporting documentation, including an acquisi-
tion program baseline; 
‘‘(2) verify each life cycle cost estimate against 
independent cost estimates, and reconcile any dif-
ferences; 
‘‘(3) complete a cost-benefit analysis with sup-
porting documentation; 
‘‘(4) develop and maintain a schedule that is 
consistent with scheduling best practices as identi-
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fied by the Comptroller General of the United 
States, including, in appropriate cases, an integrated 
master schedule; and 
‘‘(5) ensure that all acquisition program infor-
mation provided by the Component is complete, ac-
curate, timely, and valid.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is further amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 708 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 709. Requirements to ensure greater accountability for acquisition pro-
grams.’’. 
TITLE 
II—ACQUISITION 
PRO-
GRAM 
MANAGEMENT 
DIS-
CIPLINE 
SEC. 201. ACQUISITION REVIEW BOARD. 
(a) 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 following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 836. ACQUISITION REVIEW BOARD. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an 
Acquisition Review Board (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Board’) to strengthen accountability and uniformity 
within the Department acquisition review process, review 
major acquisition programs, and review the use of best 
practices. 
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‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Deputy Secretary or Under 
Secretary for Management shall serve as chair of the 
Board. The Secretary shall also ensure participation by 
other relevant Department officials, including at least two 
Component heads or their designees, as permanent mem-
bers of the Board. 
‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet every time 
a major acquisition program needs authorization to pro-
ceed from acquisition decision events through the acquisi-
tion life cycle and to consider any major acquisition pro-
gram in breach as necessary. The Board may also be con-
vened for non-major acquisitions that are deemed high- 
risk by the Executive Director referred to in section 
709(b) of this Act. The Board shall also meet regularly 
for purposes of ensuring all acquisitions processes proceed 
in a timely fashion to achieve mission readiness. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of the 
Board are as follows: 
‘‘(1) Determine whether a proposed acquisition 
has met the requirements of key phases of the acqui-
sition life cycle framework and is able to proceed to 
the next phase and eventual full production and de-
ployment. 
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‘‘(2) Oversee executable business strategy, re-
sources, management, accountability, and alignment 
to strategic initiatives. 
‘‘(3) Support the person with acquisition deci-
sion authority for an acquisition in determining the 
appropriate direction for the acquisition at key ac-
quisition decision events. 
‘‘(4) Conduct systematic reviews of acquisitions 
to ensure that they are progressing in compliance 
with the approved documents for their current acqui-
sition phase. 
‘‘(5) Validate the acquisition documents of each 
major acquisition program, including the acquisition 
program baseline, to ensure the reliability of under-
lying data. 
‘‘(6) Ensure that practices are adopted and im-
plemented to require consideration of trade-offs 
among cost, schedule, and performance objectives as 
part of the process for developing requirements for 
major acquisition programs prior to the initiation of 
the capability development plan, second acquisition 
decision event, including, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing practices: 
‘‘(A) Department officials responsible for 
acquisition, budget, and cost estimating func-
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tions are provided with the appropriate oppor-
tunity to develop estimates and raise cost and 
schedule matters before performance objectives 
are established for capabilities when feasible. 
‘‘(B) Full consideration of possible trade- 
offs among cost, schedule, and performance ob-
jectives for each alternative is considered. 
‘‘(e) ACQUISITION PROGRAM BASELINE REPORT RE-
QUIREMENT.—If the person exercising acquisition decision 
authority over a major acquisition program approves the 
program to proceed beyond the acquisition decision event 
requiring a capability development plan before it has a De-
partment-approved acquisition program baseline, then the 
Under Secretary for Management shall create and approve 
an acquisition program baseline report on the decision, 
and the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) within seven days after an acquisition deci-
sion memorandum is signed, notify in writing the 
congressional homeland security committees of such 
decision; and 
‘‘(2) within 60 days after the acquisition deci-
sion memorandum is signed, submit a report to such 
committees stating the rationale for the decision and 
a plan of action to require an acquisition program 
baseline for the program. 
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