Sec. 905. Limitation on transfer of Strategic Capabilities Office
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The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering may not transfer the Strategic Capabilities Office or change the reporting structure of the Office, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, until the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Management Officer and the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and in consultation with the United States Indo-Pacific, Europe, and Special Operations Command, submits the report required by subsection (b)(1).
The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that evaluates the following options for transferring the Office: Transferring the Office so that the Director of the Office reports directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Maintaining the arrangement in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act such that the Director continues to report to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Transferring the Office to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Such other options as the Under Secretary may identify. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include, for each option evaluated under such paragraph, an evaluation of whether the option considered will provide for— responding to the critical needs of combatant commanders; augmentation of cross-Department of Defense efforts with respect to developing strategic capabilities; developing new and innovative ways to counter advanced threats; providing sound technical and program management for activities of the Strategic Capabilities Office; coordinating appropriately with other research and technology development activities of the Department; and partnering with and responding to senior leadership across the Department.