INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY READINESS ASSESSMENTS.

SEC. 822. INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY READINESS ASSESSMENTS. Section 804(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1180) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) identify each case in which an authoritative decision has been made within the Department of Defense not to conduct an independent technology readiness assessment for a critical technology on a major defense acquisition program and explain the reasons for the decision.”.116 STAT. 2615