Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 906
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act
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Amendments
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Passed Senate on Nov 9, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Apr 7, 2017
Latest Action
Nov 13, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
906
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Missouri
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on November 9, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Summary

Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the program manager of a major acquisition program (a Department of Homeland Security [DHS] acquisition program estimated to require an eventual total expenditure of at least $300 million over its life cycle cost) to notify the program's Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) (the senior acquisition official within a DHS component designated to lead a process and staff to provide acquisition and program management oversight, policy, and guidance to ensure that statutory, regulatory, and higher level policy requirements are fulfilled), the head of the component concerned, the Executive Director of the Program Accountability and Risk Management division, the Under Secretary for Management, and the Deputy Secretary of DHS within 30 days after any breach in such program is identified.

If such a breach results in a cost overrun greater than 15%, a schedule delay greater than 180 days, or a failure to meet any performance thresholds from the cost, schedule, or performance parameters specified in the most recently approved acquisition program baseline for such a program, the CAE must notify the DHS Secretary and Inspector General within five business days after such other officials are notified of the breach.

If such a breach occurs, the program manager for such program shall submit to the component head, the Executive Director, and the Under Secretary in writing a remediation plan and root cause analysis. The Under Secretary shall review each remediation plan and may approve it or provide an alternative proposed corrective action.

The Under Secretary shall notify the congressional homeland security committees of such breach. If a likely cost overrun is greater than 20% or a likely delay is greater than 12 months from the costs and schedule specified in the baseline, the Under Secretary shall include in such notification a written certification that:

  • such program is essential to the accomplishment of DHS's mission;
  • there are no alternatives to the capability or asset provided by such program that will provide equal or greater capability in a more cost-effective and timely manner;
  • the new acquisition schedule and estimates for total acquisition cost are reasonable; and
  • the management structure for such program is adequate to manage and control cost, schedule, and performance.
Text (3)
November 9, 2017
October 5, 2017
Amendments (1)
Nov 09, 2017
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1583
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
Actions (12)
11/13/2017
Held at the desk.
11/13/2017
Received in the House.
11/13/2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
11/09/2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
11/09/2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
11/09/2017
The committee amendment withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7166)
11/09/2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7164-7166; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7164-7166)
10/05/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 234.
10/05/2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 115-165.
07/26/2017
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
04/07/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
04/07/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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