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Thornberry To Introduce Two Pentagon Reform Bills In May Ahead Of HASC NDAA Markup

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Thornberry To Introduce Two Pentagon Reform Bills In May Ahead Of HASC NDAA Markup
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), House Armed Services Committee ranking member

The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee is planning to introduce two Pentagon acquisition reform bills ahead of his committee’s markup of the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization act, including an effort to push the department to improve engagement with small- and mid-sized businesses. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters the two bills, one to push DoD to enact previously approved reforms and another to ease acquisition hurdles, will arrive a month before the HASC National Defense Authorization…

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