Sec. 406. Acquisition reports
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Subtitle D of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 391 et seq. ), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than the day on which the budget of the President is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary for Management shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United States an acquisition report that includes the following:
A listing of programs that have been cancelled, paused, or are in breach pursuant to section 839. A listing of programs being tracked on the Master Acquisition Oversight List pursuant to section 715(c)(11) that have not yet established an initial Department-approved acquisition program baseline. A listing of established Executive Steering Committees, which provide governance of a program or related set of programs and lower-tiered oversight, and support between acquisition decision events and component reviews, including the mission and membership for each.
The information described in paragraph (2), if appropriate. For each major acquisition program tracked on the Master Acquisition Oversight List pursuant to section 715(c)(11) that has at least one Department-approved acquisition program baseline and has not yet fully deployed all planned capabilities, each report required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A narrative describing the purpose of the program, including the capabilities being acquired and the component sponsoring the acquisition. Information relating to the status of each acquisition program, including— the current acquisition phase, including the phase for each subproject, as applicable; the date of the last review conducted by the Acquisition Review Board; and a listing of the required documents that have been completed with approval dates. A comparison of the cost, schedule, and performance goals between the first Department-approved acquisition program baseline, the current Department-approved acquisition program baseline, and the current plan, including a justification for any changes between the approved goals and current plan. A description of key test and evaluation events, including the dates of when such test and events are planned or have occurred. An identification of the top five risks associated with the program, including narrative descriptions and mitigation actions. Information relating to the status of the contract associated with the program, including earned value management data. Information relating to the total number of increments or units to be acquired, including a schedule outlining the quantity of increments or units to be procured annually until procurement is complete. Information relating to the funding for the current year and the next five years for each program, including actual or estimated appropriations or fees, disaggregated by account. Not later than 45 days after the date on which each fiscal quarter ends, the Under Secretary for Management shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report relating to the information that is required under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)that— has been newly established since the annual report was submitted; or has received approval for a revised acquisition program baseline. Not later than 90 days after the date on which each annual report required under subsection
(a)is submitted, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a brief relating to the contents of each such report, including observations with respect to the accuracy of the information presented and any other risks or challenges the Department faces in managing its acquisition portfolio. Not later than three years after submission of the first annual report under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report relating to the reliability of the data used to prepare such reports. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 839 the following new item: Sec. 839A. Acquisition reports. .
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