Sec. 1636. Requirements for review of and limitations on the Joint Regional Security Stacks activity
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Not later than October 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall undertake a baseline review of the Joint Regional Security Stacks
(JRSS)to determine whether the activity— should proceed as a program of record, with modifications as specified in section (b), for exclusively the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Network (NIPRNET) or for such network and the Secret Internet Protocol Network (SIPRNET); or should be phased out across the Department of Defense with each of the Joint Regional Security Stacks replaced through the institution of cost-effective and capable networking and cybersecurity technologies, architectures, and operational concepts within five years of the date of the enactment of this Act. If the Secretary determines under subsection
(a)that the Joint Regional Security Stacks activity should proceed, not later than October 1, 2021, the Secretary shall develop a plan to transition such activity to a program of record, governed by standard Department of Defense acquisition program requirements and practices, including the following: Baseline operational requirements documentation. An acquisition strategy and baseline. A program office and responsible program manager, under the oversight of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, responsible for pertinent doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy matters, and the development of effective tactics, techniques, and procedures; manning and training requirements documentation; and operational test planning. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used to field Joint Regional Security Stacks on the Secret Internet Protocol Network in fiscal year 2021. The Secretary may not conduct an operational deployment of Joint Regional Security Stacks to the Secret Internet Protocol Network in fiscal year 2021. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees— the findings of the Secretary with respect to the baseline review conducted under subsection (a); the plan developed under subsection (b), if any; and a proposal for the replacement of Joint Regional Security Stacks, if the Secretary determines under subsection
(a)that it should be replaced.