Sec. 1254. Joint Program Office for Non-Programs of Record to support foreign acquisition
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and charter, within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, a Joint Program Office for Non-Programs of Record (referred to in this section as the Joint Program Office ) to support the acquisition of specified non-program of record systems by approved foreign partners and allies. The Joint Program Office shall be led by a senior executive or military flag officer of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, who shall have a deputy from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
The staff of the Joint Program Office shall include detailees from the international program offices of the military departments, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Defense Technology Security Administration. The Joint Program Office shall be responsible for the following: Coordinating with allies and partners to identify and procure non-program of record capabilities. Facilitating discussions between industry and foreign partners on new non-program-of-record capabilities.
Liaising with combatant commands to identify new specified non-program of record systems aligned with the strategic priorities of the combatant commands for theater security cooperation. Promoting capabilities with foreign partners that align with priority capabilities for the combatant commands. Coordinating with, and as necessary, providing additional support to, the international program offices of the military departments to expedite delivery of capabilities to foreign partners and allies.
Coordinating internal Department of Defense approval processes to expedite the delivery of non-program of record capabilities. Not later than 30 days after the establishment of the Joint Program Office, the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives with a briefing on the charter, responsibilities, resources, and plan of activities for the Joint Program Office for the subsequent fiscal year. In this section, the term specified non-program of record system means a record system that does not exist formally as a program of record within the Department of Defense, including— an international or civil variant of a program of record with nonstandard configurations, or a type 1 non-program of record system; a prior program of record that is no longer supported in United States inventory, or a type 2 non-program of record system; a program consisting of commercially developed munitions items, or a type 3 non-program of record system; a program consisting of commercially developed dual-use items, or a type 4 non-program of record system; a program consisting of commercially developed dual-use items combined with program of record elements, or a type 5 non-program of record system; and a program consisting of commercially developed dual-use items with military end-use, or a type 6 non-program of record system.