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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle F—Other Matters

P. L. 116-

House Conference Report   116-617

(b) Report.--

(1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2021, the designated official described in subsection (a) shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the review of acquisition and cross-servicing agreement transactions described in such subsection.

(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:

(A) For each such transaction valued at $1,000,000 or more for which reimbursement to the United States was overdue as of October 1, 2020--

(i) the total amount of the transaction;

(ii) the unreimbursed balance of the transaction;

(iii) the date on which the transaction was originally made;

(iv) the date on which the most recent request for payment was sent to the relevant foreign government or international organization; and

(v) a plan for securing reimbursement from the foreign government or international organization.

(B) A description of the steps taken to implement the recommendations made in the March 4, 2020, report of the Government Accountability Office titled ``Defense Logistics Agreements: DOD Should Improve Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign Partners for Thousands of Orders It Identifies as Overdue'', including efforts to validate data reported under this subsection and in the system of the Department of Defense to record data on acquisition and cross-servicing agreement transactions.

(C) The amount of reimbursement received from a foreign government or international organization, as applicable, for each order--

(i) for which the reimbursement is recorded as overdue in the system of the Department of Defense to record data on acquisition and cross-servicing agreement transactions; and

(ii) that was authorized during the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2020.

(D) A plan for improving recordkeeping of acquisition and cross-servicing agreement transactions and ensuring timely reimbursement by a foreign government or international organization.

(E) Any other matter considered relevant by the designated official described in subsection (a).

The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 1271) that would require the Secretary of Defense to produce a report on all unreimbursed and overdue Acquisition and Cross-Servicing (ACSA) transactions valued at $1.0 million or more. The provision would also require a plan for securing reimbursement from the relevant foreign partner and a summary of actions taken by the Department to improve record-keeping related to ACSA transactions.

The House bill contained no similar provision.

The House recedes.

Senate Committee Report 116-236 to Accompanying S. 4049

Review of and report on overdue acquisition and cross-servicing agreement transactions (sec. 1271)

The committee recommends a provision that would require the Secretary of Defense to produce a report on all unreimbursed and overdue Acquisition and Cross-Servicing (ACSA) transactions valued at $1.0 million or more. The provision would also require a plan for securing reimbursement from the relevant foreign partner and a summary of actions taken by the Department to improve record-keeping related to ACSA transactions.