S.Amdt. 513

SA 513. Mr. DURBIN 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 811. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES PURSUANT TO MATERIEL
DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 139 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2366c the
following new section:

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``Sec. 2366d. Analysis of alternatives pursuant to materiel
development decisions

``(a) Timeline.--(1) Any analysis of alternatives conducted
pursuant to a materiel development decision for a major
defense acquisition program shall be completed not later than
9 months after the initiation of such analysis.
``(2) The Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation,
shall ensure that the study guidance issued by the Director
shall be of such scope that is reasonable to produce within
the allotted time.
``(b) Reporting.--If the analysis of alternatives cannot be
completed within the allotted time, the milestone decision
authority for the major defense acquisition program, upon
learning of the breach in schedule, shall report to the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the
Chairman, Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and the
congressional defense committees the following information:
``(1) The reasons why the analysis cannot be completed
within the allotted time.
``(2) An estimate of when the analysis will be completed.
``(3) An estimate of any additional costs to complete the
analysis.
``(c) Waiver.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering may waive the requirements of subsection (a)
on a case-by-case basis, following 30 days notification to
the congressional defense committees, if--
``(1) the subject of the analysis is of extreme technical
complexity;
``(2) collection of additional intelligence is required to
inform the analysis; or
``(3) insufficient technical expertise is available to
complete the analysis.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 2366c the following new item:

``2366d. Analysis of alternatives pursuant to materiel development
decisions.''.
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