Sec. 227. Limitation on availability of funds for travel for office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness pending a plan for modernizing Defense Travel System
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Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2024 for travel for the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, not more than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives supporting justification material underpinning the decision to cease current modernization efforts for the Defense Travel System (DTS), and a plan going forward for modernizing or replacing such system The justification material and plan described in subsection
(a)shall include the following: The documentation from the Milestone Decision Authority
(MDA)justifying cancellation of the current modernization contract, including— specific metrics used to make that determination; a timeline for decisions leading to the final cancellation; notification from the military departments when they were unable to make the desired usage rates using the current modernization prototype; identification of system requirements for audit readiness, as well as interface needs for other enterprise resource planning systems, in the current modernization contract; and alternatives considered prior to cancellation. An assessment by the Cost Assessment of Program Evaluation office comparing— costs of continuing with the current modernization prototype across the future years defense plan (FYDP); and costs of sustainment of the Defense Travel System across the future years defense plan, factoring potential costs of restarting modernization efforts. A description from the Milestone Decision Authority on what the current plan is for modernizing the Defense Travel System, including timelines and potential costs.