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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004

(Public Law 108-136)

Title VIII--Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters

Title XII--Matters Relating to Other Nations

Title XIV—Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003

 

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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A--Acquisition Policy and Management
Sec. 801. Consolidation of contract requirements.
Sec. 802. Quality control in procurement of aviation critical safety items and related services.
Sec. 803. Federal support for enhancement of State and local anti-terrorism response capabilities.
Sec. 804. Special temporary contract closeout authority.
Sec. 805. Competitive award of contracts for reconstruction activities in Iraq.
Subtitle B--United States Industrial Base Provisions.
Part I--Essential Items Identification and Domestic Production Capabilities Improvement Program.
Sec. 811. Consistency with United States obligations under international agreements.
Sec. 812. Assessment of United States defense industrial base capabilities.
Sec. 813. Identification of essential items: military system breakout list.
Sec. 814. Production capabilities improvement for certain essential items using defense industrial base capabilities fund.
Part II--Requirements Relating to Specific Items.
Sec. 821. Elimination of unreliable sources of defense items and components.
Sec. 822. Incentive program for major defense acquisition programs to use machine tools and other capital assets produced within the United States.
Sec. 823. Technical assistance relating to machine tools.
Sec. 824. Study of beryllium industrial base.
Part III--Other Domestic Source Requirements
Sec. 826. Exceptions to Berry amendment for contingency operations and other urgent situations.
Sec. 827. Inapplicability of Berry amendment to procurements of waste and byproducts of cotton and wool fiber for use in the production of propellants and explosives.
Sec. 828. Buy American exception for ball bearings and roller bearings used in foreign products.
Subtitle C—Defense Acquisition and Support Workforce Flexibility
Sec. 831. Management structure.
Sec. 832. Elimination of role of Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 833. Single acquisition corps.
Sec. 834. Consolidation of certain education and training program requirements.
Sec. 835. General management provisions.
Sec. 836. Clerical amendments.
Subtitle D—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations
Sec. 841. Additional authority to enter into personal services contracts.
Sec. 842. Elimination of certain subcontract notification requirements.
Sec. 843. Multiyear task and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 844. Elimination of requirement to furnish written assurances of technical data conformity.
Sec. 845. Access to information relevant to items deployed under rapid acquisition and deployment procedures.
Sec. 846. Applicability of requirement for reports on maturity of technology at initiation of major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 847. Certain weapons-related prototype projects.
Sec. 848. Limited acquisition authority for commander of United States Joint Forces Command.
Subtitle E—Acquisition-Related Reports and Other Matters
Sec. 851. Report on contract payments to small businesses.
Sec. 852. Contracting with employers of persons with disabilities.
Sec. 853. Demonstration project for contractors employing persons with disabilities.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED
TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS
Sec. 1205. Sense of Congress on use of small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses in efforts to rebuild Iraq.
Sec. 1225. Depot maintenance and repair work on certain types of trainer aircraft to be transferred to foreign countries as excess aircraft.
Title XIV—Services Acquisition Reform
Sec. 1401. Short title.
Subtitle A--Acquisition Workforce and Training
Sec. 1411. Definition of acquisition.
Sec. 1412. Acquisition workforce training fund.
Sec. 1413. Acquisition workforce recruitment program.
Sec. 1414. Architectural and engineering acquisition workforce.
Subtitle B--Adaptation of Business Acquisition Practices
Part I--Adaptation of Business Management Practices
Sec. 1421. Chief Acquisition Officers.
Sec. 1422. Chief Acquisition Officers Council.
Sec. 1423. Statutory and regulatory review.
Part II--Other Acquisition Improvements
Sec. 1426. Extension of authority to carry out franchise fund programs.
Sec. 1427. Improvements in contracting for architectural and engineering services.
Sec. 1428. Authorization of telecommuting for Federal contractors.
Subtitle C--Acquisitions of Commercial Items
Sec. 1431. Additional incentive for use of performance-based contracting for services.
Sec. 1432. Authorization of additional commercial contract types.
Sec. 1433. Clarification of commercial services definition.
Subtitle D--Other Matters
Sec. 1441. Authority to enter into certain transactions for defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
Sec. 1442. Public disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for the reconstruction of infrastructure in Iraq.
Sec. 1443. Special emergency procurement authority.
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED

Source:  Public Law 108-136  |  House Conference Report 108-354

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