Sec. 221. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYSTEM CONSTELLATION

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## SEC. 221 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYSTEM CONSTELLATION ###

(a)Limitation Not more than 50 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the countering weapons of mass destruction situational awareness information system commonly known as “Constellation” may be obligated or expended for research, development, or prototyping for such system until the report required by subsection (b)(4) has been delivered to the congressional defense committees. ###

(b)Independent Review and Assessment ####

(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall provide for an independent review and assessment of the requirements and implementation for research, development, and prototyping for the Constellation system prior to a Milestone A decision or other operational use. ####

(2)Elements of independent review The independent review provided for under paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)A review of the major software components of the system and an explanation of the requirements of the Department of Defense with respect to each such component. #####

(B)A review of the requirements validated in the Information System Initial Capabilities Document (ISICD) and capability gaps identified for duplication and redundancy with other validated information technology requirements and capability gaps. #####

(C)Identification of elements and applications of the system that cannot be implemented using the existing technical infrastructure and tools of the Department of Defense or the infrastructure and tools in development. #####

(D)An overview of a security plan to achieve an accredited cross-domain solution system, including security milestones and proposed security architecture to mitigate both insider and outsider threats. #####

(E)Identification of the planned categories of end-users of the system, linked to organizations, mission requirements, and concept of operations, the expected total number of end-users, and the associated permissions granted to such users. ####

(3)Entity conducting independent review and assessment The Secretary shall ensure that— #####

(A)the independent review and assessment provided for under paragraph

(1)is conducted by a federally funded research and development center selected (or entered into an arrangement with) by the Secretary or such other entity as the Secretary considers appropriate; and #####

(B)such center or entity provides periodic updates to the congressional defense committees on such independent review and assessment prior to the completion of the independent review and assessment. ####

(4)Report on independent review and assessment The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— #####

(A)the findings of the center or entity selected (or entered into an arrangement with) under paragraph (3)(A) with respect to the independent review and assessment conducted by such center or entity pursuant to such paragraph; and #####

(B)an assessment of the need to continue Constellation research, development, and prototyping.