MODIFICATIONS TO JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL.

SEC. 1811. MODIFICATIONS TO JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL. (a) Mission.—Subsection (b) of section 181 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by amending paragraphs (1) through (7) to read as follows: “(1) evaluating global trends, emerging threats, and adversary capabilities to inform understanding of joint operational problems and to shape joint force design; “(2) coordinating with commanders of combatant commands to compile, refine, and prioritize joint operational problems; “(3) continuously reviewing and assessing joint military capabilities of elements of the Department of Defense listed in section 111(b) of this title in a manner that meets applicable requirements in the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of this title; “(4) identifying and prioritizing gaps and opportunities in joint military capabilities, including making recommendations for changes to address such capability and capacity gaps; “(5) identifying advances in technology, innovative commercial solutions, and concepts of operation that could improve the military advantage of the joint force; “(6) recommending joint capability requirements that— “(A) describe the joint operational problem to provide necessary context for the joint capability requirement; “(B) proposes nonprescriptive solutions to joint operational problems; and “(C) ensures system interoperability, where appropriate, between and among joint military capabilities; “(7) designing the joint force in a manner that— “(A) addresses joint operational problems; and “(B) evaluates force design initiatives of the Armed Forces to recommend acceptance, mitigation, or alternative force designs for the joint force; “(8) maintaining a repository of joint operational problems and identification of capabilities to address those problems; and “(9) evaluating effect of joint military capability requirements for the purposes of section 4376(a) of this title.” . (b) Composition.—Subsection (c)(1)(A) of such section is amended by striking “or joint performance requirements”. (c) Advisors.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by inserting “strongly” before “consider”; and (B) by striking “paragraphs (1) and (2) of”; (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: “Input from service chiefs”; (B) by striking “, and strongly consider,” and all that follows through “acquisition system,” and inserting “and consider the views of the service chiefs in their roles as end users of capabilities delivered by the defense acquisition system”; and (C) by striking “under subsection (b)(2) and joint performance requirements pursuant to subsection (b)(3)”; (3) in paragraph (4), by striking “, and strongly consider,” and inserting “and consider”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) Input from industry.—The Council shall seek views from private entities on commercially available technology to address joint operational problems or gaps in joint military capabilities.” . (d) Responsibility for Capability Requirements.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(e) Responsibility for Capability Requirements.—Each service chief is responsible for the capability requirements of the armed force of such service chief.” . (e) Analytic and Engineering Support.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting “and Engineering” after “Analytic”; (2) by inserting “and mission engineering activities” after “the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation”; and (3) by striking “in operations research, systems analysis, and cost estimation”. (f) Definitions.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); (2) by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph (2); (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: “(1) The term ‘joint capability requirement’ means a capability that is critical or essential to address a joint operational problem.” ; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: “(3) The term ‘joint operational problem’— “(A) means a challenge across the joint force in achieving an assigned military objective based on current doctrine, emerging threats or future concepts; and “(B) may include limitations in capabilities, capacity, resources, or the ability to effectively and efficiently coordinate across the joint force, with another combatant command, or among joint military capabilities.” ; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) The term ‘service chief’ has the meaning given in section 3101 of this title.” . (g) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Limitations on defense modernization account.—Section 3136(e)(1)(A) of such title is amended— (A) by striking “in excess of—” and all that follows through “(i) a specific limitation” and inserting “in excess of a specific limitation”; and (B) by striking clause (ii). (2) Factors to be considered for milestone a approval.—Section 4251(e)(1) of such title is amended by striking “approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council”. (3) Factors to be considered for milestone b approval.—Section 4252(b) of such title is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (9); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (15) as paragraphs (9) through (14), respectively. (4) Breach of critical cost growth threshold.—Section 4376 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “, after consultation with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council regarding program requirements,”; (B) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking “to meet the joint military requirement (as defined in section 181(g)(1) of this title)”; and (C) in subsection (c)(3), by striking “joint”. (5) Acquisition accountability on missile defense system.—Section 5514(b)(2)(C)(ii) of such title is amended by striking “approved” and inserting “reviewed”. (h) Repeals.—The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Section 916 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (10 U.S.C. 181 note). (2) Section 942(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 181 note). (3) Section 105(b) of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (10 U.S.C. 181 note). (4) [10 U.S.C. 181 note] Section 201 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (10 U.S.C. 3102 note).