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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 5515 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 216

Sec. 216. Limitation on availability of funds pending report on Agile Software Development and Software Operations

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Of the of funds described in subsection (d), not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits the report required under subsection (b). Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes a description of each of the following: The specific cost-estimating tools and methodologies used to formulate Air Force budgets for software application development using Agile Software Development and Software Operations (referred to in this section as Agile DevOps ) in support of modernization and upgrade activities for Air Operations Centers.
The types of contracts used to execute Agile DevOps activities and the rationale for using each type of contract. How intellectual property ownership issues associated with software applications developed with Agile DevOps processes will be addressed to ensure future sustainment, maintenance, and upgrades to software applications after the applications are fielded. The Secretary’s strategy for ensuring that software applications developed for Air Operations Centers are transportable and translatable among all the Centers to avoid any duplication of efforts.
Any tools and software applications that have been developed for the Air Operations Centers and the costs and cost categories associated with developing each such tool and software application. Before submitting the report under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the report is reviewed and approved by the Director of Defense Pricing and the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy. The funds described in this subsection are the following: Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, for Air and Space Operations Centers (PE 0207410F, Project 674596).
Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for other procurement, Air Force, for Air and Space Operations Centers.
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