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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Activities Inventory Reform
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL LISTS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES NOT INHERENTLY
GOVERNMENTAL IN NATURE.
(a) Lists Required.--Not later than the end of the third quarter of
each fiscal year, the head of each executive agency shall submit to the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a list of activities
performed by Federal Government sources for the executive agency that,
in the judgment of the head of the executive agency, are not inherently
governmental functions. The entry for an activity on the list shall
include the following:
(1) The fiscal year for which the activity first appeared on a
list prepared under this section.
(2) The number of full-time employees (or its equivalent) that
are necessary for the performance of the activity by a Federal
Government source.
(3) The name of a Federal Government employee responsible for
the activity from whom additional information about the activity
may be obtained.
(b) OMB Review and Consultation.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall review the executive agency's list for a
fiscal year and consult with the head of the executive agency regarding
the content of the final list for that fiscal year.
(c) Public Availability of Lists.--
(1) Publication.--Upon the completion of the review and
consultation regarding a list of an executive agency--
(A) the head of the executive agency shall promptly
transmit a copy of the list to Congress and make the list
available to the public; and
(B) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall promptly publish in the Federal Register a notice that
the list is available to the public.
(2) Changes.--If the list changes after the publication of the
notice as a result of the resolution of a challenge under section
3, the head of the executive agency shall promptly--
(A) make each such change available to the public and
transmit a copy of the change to Congress; and
(B) publish in the Federal Register a notice that the
change is available to the public.
(d) Competition Required.--Within a reasonable time after the date
on which a notice of the public availability of a list is published
under subsection (c), the head of the executive agency concerned shall
review the activities on the list. Each time that the head of the
executive agency considers contracting with a private sector source for
the performance of such an activity, the head of the executive agency
shall use a competitive process to select the source (except as may
otherwise be provided in a law other than this Act, an Executive order,
regulations, or any executive branch circular setting forth
requirements or guidance that is issued by competent executive
authority). The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
issue guidance for the administration of this subsection.
(e) Realistic and Fair Cost Comparisons.--For the purpose of
determining whether to contract with a source in the private sector for
the performance of an executive agency activity on the list on the
basis of a comparison of the costs of procuring services from such a
source with the costs of performing that activity by the executive
agency, the head of the executive agency shall ensure that all costs
(including the costs of quality assurance, technical monitoring of the
performance of such function, liability insurance, employee retirement
and disability benefits, and all other overhead costs) are considered
and that the costs considered are realistic and fair.

SEC. 3. CHALLENGES TO THE LIST.

(a) Challenge Authorized.--An interested party may submit to an
executive agency a challenge of an omission of a particular activity
from, or an inclusion of a particular activity on, a list for which a
notice of public availability has been published under section 2.
(b) Interested Party Defined.--For the purposes of this section,
the term ''interested party'', with respect to an activity referred to
in subsection (a), means the following:
(1) A private sector source that--
(A) is an actual or prospective offeror for any contract,
or other form of agreement, to perform the activity; and
(B) has a direct economic interest in performing the
activity that would be adversely affected by a determination
not to procure the performance of the activity from a private
sector source.
(2) A representative of any business or professional
association that includes within its membership private sector
sources referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) An officer or employee of an organization within an
executive agency that is an actual or prospective offeror to
perform the activity.
(4) The head of any labor organization referred to in section
7103(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code, that includes within its
membership officers or employees of an organization referred to in
paragraph (3).
(c) Time for Submission.--A challenge to a list shall be submitted
to the executive agency concerned within 30 days after the publication
of the notice of the public availability of the list under section 2.
(d) Initial Decision.--Within 28 days after an executive agency
receives a challenge, an official designated by the head of the
executive agency shall--
(1) decide the challenge; and
(2) transmit to the party submitting the challenge a written
notification of the decision together with a discussion of the
rationale for the decision and an explanation of the party's right
to appeal under subsection (e).
(e) Appeal.--
(1) Authorization of appeal.--An interested party may appeal an
adverse decision of the official to the head of the executive
agency within 10 days after receiving a notification of the
decision under subsection (d).
(2) Decision on appeal.--Within 10 days after the head of an
executive agency receives an appeal of a decision under paragraph
(1), the head of the executive agency shall decide the appeal and
transmit to the party submitting the appeal a written notification
of the decision together with a discussion of the rationale for the
decision.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

(a) Executive Agencies Covered.--Except as provided in subsection
(b), this Act applies to the following executive agencies:
(1) Executive department.--An executive department named in
section 101 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Military department.--A military department named in
section 102 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Independent establishment.--An independent establishment,
as defined in section 104 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Exceptions.--This Act does not apply to or with respect to the
following:
(1) General accounting office.--The General Accounting Office.
(2) Government corporation.--A Government corporation or a
Government controlled corporation, as those terms are defined in
section 103 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Nonappropriated funds instrumentality.--A part of a
department or agency if all of the employees of that part of the
department or agency are employees referred to in section 2105(c)
of title 5, United States Code.
(4) Certain depot-level maintenance and repair.--Depot-level
maintenance and repair of the Department of Defense (as defined in
section 2460 of title 10, United States Code).

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Federal government source.--The term ''Federal Government
source'', with respect to performance of an activity, means any
organization within an executive agency that uses Federal
Government employees to perform the activity.
(2) Inherently governmental function.--
(A) Definition.--The term ''inherently governmental
function'' means a function that is so intimately related to
the public interest as to require performance by Federal
Government employees.
(B) Functions included.--The term includes activities that
require either the exercise of discretion in applying Federal
Government authority or the making of value judgments in making
decisions for the Federal Government, including judgments
relating to monetary transactions and entitlements. An
inherently governmental function involves, among other things,
the interpretation and execution of the laws of the United
States so as--
(i) to bind the United States to take or not to take
some action by contract, policy, regulation, authorization,
order, or otherwise;
(ii) to determine, protect, and advance United States
economic, political, territorial, property, or other
interests by military or diplomatic action, civil or
criminal judicial proceedings, contract management, or
otherwise;
(iii) to significantly affect the life, liberty, or
property of private persons;
(iv) to commission, appoint, direct, or control
officers or employees of the United States; or
(v) to exert ultimate control over the acquisition,
use, or disposition of the property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, of the United States, including the
collection, control, or disbursement of appropriated and
other Federal funds.
(C) Functions excluded.--The term does not normally
include--
(i) gathering information for or providing advice,
opinions, recommendations, or ideas to Federal Government
officials; or
(ii) any function that is primarily ministerial and
internal in nature (such as building security, mail
operations, operation of cafeterias, housekeeping,
facilities operations and maintenance, warehouse
operations, motor vehicle fleet management operations, or
other routine electrical or mechanical services).

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1998.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

