Sec. 107.
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None of the funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security in this Act or prior appropriations Acts may be obligated for any new pilot or demonstration program unless the component or office carrying out such pilot or program has documented the information described in subsection (c). Prior to the obligation of any such funds made available for Operations and Support for a new operational pilot or demonstration program, the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the information described in subsection (c). The information required under subsections
(a)and
(b)for a new pilot or program shall include the following— documented objectives that are well-defined and measurable; an assessment methodology that details— the type and source of assessment data; the methods for and frequency of collecting such data; and how such data will be analyzed; and an implementation plan, including milestones, a cost estimate, and schedule, including an end date. Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of a pilot or program described in subsection (e), the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives detailing lessons learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continuation of the pilot or program, and any planned transition of such pilot or program into an enduring program or operation. For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration program is a policy implementation, study, demonstration, experimental program, or trial that— is a small-scale, short-term experiment conducted in order to evaluate feasibility, duration, costs, or adverse events, and improve upon the design of an effort prior to implementation of a larger scale effort; and uses more than 5 full-time equivalents or obligates more than $1,000,000.