H.R. 9663 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9663 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to disclose standards for implementation of the modular open system approaches for contracts of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Open-Source Standards Reporting Act of 2024. 2. Disclosure of standards for implementation of the modular open system approaches for contracts of the Department of Defense Section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) and subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Disclosure required (1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available any standards for implementation of the modular open system approaches for contracts, unless either the Secretary or the service acquisition executive with respect to a specific contract determines not disclose such standards. (2) For each determination not to disclose such standards made under paragraph (1), the Secretary or the service acquisition executive, as applicable, shall submit to Congress a report that includes a justification for such determination. .