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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 1646

Sec. 1646. LIMITATION ON FULL DEPLOYMENT OF JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS

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## SEC. 1646 LIMITATION ON FULL DEPLOYMENT OF JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2224 note](/us/usc/t10/s2224)**]** ###
(a)Limitation The Secretary of a military department or the head of a Defense Agency may not declare that such department or Defense Agency has achieved full operational capability for the deployment of joint regional security stacks until the date on which— ####
(1)the department or Defense Agency concerned completes operational test and evaluation activities to determine the effectiveness, suitability, and survivability of the joint regional security stacks system of such department or Defense Agency; and ####
(2)written certification that such testing and evaluation activities have been completed is provided to the Secretary of such department or the head of such Defense Agency by the appropriate operational test and evaluation organization of such department or Defense Agency. ###
(b)Waiver ####
(1)In general The Secretary of a military department or the head of a Defense Agency may waive the requirements of subsection
(a)if a certification described in paragraph
(2)is provided to the Secretary of Defense, and signed by— #####
(A)the Secretary of the military department or the head of the Defense Agency concerned; #####
(B)the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense; and #####
(C)the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense. ####
(2)Certification A certification described in this subsection is a written certification that— #####
(A)the testing and evaluation activities required under subsection
(a)are unnecessary, accompanied by an explanation of the reasons such activities are unnecessary; #####
(B)the effectiveness, suitability, and survivability of the joint regional security stacks system of the military department or Defense Agency concerned has been demonstrated by methods other than the testing and evaluation activities required under subsection (a), accompanied by supporting data; or #####
(C)national security needs justify full deployment of the joint regional security stacks system of the military department or Defense Agency concerned before the test and evaluation activities required under subsection
(a)can be completed, accompanied by an explanation of such justification and a risk management plan.
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