To ensure transparency in acquisition programs.

SA 1038. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. __. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish
and implement a policy that will ensure the acquisition
programs of major systems establish cost, schedule, and
performance goals at the onset of the program. The policy
shall also ensure that acquisition programs of major systems
report on the original cost, schedule, and performance goals
throughout the program to ensure transparency.
(b) Major System Defined.--In this section, the term
``major system'' has the meaning given the term in section
2302d of title 10, United States Code.
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