Title: A bill to require a report on the extension of authorities to the United States Special Operations Command for the development, acquisition, and sustainment of special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and services, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services that identifies the authorities DOD recommends be provided to the Commander and the acquisition executive of the U.S. Special Operations Command to develop, acquire, and sustain special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and services that are equivalent to the authorities of the Secretaries and acquisition executives of the military departments for the development, acquisition, and sustainment of technology, equipment, and services.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1381 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1381

   To require a report on the extension of authorities to the United 
States Special Operations Command for the development, acquisition, and 
 sustainment of special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and 
                   services, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2017

  Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require a report on the extension of authorities to the United 
States Special Operations Command for the development, acquisition, and 
 sustainment of special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and 
                   services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 
              FOR DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND SUSTAINMENT OF SPECIAL 
              OPERATIONS-PECULIAR TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Secretary of Defense should extend to the Commander 
        of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and 
        the acquisition executive of the Command authorities for the 
        development, acquisition, and sustainment of special 
        operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and services that 
        are equivalent to the authorities of the Secretaries of the 
        military departments and the acquisition executives of the 
        military departments for the development, acquisition, and 
        sustainment of technology, equipment, and services for the 
        military departments; and
            (2) the United States Special Operations Command should use 
        any authorities extended as described in paragraph (1), and any 
        other appropriate authorities and mechanisms, to achieve the 
        rapid research and development, prototyping, and fielding of 
        technology, equipment, and services that are critical to ensure 
        the success of the Command in carrying out its missions.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
setting forth the following:
            (1) An identification of the authorities the Secretary 
        recommends for provision to the Commander of the United States 
        Special Operations Command and the acquisition executive of the 
        Command as described in subsection (a), and recommendations for 
        any modifications of such authorities that the Secretary 
        considers appropriate for purposes of the Command.
            (2) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative 
        action as the Secretary considers appropriate for the provision 
        of authorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1) as 
        described in subsection (a).
            (3) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
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