A: Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 - Directs the head of each executive agency to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, not later than the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year, a list of activities performed by Federal Government sources for the agency that, in the judgment of the head of the executive agency, are not inherently governmental functions.
Requires: (1) the Director to review the agency's list and consult with the agency head regarding the contents of the final list for the fiscal year; (2) the agency head to transmit a copy of the list to the Congress and make the list publicly available; (3) the Director to publish in the Federal Register a notice that the list is publicly available; and (4) the agency head to publish a notice regarding, make available to the public, and transmit to the Congress, any subsequent change to the list.
Requires the agency head to: (1) review the activities on the list within a reasonable time after such a notice of its availability is published; and (2) use a competitive process (with specified exceptions) and ensure that all costs are considered each time that he or she considers contracting with a private sector source for the performance of an activity on the list.
(Sec. 3) Permits an interested party to submit to an agency a challenge of an omission of a particular activity from, or an inclusion of a particular activity on, a list for which a notice has been published. Sets forth procedures governing filing challenges, agency decisions on challenges, appealing such decisions, and agency decisions on such appeals.
(Sec. 4) Provides that this Act shall not apply to or with respect to: (1) the General Accounting Office; (2) Government corporations and Government controlled corporations; (3) a part of a department or agency if all of the employees of that part are employees paid from nonappropriated funds of certain instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces; and (4) depot-level maintenance and repair of the Department of Defense.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Consumer Lending Education And
Reform Act'' and the ''C.L.E.A.R. Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1631 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 129A the following
new section:
''Sec. 129B Protections for consumers
''(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
''(1) Affiliate.--The term 'affiliate' has the same meaning
as in section 129(k).
''(2) Electronic signature.--The term 'electronic
signature' means a signatures in digital or other electronic
form that meets the validity requirements of the Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
''(3) Extended payment plan.--The term 'extended payment
plan' means an amendment to the payday loan that is signed in
person or electronically by both the consumer and the creditor
reflecting an agreement that the consumer pay the outstanding
balance on a payday loan in 4 equal payments, where the period
between each payment may not be less than the duration of the
original payday loan.
''(4) Home state.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'home State' means,
with respect to any creditor or any affiliate of a
creditor, the State in which the primary home office of
the creditor or any affiliate of the creditor is
located.
''(B) Home office.--The term 'home office' means
the office that houses a majority of the applicable
party's day-to-day management and administrative
support functions.
''(5) Interest and fees.--
''(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term 'interest and fees' includes
any charge payable directly or indirectly by the
consumer and imposed directly or indirectly by the
creditor as an incident to or a condition of the
extension of credit.
''(B) Charges not included.--The term 'interest and
fees' does not include--
''(i) any charge for a default,
delinquency, or similar occurrence; or
''(ii) any charge imposed when, if for any
reason, funds are not made available to pay an
item or authorization delivered to the creditor
in the manner described in subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (1) to the extent that--
''(I) the charge does not exceed
the greater of $25 or the amount
charged to the creditor by the
creditor's financial institution; and
''(II) the charge is only imposed
once per each item or authorization
regardless of whether the item or
authorization is presented for payment
more than once.
''(6) Loan store.--The term 'loan store' means each
location operated by a creditor at which applications for
payday loans are received or the proceeds of payday loans are
disbursed.
''(7) Payday loan; loan.--The terms 'payday loan' and
'loan' mean a closed-end credit transaction, evidenced by a
loan agreement signed by the creditor and the consumer, in
person or electronically, unsecured by any interest in the
consumer's tangible personal property with a term of at least 7
and not more than 90 days in which the amount financed does not
exceed $2,000 with a finance charge exceeding an annual
percentage rate of 36 percent, and the consumer--
''(A) receives funds from and incurs interest or a
fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with
the receipt of funds, provides a check or other payment
instrument to the creditor who agrees with the consumer
not to deposit or present the check or payment
instrument for more than 1 day; or
''(B) receives funds from and incurs interest or a
fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with
the receipt of funds, authorized the creditor to
initiate a debt or debits to the consumer's deposit
account (by electronic fund transfer or remotely
created check) after 1 or more days.
''(8) Payday lender.--The term 'payday lender' means any
creditor with respect to a payday loan.
''(9) Refinancing.--The term 'refinancing' means the use of
the proceeds of 1 payday loan obtained from a creditor to pay
off any amount due to that creditor.
''(b) Protections for Consumers.--
''(1) Interest and fee cap.--A payday lender may not--
''(A) require a consumer to pay--
''(i) in the case of any original payday
loan, interest and other fees and charges that
total more than 15 cents for every dollar
loaned; and
''(ii) in the case of an original payday
loan originated over the Internet, an
additional origination fee in excess of 5
percent of the original principal loan amount;
''(B) require a consumer to pay interest and fees
that, combined, total more than--
''(i) in the case of the 1st refinancing of
an outstanding payday loan, 15 cents for every
dollar of the outstanding original principal
loan amount; and
''(ii) in the case of the 2nd refinancing
of an outstanding payday loan, 10 cents for
every dollar of the outstanding original
principal loan amount; or
''(C) require a consumer to pay an origination fee
