,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjbj,mr4  
,johnson of ,south ,dakota 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,vela1 and ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south 
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to develop a plan to improve   
the ,department of ,defense-wide        
management of the investments in weapon 
systems of the ,department1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,dod          
,portfolio ,management ,accountability  
,act4  #b4 ,portfolio ,management ,plan 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,defense shall direct the ,under        
,secretary of ,defense for ,acquisition 
and ,sustainment1 in coordination with  
the ,chairman of the ,joint ,chiefs of  
,staff1 and the ,director of ,cost      
,assessment and ,program ,evaluation1 to
 develop a plan to identify1 develop1   

and acquire databases1 analytical and   
financial tools1 and workforce skills to
 improve the ,department of             
,defense-wide assessment1 management1   
and optimization of the investments in  
weapon systems of the ,department1      
including through consolidation of      
duplicate or similar weapon system      
programs4  7b7 ,plan contents ,the plan 
developed under subsection 7a7 shall--  
7#a7 describe the databases and         
analytical and financial tools in use by
 the ,department of ,defense that may be
 used to support the ,department-wide   
assessment1 management1 and optimization
 of the investments in weapon systems of
 the ,department2  7#b7 determine the   
database and analytical and financial   
tool requirements that must be met1 and 
the workforce skills necessary1 for more
 effective ,department-wide reviews1    
analyses1 and management by the         
,secretary of the investments in weapon 
systems of the ,department2  7#c7       
identify the skills described in        

paragraph 7#b7 that are possessed by the
 workforce of the ,department2  7#d7    
identify the databases and analytical   
and financial tools to be modified1     
developed1 or acquired to improve the   
,department-wide reviews1 analyses1 and 
management of the investments in weapon 
systems of the ,department2 and  7#e7   
set forth a timeline for implementing   
the plan1 including a timeline for the  
modification1 development1 and          
acquisition of each database and        
analytical and financial tool identified
 under paragraph 7#d74  7c7 ,submission 
to ,congress  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
,congress the plan developed under      
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,form ,the plan   
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
in an unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex4