Sec. 113. DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM-ARMY INCREMENT 1

493 words·~2 min read·/statute-compilations/comps-13740/sec-113

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

## SEC. 113 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM-ARMY INCREMENT 1 ###

(a)Training for Operators The Secretary of the Army shall take such actions as may be necessary to improve and tailor training for covered units in the versions of increment 1 that are in use on the date of the enactment of this Act. ###

(b)Fielding of Capability ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall rapidly identify and field a capability for fixed and deployable multi-source ground processing systems for covered units. ####

(2)Commercially available capabilities In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall procure commercially available off-the-shelf technologies that— #####

(A)meet essential tactical requirements for processing, analyzing, and displaying intelligence information; #####

(B)can integrate and communicate with covered units at the tactical unit level and at higher unit levels; #####

(C)are substantially easier for personnel to use than the Distributed Common Ground System-Army; and #####

(D)require less training than the Distributed Common Ground System-Army. ###

(c)Limitation on the Award of Contract The Secretary may not enter into a contract for the design, development, or procurement of any data architecture, data integration, or “cloud” capability, or any data analysis or data visualization and workflow capability (including warfighting function tools relating to increment 1 of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army) for covered units unless the contract— ####

(1)is awarded not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; ####

(2)is awarded in accordance with applicable law and regulations providing for the use of competitive procedures or procedures applicable to the procurement of commercial items including parts 12 and 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; ####

(3)is a fixed-price contract; and ####

(4)provides that the technology to be procured under the contract will— #####

(A)begin initial fielding rapidly after the contract award; #####

(B)achieve initial operating capability not later than nine months after the date on which the contract is awarded; and #####

(C)achieve full operating capability not later than 18 months after the date on which the contract is awarded. ###

(d)Waiver ####

(1)In general The Secretary of the Army may waive the limitation in subsection

(c)if the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a written statement declaring that such limitation would adversely affect ongoing operational activities. ####

(2)Nondelegation The Secretary of the Army may not delegate the waiver authority under paragraph (1). ###

(e)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the congressional defense committees; #####

(B)the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)Covered units The term “covered units” means military units that use increment 1 of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, including tactical units and operators at the division, brigade, and battalion levels, and tactical units below the battalion level.