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 123STA T . 1 704PUBLIC LA W 111 – 23 —M A Y 22, 200 9PublicLaw1 11 –23 111 thCongres s A n Act Toimpr o veth eor gan i z ation an d pro c ed u re s o f the D epartment of Defense for the ac q uisition of ma j or w eapon s y stems , and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E T AB LEO F CONTENTS. (a)SHORTTI T LE.— T hisActm a ybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ W ea pon Sys - tems Ac qu isition R e f o r mActof 20 0 9’ ’. (b) T AB LEO FC O N TENT S .—The tab l e of contents for this Act is as follo w s
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ec. 1 . Short tit l e ta b le of contents. Sec. 2 . Definitions. T I T LE I —ACQU ISITI ON O RG ANI Z ATION Sec. 1 0 1. Cost assessment and program evaluation. Sec. 102. Directors of Developmental Test and Evaluation and Systems Engineer - ing. Sec. 10 3 . P erformance assessments and root cause analyses for major defense ac- quisition programs. Sec. 10 4 . Assessment of technological maturity of critical technologies of major de- fense acquisition programs by the Director of Defense Research and En- gineering. Sec. 10 5 . Role of the commanders of the combatant commands in identifying joint military requirements. TITLE II—ACQUISITION POLIC Y Sec. 201. Consideration of trade-offs among cost, schedule, and performance objec- tives in Department of Defense acquisition programs. Sec. 202. Acquisition strategies to ensure competition throughout the lifecycle of major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 203. Prototyping requirements for major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 204. Actions to identify and address systemic problems in major defense acqui- sition programs prior to M ilestone B approval. Sec. 205. Additional requirements for certain major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 20 6 . Critical cost growth in major defense acquisition programs. Sec. 20 7 . Organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition programs. TITLE III—ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION PRO V ISIONS Sec. 301. Awards for Department of Defense personnel for e x cellence in the acquisi- tion of products and services. Sec. 302. Earned value management. Sec. 303. Expansion of national security objectives of the national technology and industrial base. Sec. 304. Comptroller General of the United States reports on costs and financial information regarding major defense acquisition programs. SEC. 2 . D EFINITIONS. I n this Act: ( 1 ) The term ‘‘con g ressional defense committees’’ has the meaning gi v en that term in section 101(a)(1 6 ) of title 10 ,U nited States Code. 10USC243 0 note. 10 USC 101 note. W e ap onS ys te m s Acqui sition R e f o r mActof 200 9 . M ay 22 , 2009 [ S.4 5 4 ]