for a payday loan that is refinanced.
''(2) Mandatory disclosures.--A payday lender may not make
or refinance a payday loan unless the creditor has first
provided the consumer with a copy of a written loan agreement,
which shall be signed by the creditor and by the consumer and
shall include the following information in English and in the
language in which the loan was negotiated:
''(A) A clear and conspicuous description of the
terms of the loan, including the total cost of all fees
and other charges in connection with the loan stated as
a dollar amount, and the consumer's payment obligations
under the loan.
''(B) The name, address and telephone number of the
creditor making the loan, and the name of title of the
individual employee of the creditor who signs the loan
agreement on behalf of the creditor.
''(C) The following statements, in at least 14-
point bold face type:
''(i) Warning.--This loan is not intended
to meet long-term financial needs. This loan
should be used only to meet short-term cash
needs.
''(ii) Credit counseling availability.--You
should consider contacting an independent,
nonprofit credit counseling agency approved by
the National Foundation for Credit Counseling
(NFCC) or by a State or Federal Government
agency. You may obtain information on how to
contact an approved counselor near you by
calling the National Foundation for Credit
Counseling at 1-800-388-2227.
''(iii) No criminal prosecution or security
interest.--You cannot be prosecuted in criminal
court to collect this loan, and the creditor
may not take or attempt to take an interest in
any of your personal property to secure his
loan.
''(3) Additional public disclosures.--A payday lender may
not make or refinance a payday loan to any consumer unless the
following notices are posted conspicuously in English and
Spanish and in not less than 1-inch bold print in the
creditor's public lending area in each loan store, or, if the
loan is made using the Internet, fax or other means, are posted
conspicuously on the creditor's public internet site relating
to any such payday loan:
''(A) Warning.--This loan is not intended to meet
long-term financial needs. This loan should be used
only to meet short-term cash needs.
''(B) Credit counseling availability.--You should
consider contacting an independent, nonprofit credit
counseling agency approved by the National Foundation
for Credit Counseling (NFCC) or by a State or Federal
Government agency. You may obtain information on how to
contact an approved counselor near you by calling the
National Foundation for Credit Counseling at 1-800-388-
2227.
''(C) No criminal prosecution or security
interest.--You cannot be prosecuted in criminal court
to collect this loan, and the creditor may not take or
attempt to take an interest in any of your personal
property to secure his loan.
''(4) Creditor surety bond requirements.--
''(A) In general.--A payday lender may not make or
refinance a payday loan unless the creditor has
obtained and filed, in accordance with subparagraph
(B), a surety bond in the following amount:
''(i) A surety bond in the amount of
$100,000 for each loan store operated by the
creditor, if the creditor operates fewer than
10 loan stores and does not offer any payday
loans over the Internet.
''(ii) A surety bond in the amount of
$1,000,000, if the creditor operates 10 or more
loan stores or offers loans over the Internet.
''(iii) Such greater amount as may be
required by applicable State law.
''(B) Bond requirements.--The surety bond obtained
by a payday lender to meet the requirements of
subparagraph (A) shall be filed with, and for the
benefit of, the State attorney general in the
creditor's home state.
''(C) Aggregation of lender and affiliate under
certain circumstances.--For purposes of this paragraph,
a creditor and each affiliate of a creditor which has
the same home State as the creditor may aggregate the
loan stores operated by such creditor and any such
affiliate for purposes of determining the amount of the
surety bond required to be filed under subparagraph
(A).
''(5) Extended payment plan.--
''(A) In general.--A payday lender may not make or
refinance a payday loan unless the terms of the loan
require the creditor, upon receiving notice from the
consumer of an inability to repay prior to close of
business on the last business day before the original
due date of the loan, provides the consumer with notice
of and the right to opt into an extended payment plan,
without charge, 1 time in any 12 month period.
''(B) Limitation during extended payment plan.--A
creditor may not engage in any collection activity (or
procure the services of any other for such purpose)
during the term of any extended payment plan.
''(6) Refinancing.--A payday lender may not--
''(A) refinance a payday loan for less than 7 days;
''(B) refinance a payday loan more than 2
consecutive times; refinance a payday loan without
terminating the previous agreement and entering into a
new agreement that the creditor and consumer each sign
in person or with an electronic signature; or
''(C) require a consumer to pay interest and fees
in connection with a refinancing that, combined, total
more than the amount permitted under paragraph
(1)(B).''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Disclosures.--Section 128(a)(4) of the Truth in Lending
Act (U.S.C. 1638(a)(4)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''or'' after ''does not exceed
$5,'' and
(B) by inserting '', or if the loan is subject to
section 129B''.
(2) Effect on other laws.--Section 111 of the Truth in
Lending Act (U.S.C. 1610) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), by inserting ''subsection
(f) of this section and'' after ''Except as provided
in''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(f) Payday Loans.--
''(1) In general.--The following provisions of the law of
any State shall not apply to any payday loan, or any
refinancing of a payday loan, that is subject to section 129B:
''(A) Any provision requiring minimum loan terms.
''(B) Any provision prohibiting, defining or
limiting any refinancing.
''(C) Any provision prohibiting or limiting the use
of a check or debit authorization to originate a payday
loan.
''(D) Any provision prohibiting or mandating
extended payment plans.
''(E) Any provision limiting the rate or amount of
interest and fees or default, delinquency or not
sufficient fund fees or other charges which may be
taken, received or reserved by creditors for payday
loans or any refinancing of a payday loan.
''(2) Enforcement.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any
State may employ or establish State laws for the purpose of
enforcing the requirements of section 129B.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 2 of the
Truth in Lending Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 129 the following new items:

