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119-hr-9882119th Congress

DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act

Sponsored By: Representative Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

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Summary

Standardized documentation and formal breach reporting would tighten cost, schedule, and performance controls for DHS major acquisition programs. It sets which projects qualify and what records and reports agency managers must create and maintain.

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  • DHS component heads would have to keep a standard set of acquisition documents for any "major acquisition program." That applies to programs with a life‑cycle cost of at least $300 million or those the Chief Acquisition Officer designates as major.
  • The Under Secretary for Management would have to submit a breach report to the House and Senate homeland security committees within 30 days of learning about a breach. Reports must explain causes, projected impacts on performance, cost, and schedule, provide updated baselines and life‑cycle cost analyses, and lay out remediation plans.
  • If a likely cost overrun exceeds 20 percent or a likely delay exceeds 12 months the report must include a written determination on mission essentiality, whether lower‑cost or faster alternatives exist, the reasonableness of the revised estimates, and whether program management is adequate. The bill pushes DHS to follow Government Accountability Office best practices for cost and schedule work to improve control of large, high‑risk programs.

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New oversight for DHS major programs

If enacted, this bill would impose strict documentation and reporting rules for DHS major acquisition programs. A "major" program would be one with at least $300,000,000 in life‑cycle costs (FY2026 dollars) or designated major by the Chief Acquisition Officer. Component heads would have to keep validated performance needs, option analyses, full life‑cycle cost estimates reconciled with independent estimates, cost‑benefit analyses, integrated master schedules, test and evaluation plans, an acquisition strategy, logistics plans, and a traceable program baseline following Comptroller General best practices. The Under Secretary for Management would have to report to congressional homeland security committees within 30 days after learning of a breach. A "breach" would be a likely cost overrun over 15%, a likely delivery delay over 180 days, or an anticipated failure of a key performance threshold. If a breach likely exceeds a 20% cost overrun or a 12‑month delay, the report would also assess whether the asset is essential, whether cheaper or faster alternatives exist, whether estimates are reasonable, and whether management is adequate.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 7/22/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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