S.Amdt. 328

SA 328. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 F of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 866. CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP OF CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS.

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that--
(1) all Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) have civilian
leadership;
(2) all civilian and senior military personnel assigned to
leadership positions within defense acquisition organizations
and Cross Functional Teams (CFTs) possess the appropriate
acquisition certifications as directed by the Defense
Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (title XII of Public
Law 110-510); and
(3) the Army Futures Command reports directly to the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics,
and Technology, which will have final authority over all
acquisition and modernization decisions for the Army.
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