Bill Sponsor
House Bill 1282
115th Congress(2017-2018)
DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017
Active
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Passed House on Jun 21, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 1, 2017
Latest Action
Jun 22, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1282
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Virginia
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on June 21, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5020-5021)
Summary

DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017

This bill amends the Homeland Security of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Acquisition Review Board to strengthen accountability and uniformity within the DHS acquisition review process, review major acquisition programs (programs estimated to require a total expenditure of at least $300 million over their life cycle costs), and review the use of best practices.

The board shall convene at DHS's discretion and whenever: (1) a major acquisition program requires authorization to proceed from one acquisition decision event to another, is in breach of its approved requirements, or requires additional review; or (2) a non-major acquisition program requires review.

The board's responsibilities are to:

  • determine whether a proposed acquisition has met the requirements of key phases of the acquisition life cycle framework and is able to proceed to the next phase and eventual full production and deployment;
  • oversee whether a proposed acquisition's business strategy, resources, management, and accountability is executable and aligned to strategic initiatives;
  • support the acquisition decision authority in determining the appropriate direction at key acquisition decision events;
  • conduct systematic reviews to ensure that acquisitions are progressing in compliance with the approved documents for their current acquisition phases;
  • review the acquisition documents of each major acquisition program to ensure the reliability of underlying data; and
  • ensure that practices are implemented to require consideration of tradeoffs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives as part of the process for developing requirements for major acquisition programs prior to initiating the second acquisition decision event.

If the person exercising acquisition decision authority over a major acquisition program approves such program to proceed into the planning phase before such program has a DHS-approved acquisition program baseline, DHS shall create and approve a baseline report regarding such approval and provide specified notice to Congress.

Text (4)
June 22, 2017
June 21, 2017
March 23, 2017
March 1, 2017
Actions (13)
06/22/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
06/21/2017
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
06/21/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
06/21/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5020-5021)
06/21/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5020-5021)
06/21/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1282.
06/21/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5020-5022)
06/21/2017
Mr. Garrett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/23/2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 32.
03/23/2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-57.
03/08/2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
03/01/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
03/01/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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