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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 875

Sec. 875. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

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## SEC. 875 PILOT PROGRAM FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE **[**[10 U.S.C. 2223 note](/us/usc/t10/s2223)**]** ###
(a)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall initiate for the Department of Defense the open source software pilot program established by the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-16-21 titled “Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software” and dated August 8, 2016. ###
(b)Report to Congress Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to Congress with details of the plan of the Department of Defense to implement the pilot program required by subsection (a). Such plan shall include identifying candidate software programs, selection criteria, intellectual property and licensing issues, and other matters determined by the Secretary. ###
(c)Comptroller General Report Not later than June 1, 2019, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide a report to Congress on the implementation of the pilot program required by subsection
(a)by the Secretary of Defense. The report shall address, at a minimum, the compliance of the Secretary with the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-16-21, the views of various software and information technology stakeholders in the Department of Defense, and any other matters determined by the Comptroller General. ## Subtitle I Other Matters
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