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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Bills and Reports Providing Background to P. L.
114-
S. 1356 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2016
Presidential Veto -
H. R. 1735
H. R. 1735 - National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
House Conference Report 114-270
H. Rept. 114-102 - to accompany H. R. 1735
S. Rpt. 114-49 to accompany S. 1376
Analysis of Contracting Related Sections
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Using the NDAA 2016 Pages |
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TITLE
VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
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Subtitle A — Acquisition Policy
and Management |
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Sec. 801: Required review of
acquisition-related functions of the Chiefs of Staff of the
Armed Forces. |
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Sec. 802. Role of Chiefs of Staff in the
acquisition process |
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Sec. 803. Expansion of rapid acquisition
authority |
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Sec. 804. Middle tier of acquisition for
rapid prototyping and rapid fielding |
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Sec. 805. Use of alternative acquisition
paths to acquire critical national security capabilities |
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Sec. 806. Secretary of Defense waiver of
acquisition laws to acquire vital national security capabilities |
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Sec. 807. Acquisition authority of the
Commander of United States Cyber Command |
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Sec. 808. Report on linking and
streamlining requirements, acquisition, and budget processes
within Armed Forces |
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Sec. 809. Advisory panel on streamlining
and codifying acquisition regulations |
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Sec. 810. Review of time-based
requirements process and budgeting and acquisition systems |
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Subtitle B
— Amendments To General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, And
Limitations |
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Sec. 811. Amendment relating to multiyear
contract authority for acquisition of property |
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Sec. 812. Applicability of cost and pricing
data and certification requirements |
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Sec. 813. Rights in technical data |
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Sec. 814. Procurement of supplies for
experimental purposes |
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Sec. 815. Amendments to other transaction
authority |
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Sec. 816. Amendment to acquisition
threshold for special emergency procurement authority |
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Sec. 817. Revision of method of rounding
when making inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar
thresholds |
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Subtitle C—Provisions
Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs |
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Sec. 821. Acquisition strategy required for
each major defense acquisition program, major automated
information system, and major system |
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Sec. 822. Revision to requirements relating
to risk management in development of major defense acquisition
programs and major systems |
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Sec. 823. Revision of Milestone A decision
authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition
programs |
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Sec. 824. Revision of Milestone B decision
authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition
programs |
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Sec. 825. Designation of milestone decision
authority |
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Sec. 826. Tenure and accountability of
program managers for program definition periods |
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Sec. 827. Tenure and accountability of
program managers for program execution periods |
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Sec. 828. Penalty for cost overruns |
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Sec. 829. Streamlining of reporting
requirements applicable to Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering regarding major defense acquisition
programs |
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Sec. 830. Configuration Steering Boards for
cost control under major defense acquisition programs |
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Sec. 831. Repeal of requirement for
stand-alone manpower estimates for major defense acquisition
programs |
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Sec. 832. Revision to duties of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and
Evaluation and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Systems Engineering |
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Subtitle D
— Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce |
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Sec. 841. Amendments relating to Defense
Acquisition Workforce Development Fund |
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Sec. 842. Dual-track military professionals
in operational and acquisition specialties |
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Sec. 843. Provision of joint duty
assignment credit for acquisition duty |
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Sec. 844. Mandatory requirement for
training related to the conduct of market research |
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Sec. 845. Independent study of
implementation of defense acquisition workforce improvement
efforts |
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Sec. 846. Extension of authority for the
civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project |
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Subtitle
E--Provisions Relating to Commercial Items |
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Sec. 851. Procurement of commercial items |
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Sec. 852. Modification to information
required to be submitted by offeror in procurement of major
weapon systems as commercial items |
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Sec. 853. Use of recent prices paid by the
Government in the determination of price reasonableness |
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Sec. 854. Report on defense-unique laws
applicable to the procurement of commercial items and
commercially available off-the-shelf items |
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Sec. 855. Market research and preference
for commercial items |
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Sec. 856. Limitation on conversion of
procurements from commercial acquisition procedures |
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Sec. 857. Treatment of goods and services
provided by nontraditional defense contractors as commercial
items |
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Subtitle F - Industrial Base Matters |
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Sec. 861. Amendment to Mentor-Protege
Program |
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Sec. 862. Amendments to data quality
improvement plan |
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Sec. 863. Notice of contract consolidation
for acquisition strategies |
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Sec. 864. Clarification of requirements
related to small business contracts for services |
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Sec. 865. Certification requirements for
Business Opportunity Specialists, commercial market
representatives, and procurement center representatives |
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Sec. 866. Modifications to requirements for
qualified HUBZone small business concerns located in a base
closure area |
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Sec. 867. Joint venturing and teaming |
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Sec. 868. Modification to and scorecard
program for small business contracting goals |
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Sec. 869. Establishment of an Office of
Hearings and Appeals in the Small Business Administration;
petitions for reconsideration of size standards |
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Sec. 870. Additional duties of the Director
of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
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Sec. 871. Including subcontracting goals in
agency responsibilities |
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Sec. 872. Reporting related to failure of
contractors to meet goals under negotiated comprehensive small
business subcontracting plans |
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Sec. 873. Pilot program for streamlining
awards for innovative technology projects |
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Sec. 874. Surety bond requirements and
amount of guarantee |
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Sec. 875. Review of Government access to
intellectual property rights of private sector firms |
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Sec. 876. Inclusion in annual technology
and industrial capability assessments of a determination about
defense acquisition program requirements |
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Subtitle F - Other Matters |
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Sec. 881. Consideration of potential
program cost increases and schedule delays resulting from
oversight of defense acquisition programs |
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Sec. 882. Examination and guidance relating
to oversight and approval of services contracts |
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Sec. 883. Streamlining of requirements
relating to defense business systems |
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Sec. 884. Procurement of personal
protective equipment |
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Sec. 885. Amendments concerning detection
and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts |
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Sec. 886. Exception for AbilityOne products
from authority to acquire goods and services manufactured in
Afghanistan, Central Asian States, and Djibouti |
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Sec. 887. Effective communication between
government and industry |
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Sec. 888. Standards for procurement of
secure information technology and cyber security systems |
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Sec. 889. Unified information technology
services |
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Sec. 890. Cloud strategy for Department of
Defense |
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Sec. 891. Development period for Department
of Defense information technology systems |
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Sec. 892. Revisions to pilot program on
acquisition of military purpose nondevelopmental items |
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Sec. 893. Improved auditing of contracts |
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Sec. 894. Sense of Congress on evaluation
method for procurement of audit or audit readiness services |
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Sec. 895. Mitigating potential unfair
competitive advantage of technical advisors to acquisition
programs |
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Sec. 896. Survey on the costs of regulatory
compliance |
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Sec. 897. Treatment of interagency and
State and local purchases when the Department of Defense acts as
contract intermediary for the General Services Administration |
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Sec. 898. Competition for religious
services contracts |
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Sec. 899. Pilot program regarding
risk-based contracting for smaller contract actions under the
Truth In Negotiations Act |
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LEGISLATIVE
PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED |
