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priation and budget activity, over the future years 
defense program for the weapon system; 
(3) a summary of the funding requested for the 
product support strategy in the future years defense 
program per year, by appropriation and budget ac-
tivity, for the weapon system; 
(4) should the amounts required pursuant to 
paragraph (2) differ from the amounts requested 
pursuant to paragraph (3) by more than 5 percent, 
an explanation for the variance and a description of 
the actions that will be taken to mitigate the risk to 
the sustainment of the weapon system; 
(5) a summary of the amounts expended, by ap-
propriation and budget activity, for the product sup-
port strategy of the weapon system during the prior 
fiscal year; and 
(6) should the amounts expended in the prior 
fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (5) differ from the 
amounts required for that fiscal year, pursuant to 
paragraph (2) by more than 5 percent, an expla-
nation for the variance and a description of the ac-
tions that will be taken to mitigate the risk to the 
sustainment of the weapon system.
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SEC. 886. USE OF LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPT-
ABLE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States Government to avoid using lowest 
price technically acceptable source selection criteria in cir-
cumstances that would deny the Government the benefits 
of cost and technical tradeoffs in the source selection proc-
ess. 
(b) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
shall be revised to require that, for solicitations issued on 
or after the date that is 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, lowest price technically acceptable 
source selection criteria are used only in situations in 
which— 
(1) an executive agency is able to comprehen-
sively and clearly describe the minimum require-
ments expressed in terms of performance objectives, 
measures, and standards that will be used to deter-
mine acceptability of offers; 
(2) the executive agency would realize no, or 
minimal, value from a contract proposal exceeding 
the minimum technical or performance requirements 
set forth in the request for proposal;
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(3) the proposed technical approaches will re-
quire no, or minimal, subjective judgment by the 
source selection authority as to the desirability of 
one offeror’s proposal versus a competing proposal; 
(4) the source selection authority has a high de-
gree of confidence that a review of technical pro-
posals of offerors other than the lowest bidder would 
not result in the identification of factors that could 
provide value or benefit to the executive agency; 
(5) the contracting officer has included a jus-
tification for the use of a lowest price technically ac-
ceptable evaluation methodology in the contract file; 
and 
(6) the executive agency has determined that 
the lowest price reflects full life-cycle costs, including 
for operations and support. 
(c) AVOIDANCE OF USE OF LOWEST PRICE TECH-
NICALLY ACCEPTABLE SOURCE SELECTION CRITERIA IN 
CERTAIN
PROCUREMENTS.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the use of lowest price technically acceptable 
source selection criteria shall be avoided in the case of a 
procurement that is predominately for the acquisition of— 
(1) information technology services, cybersecu-
rity services, systems engineering and technical as-
sistance services, advanced electronic testing, audit
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or audit readiness services, or other knowledge-based 
professional services; 
(2) personal protective equipment; or 
(3) knowledge-based training or logistics serv-
ices in contingency operations or other operations 
outside the United States, including in Afghanistan 
or Iraq. 
(d) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for three years, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the number of instances in which low-
est price technically acceptable source selection criteria is 
used for a contract exceeding $2,000,000, including an ex-
planation of how the situations listed in subsection (b) 
were considered in making a determination to use lowest 
price technically acceptable source selection criteria. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
102 of title 40, United States Code, except that the 
term does not include the Department of Defense. 
(2) 
CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.—The 
term 
‘‘contingency operation’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
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(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 887. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING STEEL PRO-
DUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Frequent surges in unfairly trade steel im-
ports have materially injured the iron ore and steel 
industries in the United States, putting our national, 
economic, and energy security at risk. 
(2) High-quality American steel products are 
vital to the success of the United States military and 
are used in a variety of applications from aircraft 
carriers to armor plate for tanks as well as critical 
energy infrastructure like the electrical grid and en-
ergy pipelines. 
(3) Domestic producers of defense-related steel 
products are dependent on the overall financial 
health of the iron ore and steel industries in the 
United States. 
(4) The loss of a strong domestic iron ore and 
steel industry would make the United States dan-
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gerously dependent upon foreign sources of steel, 
such as China. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that a strong domestic iron ore and steel industry 
is vital to the national security of the United States. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Organization and Man-
agement of the Department of 
Defense Generally 
SEC. 901. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO DE-
TERMINE COMMAND AND CONTROL RELA-
TIONSHIPS. 
Section 113 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (k) the following: 
‘‘(l) COMMAND
AND CONTROL AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall have the authority to determine 
command and control relationships within the military de-
partments, Defense Agencies, and other organizations and 
elements of the Department of Defense, including the 
United States Fleet Forces Command and the United 
States Transportation Command, as necessary to fulfill 
the responsibilities of the Secretary under this title.’’.
