INTEGRATED AND AUTHENTICATED ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOR OVERSIGHT PURPOSES.

SEC. 1046. [10 U.S.C. 111 note] INTEGRATED AND AUTHENTICATED ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF FOR OVERSIGHT PURPOSES. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop processes and procedures under which the Secretary shall issue access tokens to staff of the congressional defense committees to facilitate the performance of required congressional oversight activities. Such access tokens shall— (1) provide designated and authenticated staff with access to designated Department of Defense information systems, including— (A) the reporting system described in section 805(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) that will replace the Selected Acquisition Report requirements under section 4351 of title 10, United States Code; and (B) the process referred to in section 908 of the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) that is used by the Department of Defense to identify reports to Congress required by annual national defense authorization Acts, assign responsibility for preparation of such reports, and manage the completion and delivery of such reports to Congress; (2) to the extent feasible, be integrated with the provision of Pentagon Facilities Alternative Credentials; and (3) to the extent feasible, be integrated with software used by the Department of Defense Parking Management Office to validate parking requests. (b) Implementation.—The Secretary shall implement the processes and procedures developed under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Interim Briefing.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees an interim briefing on the status of the processes and procedures required to be developed under subsection (a), including any updates to applicable policies, instructions, and guidance issued by the Department.