Independent analysis of acquisition process of Department of Veterans Affairs

(a) Systems engineering analysis Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Executive Director of the Acquisition Research Center of the Department of Defense to conduct a systems engineering analysis of the acquisition process of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date in which the Secretary enters into the memorandum of understanding required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the Executive Director with respect to the analysis conducted under such subsection.