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SEC. 902. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 
Section 129 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Any con-
straint or limitation in terms of man years, end 
strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum 
number of employees shall be developed on the basis 
of those factors and shall be subject to adjustment 
solely for reasons of changed circumstances.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The cost of the civilian workforce as pre-
scribed by Department of Defense Instruction 
7041.04, issued in 2013 or any successor guidance, 
shall be compared to the costs of the military and 
contract workforces, consistent with the require-
ments of section 129a, 2461, and 2463 of this 
title.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
by inserting ‘‘and associated costs’’ after ‘‘pro-
jected size’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘that 
have been taken to identify offsetting reductions 
and avoid unnecessary overall growth in the size 
of the civilian workforce’’ and inserting ‘‘to re-
duce the overall costs of the total force of mili-
tary, civilian, and contract workforces con-
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sistent with sections 129a, 2461, and 2463 of 
this title’’. 
SEC. 903. PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS BY MILI-
TARY PERSONNEL. 
Section 129a(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or re-
quired by a mission’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to De-
partment of Defense Instruction 7041.04, issued on 
July 3, 2013, or any successor guidance, and when 
required by a mission within the military occupa-
tional specialty for which the military personnel have 
been trained’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, and 
only if the functions to be performed by military per-
sonnel are consistent with the training requirements 
for the military occupational specialty for which such 
personnel have been trained’’ before the period at 
the end. 
SEC. 904. ROLES OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 
POLICY AND UNDER SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY.— 
Section 134(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary shall be 
responsible and have the overall direction and supervision 
for— 
‘‘(A) the development, implementation, and in-
tegration across the Department of Defense of the 
National Defense Strategy and strategic policy guid-
ance for the activities of the Department of Defense 
across all geographic regions and military functions 
and domains; and 
‘‘(B) the integration of the activities of the De-
partment of Defense into the National Security 
Strategy of the United States.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘policy 
making’’ before ‘‘activities’’. 
(b) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTEL-
LIGENCE.—Section 137(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by section 1621, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) have responsibility for supervising and di-
recting, and overseeing Department of Defense ac-
tivities, other than policy making activities, with re-
spect to technology protection relating to export con-
trols; and’’. 
SEC. 905. DESIGNATION OF NAVY COMMANDERS. 
Section 5013 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(h) The Secretary of the Navy shall designate a sin-
gle commander within the Department of the Navy who 
shall serve as the official with principal responsibility in 
such Department for ensuring that forces of the Navy are 
available for tasking and deployment, including forces that 
may be operating from a forward deployed location. 
‘‘(i) The Secretary of the Navy shall designate a sin-
gle commander within the Department of the Navy who 
shall serve as the official with principal responsibility in 
such Department for the oversight and management of the 
shipyards of the Navy, including shipyards outside the 
United States.’’.
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Subtitle 
B—Comprehensive 
Pen-
tagon Bureaucracy Reform and 
Reduction 
SEC. 911. AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 
CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 132a(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) Exercising authority, direction, and control 
over the Defense Agencies and Department of De-
fense Field Activities with respect to the covered ac-
tivities.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Serving as the official with principal re-
sponsibility in the Department for minimizing the 
duplication of efforts and maximizing efficiency and 
effectiveness among all organizations and elements 
of the Department (other than the military depart-
ments) with respect to the covered activities.’’. 
(2) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Section 132a of title 
10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph 
(1)) is further amended—
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(A) by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e) respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) BUDGET AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1)(A) The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller), shall require the head of each Defense 
Agency and Department of Defense Field Activity to 
transmit the proposed budget for the covered activi-
ties of such Agency or Activity for a fiscal year and 
for the period covered by the future-years defense 
program submitted to Congress under section 221 of 
this title for that fiscal year to the Chief Manage-
ment Officer for review under subparagraph (B) be-
fore submitting the proposed budget to the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). 
‘‘(B) The Chief Management Officer shall re-
view each proposed budget transmitted under sub-
paragraph (A) and, not later than January 31 of the 
year preceding the fiscal year for which the budget 
is proposed, shall submit to the Secretary of Defense 
a report containing the comments of the Chief Man-
agement Officer with respect to all such proposed 
budgets, together with the certification of the Chief
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Management Officer regarding whether each pro-
posed budget achieves an adequate level of efficiency 
and effectiveness with respect to the covered activi-
ties. 
‘‘(C) Not later than March 31 of each year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a re-
port that includes the following: 
‘‘(i) Each proposed budget for the covered 
activities of a Defense Agency or a Department 
of Defense Field Activity that was transmitted 
to the Chief Management Officer under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) Identification of each proposed budget 
contained in the most-recent report submitted 
under subparagraph (B) that the Chief Man-
agement Officer did not certify as achieving an 
adequate level of efficiency and effectiveness 
with respect to the covered activities. 
‘‘(iii) A discussion of the actions that the 
Secretary proposes to take, together with any 
recommended legislation that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, to address the inadequate 
levels of efficiency and effectiveness achieved by 
the proposed budgets identified in the report.