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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3838 (Introduced in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the or the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery Act of 2025 . SPEED Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Aligning Acquisition to Warfighter Priorities and Operational Outcomes Sec. 101. Alignment of the defense acquisition system with the needs of members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 102. Program executive officer responsibilities. Sec. 103. Major capability activity areas and pathfinder programs.
Sec. 104. Product support manager responsibilities and requirements. Sec. 105. Amendments to life-cycle management and product support. Sec. 106. Navy Senior Technical Authority. Title II—Accelerating the Requirements Process Sec. 201. Joint Requirements Council. Sec. 202. Establishment of the Requirements, Acquisition, and Programming Integration Directorate. Sec. 203. Establishment of the Mission Engineering and Integration Activity. Title III—Striking the Balance Between Regulation and Efficiency Sec. 301.
Matters related to Department of Defense use of cost accounting standards. Sec. 302. Review of commercial buying practices. Sec. 303. Adjustments to certain acquisition thresholds. Sec. 304. Alternative capability-based pricing. Sec. 305. Clarification of conditions for payments for commercial products and commercial services. Title IV—Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base and Leveraging Commercial Innovation Sec. 401. Defense Industrial Resilience Consortium. Sec. 402. Amendment to other transaction authority.
Sec. 403. Data-as-a-service solutions for weapon system contracts. Sec. 404. Requirements for modular open system approach and modifications to rights in technical data. Sec. 405. Qualification, acceptance, and supply chain management of products manufactured using advanced manufacturing. Sec. 406. Amendments to the procurement technical assistance program. Sec. 407. Report on surge capacity in the defense industrial base. Sec. 408. Bridging Operational Objectives and Support for Transition program.
Title V—Developing a Mission-Oriented Defense Acquisition Workforce Sec. 501. Report on strengthening the Defense Acquisition University. Sec. 502. Comptroller General review of the management, training, and development of the acquisition workforce. Sec. 503. Comptroller General review of matters relating to individuals assigned to a critical acquisition position.
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