''129A. Fiduciary duty of servicers of pooled residential mortgages.
''129B. Protections for consumers.''.

A: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act or the C.L.E.A.R. Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit the interest, fees and charges that a payday lender may require a consumer to pay with respect to an original payday loan and a refinanced payday loan.

Prohibits a payday lender from: (1) requiring a consumer to pay an origination fee for a payday loan that is refinanced; or (2) making or refinancing a payday loan unless the creditor has first provided the consumer with a copy of a written loan agreement, signed by the creditor and by the consumer, which includes specified information in English and in the language in which the loan was negotiated.

Requires a payday lender to file a surety bond.

Prohibits a payday lender from making or refinancing a payday loan unless the terms of the loan require the creditor, upon receiving notice of consumer's inability to repay, to provide the consumer with notice of and the right to opt into an extended payment plan, without charge, one time in any 12-month period.

Prohibits a creditor from engaging in any collection activity (or procuring the services of any other for such purpose) during the term of any extended payment plan.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Electronic Warfare Capabilities
Enhancement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FIELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYSTEMS AND
ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.

Funds authorized to be appropriated for electromagnetic spectrum
warfare systems and electronic warfare may be used for the development
and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic
warfare capabilities.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS IN THE RAPID
ACQUISITION AUTHORITY PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 806(c)(1) of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10
U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(D)(i) In the case of any supplies and associated support
services that, as determined in writing by the Secretary of
Defense without delegation, are urgently needed to eliminate a
deficiency in electronic warfare that if left unfilled is
likely to result in critical mission failure, the loss of life,
property destruction, or economic effects, the Secretary may
use the procedures developed under this section in order to
accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of needed
offensive or defensive electronic warfare capabilities,
supplies, and associated support services.
''(ii) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent
practicable, that for the purposes of electronic warfare
acquisition, the Department of Defense shall consider use of
the following procedures:
''(I) The rapid acquisition authority provided
under this section.
''(II) Use of other transactions authority provided
under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.
''(III) The acquisition of commercial items using
simplified acquisition procedures.
''(IV) The authority for procurement for
experimental purposes provided under section 2373 of
title 10, United States Code.
''(iii) In this subparagraph, the term 'electronic warfare'
means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and
directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to
attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum
warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing
operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational
domain.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2373 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ''and aeronautical
supplies'' and inserting '', aeronautical supplies, and
electronic warfare''; and
(2) by adding at the end of the following new subsection:
''(c) Electronic Warfare Defined.--The term 'electronic warfare'
means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed
energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy,
and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses
military communications and sensing operations that occur in the
electromagnetic operational domain.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
(JROC) FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS.

(a) Alternate Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall delegate to
the Office of the Secretary of Defense's senior electronic warfare
executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities
Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare
acquisition programs notwithstanding section 181 of title 10, United
States Code.
(b) JROC Appeal.--The Joint Requirements Oversight Council may
appeal to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to review any program
through the normal Joint Capabilities Integration and Development
System process.

SEC. 5. ELECTRONIC WARFARE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with
measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to
the following metrics:
(1) Progress on intra-service ground and air
interoperabilities.
(2) Progress in streamlining the requirements, acquisition,
and budget process to further a rapid electronic warfare
acquisition process.
(3) The efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition
process for priority electronic warfare items.
(4) The training methods and requirements of the military
services for training in contested electronic warfare
environments.
(5) Capability gaps with respect to near-peer adversaries
identified pursuant to a capability gap assessment.
(6) A joint strategy on achieving near real-time system
adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital electronics.
(7) Progress on increasing innovative electromagnetic
spectrum warfighting methods and operational concepts that
provide advantages within the electromagnetic spectrum
operational domain.
(b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ''congressional defense committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

A:
Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill permits the use of appropriations authorized for electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare in order to develop and field electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare capabilities. The Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 is amended to include electronic warfare programs in the rapid acquisition authority program. Electronic warfare is military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. The Department of Defense shall delegate to the senior electronic warfare executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare acquisition programs. The Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to specified metrics.
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