Sec. 204. Establishment of Joint Requirements and Programming Board
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Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 185 the following new section: There is established in the Department of Defense a Joint Requirements and Programming Board (in this section referred to as the Board ). The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Board. The Board shall— be the forum through which shall be exercised all duties and responsibilities of— the Joint Requirements Oversight Council with respect to joint military capabilities requirements; and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation with respect to program evaluation; be the forum for the review for recommendation of— all requirements documents referred to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council; and all program issue papers referred to the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; and be the single point of interface— between the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to recommendations relating to joint military capabilities requirements under section 181 of this title; and between the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation and the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Defense with respect to functions described in section 139a of this title.
The Board shall make a recommendation with respect to an issue only if the recommendation is agreed to by a majority vote of the members of the functional committees established under subsection (e)(2). A recommendation agreed to as described in paragraph
(1)shall be treated as an official policy recommendation of the Board unless the executive committee established under subsection (e)(1) unanimously votes to reject the recommendation. The co-chairpersons of the Board may write dissenting opinions to accompany a recommendation of the Board agreed to as described in paragraph
(1)for consideration by the Deputy Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Defense. The Board shall be composed of— an executive committee that supports the co-chairpersons in carrying out their responsibilities; and functional committees established by the co-chairpersons to consider portfolios of joint military capabilities, mission areas, or functions in terms of their requirements, programs, and resourcing. The executive committee established under subsection (e)(1) shall be composed of the co-chairpersons of the Board and all other members of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. Each functional committee established under subsection (e)(2) shall be composed of— one member designated by each portfolio acquisition executive or similar portfolio manager who is likely to execute a recommendation made by the functional committee; one member designated by each commander of a combatant command, if matters related to the area of responsibility or functions of that command are likely to be considered by the functional committee; one member designated by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; and one member designated by the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. The co-chairpersons of the Board are responsible for identifying and prioritizing issues to be considered by each of the functional committees established under subsection (e)(2). Any member of the executive committee or a functional committee established under subsection
(e)may nominate an issue for consideration by the co-chairpersons under subparagraph (A). For a meeting of a functional committee established under subsection (e)(2) to have a quorum— two-thirds of the members of the functional committee are required to be present or voting by proxy; and both members identified in subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)of subsection (f)(2), and any member described in subsection (f)(2)(A) with responsibility for execution related to the issue under consideration, are required to be present or voting by proxy. Any member described in subsection (f)(2) may establish a quorum or vote by proxy. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the executive committee established under subsection (e)(1) has adequate staff directly responsible to the co-chairpersons of the Board to assist in identifying, reviewing, coordinating, and analyzing all matters brought before the Board. . The table of sections for such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 185 the following new item: 186. Joint Requirements and Programming Board. . Section 181(b) of such title is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , subject to section 186 of this title, after shall assist . Section 139a of such title is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , subject to section 186 of this title, after shall provide ; and in subparagraph (A), by striking section 2334 and inserting section 3221 ; and in paragraph (2), by striking The Director and inserting Subject to section 186 of this title, the Director ; and in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1), by striking section 2334 and inserting section 3221 ; and by striking paragraph (9).