Sec. 1812. Ensuring successful implementation of requirements reform
557 words·~3 min read·
/bill/119/s/1071/eah/section-1812·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until September 30, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on— the implementation of section 181 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1811 of this Act; and actions taken in response to the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated August 20, 2025, and titled Reforming the Joint Requirements Process to Accelerate Fielding of Warfighting Capabilities .
Each briefing shall, at a minimum, include an update on— progress in terminating the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System and efforts to replace it with a single decision forum that integrates requirements, acquisition, resourcing, test, and sustainment, including a discussion on— the establishment of the Requirements and Resourcing Alignment Board; the implementation of the Joint Acceleration Reserve; the establishment of a Mission Engineering and Integration Activity; and the status of the reform of the requirements processes of each military department in accordance with the memorandum; the assignment of roles and responsibilities for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Requirements and Resourcing Alignment Board, the military departments, the combatant commands, and mission-engineering and integration activities, including a discussion on the establishment of governance, decision rights, and escalation paths for portfolio-level requirements decisions; progress in updating all relevant policies and regulations in accordance with the memorandum, including— the recission and replacement of manuals governing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System; and the removal of references to the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System in directives, instructions, and manuals of the Department of Defense; obstacles encountered with respect to actions taken to implement the requirements of the memorandum, including cultural, workforce, process, information technology, or statutory obstacles, and actions taken to mitigate or overcome such obstacles; any additional authorities, resources, or flexibilities required to implement such requirements, including draft legislative proposals as appropriate; deviations from such requirements and any justification for such deviations; and portfolio-level case studies implementing the requirements from the memorandum that document problem framing, decision timelines, transition decisions, and outcomes, including progress toward meeting the objectives for accelerating the requirements process in accordance with subsection (c).
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish annual objectives for requirements processes that include, at a minimum, objectives for— the end-to-end time to complete the requirements process, from problem statement to validated decision; the percentage of requirements decisions made within standard timelines; the rate and median time of transition from successful prototype to production (including timelines for follow-on production contracts or transactions, as defined in section 4022 of title 10, United States Code); and the use and effectiveness of systematic, iterative cycles of concept exploration, prototyping, mission-based analysis, and rigorous field demonstrations in informing capability requirements.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall consult, as appropriate, with the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, each Secretary of a military department, the commanders of the combatant commands, and relevant mission-engineering and integration activities.