S.Amdt. 5311
What it does: Adds SEC. 907. TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle A of title IX
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 907. TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle A of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) Updates.--Not later than March 1 of each of 2010, 2011, and 2012, the Chief Management Officer of each military department shall submit to the congressional defense committees a current update of the report submitted by such Chief Management Officer under paragraph (1).
Inserted: SEC. 907. TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Inserted: (a) Review of Test and Evaluation Activities.--The Defense Science Board shall carry out a thorough review of the conduct of test and evaluation activities by the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Scope of Review.--The review required by subsection (a) shall address and include the following:
Inserted: (1) The test and evaluation enterprise using the recommendations of 1999 report of the Defense Science Board as a baseline.
Inserted: (2) The effectiveness of the Test Resource Management Center in coordinating and certifying Department of Defense budgets for test and evaluation.
Inserted: (3) The adequacy of funding through the future-years defense program to sustain Major Range and Test Facility Base activities both through personnel and equipment acquisition and maintenance.
Inserted: (4) An identification of means for strengthening the management and coordination of the test and evaluation enterprise of the Department of Defense, including means of improving the role of the Test Resource Management Center in such activities.
Inserted: (5) An assessment whether the Department of Defense is fully meeting the objectives set forth in subtitle D of title II of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314), and, if not, an identification of additional actions to be taken by the Department or Congress to achieve full achievement of such objectives.
Inserted: (6) Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
Inserted: (c) Report.--The Defense Science Board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, and to Congress, a report setting forth such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Defense Science Board considers appropriate as a result of the review under subsection (a) for improvements in the conduct of test and evaluation activities by the Department of Defense.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title IX, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5311. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Domenici) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy; to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 907. TEST AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Review of Test and Evaluation Activities.--The Defense Science Board shall carry out a thorough review of the conduct of test and evaluation activities by the Department of Defense.
(b) Scope of Review.--The review required by subsection (a) shall address and include the following:
(1) The test and evaluation enterprise using the recommendations of 1999 report of the Defense Science Board as a baseline.
(2) The effectiveness of the Test Resource Management Center in coordinating and certifying Department of Defense budgets for test and evaluation.
(3) The adequacy of funding through the future-years defense program to sustain Major Range and Test Facility Base activities both through personnel and equipment acquisition and maintenance.
(4) An identification of means for strengthening the management and coordination of the test and evaluation enterprise of the Department of Defense, including means of improving the role of the Test Resource Management Center in such activities.
(5) An assessment whether the Department of Defense is fully meeting the objectives set forth in subtitle D of title II of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314), and, if not, an identification of additional actions to be taken by the Department or Congress to achieve full achievement of such objectives.
(6) Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(c) Report.--The Defense Science Board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, and to Congress, a report setting forth such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Defense Science Board considers appropriate as a result of the review under subsection (a) for improvements in the conduct of test and evaluation activities by the Department of Defense.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 9, 2008