MISSION ORIENTED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 833. MISSION ORIENTED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.It is the sense of Congress that— (1) in the exercise of the authority provided in section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2430 note), the Secretary of Defense should propose for one or more of the defense acquisition programs covered by the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program to utilize the concept of mission oriented program management that includes— (A) establishing a mission oriented program executive office; and (B) designating a lead agency for the mission oriented program executive office; (2) the duties of the program executive officer for each of one or more of such programs should include— (A) planning, programming, and carrying out research, development, and acquisition activities; (B) providing advice regarding the preparation and integration of budgets for research, development, and acquisition activities; (C) informing the operational commands of alternative technology solutions to fulfill emerging requirements; (D) ensuring that the acquisition plan for the program realistically reflects the budget and related decisions made for that program; (E) managing related technical support resources; (F) conducting integrated decision team meetings; and (G) providing technological advice to users of program products and to the officials within the military departments who prepare plans, programs, and budgets; (3) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, should prescribe policies and procedures for the interaction of the commanders of the unified and specified combatant commands with the mission oriented program executive officers, and such policies and procedures should include provisions for enabling the user commands to perform acceptance testing; and (4) the management functions of a program manager should not duplicate the management functions of the mission oriented program executive officer.