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Warfighting Software Enhancement Act of 2020

Introduced: August 6, 2020 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Warfighting Software Enhancement Act of 2020

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to establish a pilot program to explore the use of consumption-based solutions to address software-intensive warfighting capability. The Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall establish continuous monitoring to evaluate the pilot program, including collecting data on cost, schedule, and performance from the program office, the user community, and the contractors.

What's happening now August 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4508: Warfighting Software Enhancement Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4508/
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"S. 4508: Warfighting Software Enhancement Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4508/.
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S. 4508, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4508/.
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