Sec. 235. Independent review and assessment of test and evaluation resource planning
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent review and assessment of the Strategic Plan for Test Resources, as prepared by the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center. The review and assessment under subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment of the adequacy of the 30-year planning horizon that serves as the basis for the Strategic Plan for Test Resources. An assessment of whether and to what extent prior forecasts of the test and evaluation needs of the Department of Defense align with investments made by the Department in test and evaluation resources. An identification and assessment of— any shortcomings in the infrastructure, personnel, and equipment of the test and evaluation enterprise of the Department; and any risks that the status of such enterprise may pose with respect to the ability of the Department to meet its current and future test and evaluation needs. An assessment of whether and to what extent the test and evaluation efforts of the Department sufficiently address software-intensive, multi-domain, and continuously developed capabilities. Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense enters into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center under subsection (a), the center shall submit to the Secretary and the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the study conducted under such subsection.