TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 144 - MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
Sec. 2430. Major defense acquisition program defined
DEFENSE ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAM
Pub. L.
104-201, div. A, title VIII, Sec.
803,
''(a) Authority. - The Secretary
of Defense may waive sections 2399, 2432, and 2433 of title 10, United States
Code, in accordance with this section for any defense acquisition program
designated by the Secretary of Defense for participation in the defense
acquisition pilot program authorized by section 809 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2430
note).
''(b) Operational Test and Evaluation. - The Secretary of Defense may
waive the requirements for operational test and evaluation for such a defense
acquisition program as set forth in section 2399 of title 10, United States
Code, if the Secretary -
''(1) determines (without delegation) that such test would be
unreasonably expensive or impractical;
''(2) develops a suitable alternate operational test program for the
system concerned;
''(3)
describes in the test and evaluation master plan, as approved by the Director of
Operational Test and Evaluation, the method of evaluation that will be used to
evaluate whether the system will be effective and suitable for combat; and
''(4) submits to the congressional defense committees (Committees on
Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives)
a report containing the determination
that was made under paragraph (1), a justification for that determination, and a
copy of the plan required by paragraph (3).
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''(e)
Notification and Implementation. - (1) The Secretary shall transmit to the
congressional defense committees a written notification of each defense
acquisition program proposed to be
designated by the Secretary for participation in the pilot program.
''(2) If the Secretary proposes to waive or limit the applicability of
any provision of law to a defense acquisition program under the pilot program in
accordance with this section, the Secretary shall include in the notification
regarding that acquisition program -
''(A) the provision of law proposed to be waived or limited;
''(B) the effects of such provision of law on the acquisition, including
specific examples;
''(C) the actions taken to ensure that the waiver or limitation
will not reduce the efficiency, integrity, and effectiveness of the acquisition
process used for the defense acquisition program;
and
''(D)
a discussion of the efficiencies or savings, if any, that will result from the
waiver or limitation.