Sec. 1655. Alignment of the Missile Defense Agency within the Department of Defense
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Congress finds the following: Since the Missile Defense Agency was aligned to be under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering pursuant to section 205(b) of title 10, United States Code, the advanced technology development budget requests in the defense budget materials (as defined in section 231(f) of title 10, United States Code) have decreased by more than 650 percent, from a request for $292,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 (the highest such request) to a request for $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
The overwhelming majority of the budget of the Missile Defense Agency is invested in programs that would be categorized as acquisition category 1 efforts if such programs were administered under the acquisition standards under Department of Defense Directive 5000. It is the sense of Congress that, in light of the findings under subsection (a), upon the completion of the independent review of the organization of the Missile Defense Agency required by section 1688 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 133 Stat. 1787), the Secretary of Defense should reassess the alignment of the Agency within the Department of Defense to ensure that missile defense efforts are being given proper oversight and that the Agency is focused on delivering capability to address current and future threats.
Not later than February 28, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the alignment of the Missile Defense Agency within the Department of Defense. The report shall include— a description of the risks and benefits of both— continuing the alignment of the Agency under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering pursuant to section 205(b) of title 10, United States Code; and realigning the Agency to be under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; and if the Agency were to be realigned, the actions that would need to be taken to realign the Agency to be under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment or another element of the Department of Defense.
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Sec. 1655
Alignment of the Missile Defense Agency within the Department of Defense
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