Sec. 106.
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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 unless the component or office carrying out such pilot or demonstration 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 pilot or demonstration, the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the information described in subsection (c). The information required under subsections
(a)and
(b)for a pilot or demonstration 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, cost estimates, and implementation schedules, including a projected end date. Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of a pilot or demonstration described in subsection
(e)the Under Secretary for Management shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing lessons learned, actual costs, any planned expansion or continuation of the pilot or demonstration, and any planned transition of such pilot or demonstration into an enduring program or operation. For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration program is a 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 10 full-time equivalents or obligates, or proposes to obligate, $5,000,000 or more, but does not include congressionally directed programs or enhancements and does not include programs that were in operation as of December 29, 2022. For the purposes of this section, a pilot or demonstration does not include any testing, evaluation, or initial deployment phase executed under a procurement contract for the acquisition of information technology services or systems, or any pilot or demonstration carried out by a non-federal recipient under any financial assistance agreement funded by the Department.