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William M. (Mac) Thornberry
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021
Bills and Reports Providing Background to P. L.
116 -
House Conference Report
116-617 - - to accompany P. L. 116-
S. Rept.
116-236 - - to accompany S. 4409
H. Rept.
116-442 - - to accompany H. R. 6395
Analysis of Contracting Related Sections
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Using the NDAA 2020 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: Report on acquisition risk assessment and
mitigation as part of Adaptive Acquisition Framework
implementation. |
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Sec. 802: Improving planning, execution, and oversight of
life cycle sustainment activities. |
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Sec. 803: Disclosures for offerors for certain
shipbuilding major defense acquisition program contracts. |
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Sec. 804: Implementation of modular open systems
approaches. |
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Sec. 805: Congressional notification of termination of a
middle tier acquisition program. |
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Sec. 806: Definition of material weakness for contractor
business systems. |
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Sec. 807: Space system acquisition and the adaptive
acquisition framework. |
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Sec. 808: Acquisition authority of the Director of the
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. |
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Sec. 809: Assessments of the process for developing
capability requirements for Department of Defense acquisition
programs. |
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Subtitle B—Amendments to General
Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations.
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Sec. 811: Sustainment reform for the Department of
Defense. |
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Sec. 812: Inclusion of software in Government performance
of acquisition functions. |
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Sec. 813: Modifications to Comptroller General assessment
of acquisition programs and related initiatives. |
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Sec. 814: Cost or pricing data reporting requirements for
Department of Defense contracts. |
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Sec. 815: Prompt payment of contractors. |
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Sec. 816: Documentation pertaining to commercial item
determinations. |
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Sec. 817: Modification to small purchase threshold
exception to sourcing requirements for certain articles. |
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Sec. 818: Repeal of program for qualified apprentices for
military construction contracts. |
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Sec. 819: Modifications to mitigating risks related to
foreign ownership, control, or influence of Department of
Defense contractors and subcontractors. |
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Sec. 820: Contract closeout authority for services
contracts. |
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Sec. 821: Revision of proof required when using an
evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with members
of the Selected Reserve. |
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Subtitle
C—Provisions Relating to Software and Technology |
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Sec. 831: Contract authority for development and
demonstration of initial or additional prototype units. |
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Sec. 832: Extension of pilot program for streamlined
awards for innovative technology programs. |
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Sec. 833: Listing of other transaction authority
consortia. |
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Sec. 834:
Pilot program on the use of consumption-based solutions to
address software-intensive warfighting capability. |
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Sec. 835:
Balancing security and innovation in software development and
acquisition. |
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Sec. 836:
Digital modernization of analytical and decision-support
processes for managing and overseeing Department of Defense
acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 837:
Safeguarding defense-sensitive United States intellectual
property, technology, and other data and information. |
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Sec. 838:
Comptroller General report on implementation of software
acquisition reforms. |
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Sec. 839:
Comptroller General report on intellectual property acquisition
and licensing. |
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Subtitle
D—Industrial Base Matters. |
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Sec. 841: Additional requirements pertaining to printed
circuit boards. |
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Sec. 842: Report on nonavailability determinations and
quarterly national technology and industrial base briefings. |
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Sec. 843: Modification of framework for modernizing acquisition
processes to ensure integrity of industrial base and inclusion
of optical transmission components. |
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Sec. 844: Expansion on the prohibition on acquiring certain
metal products. |
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Sec. 845: Miscellaneous limitations on the procurement of goods
other than United States goods. |
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Sec. 846: Improving implementation of policy pertaining to the
national technology and industrial base. |
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Sec. 847: Report and limitation on the availability of funds
relating to eliminating the gaps and vulnerabilities in the
national technology and industrial base. |
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Sec. 848: Supply of strategic and critical materials for the
Department of Defense. |
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Sec. 849: Analyses of certain activities for action to address
sourcing and industrial capacity. |
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Sec. 850: Implementation of recommendations for assessing and
strengthening the manufacturing and defense industrial base and
supply chain resiliency. |
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Sec. 851: Report on strategic and critical materials. |
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Sec. 852: Report on aluminum refining, processing, and
manufacturing. |
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Subtitle
E—Small Business Matters |
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Sec. 861: Initiatives to support small businesses in the
national technology and industrial base. |
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Sec. 862: Transfer of verification of small business concerns
owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to
the Small Business Administration. |
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Sec. 863: Employment size standard requirements for small
business concerns. |
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Sec. 864: Maximum award price for sole source manufacturing
contracts. |
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Sec. 865: Reporting requirement on expenditure amounts for the
Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small
Business Technology Transfer Program. |
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Sec. 866: Small businesses in territories of the United States. |
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Sec. 867: Eligibility of the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands for certain Small Business Administration
programs. |
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Sec. 868: Past performance ratings of certain small business
concerns. |
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Sec. 869: Extension of participation in 8(a) program. |
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Sec. 870: Compliance of Offices of Small Business and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization. |
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Sec. 871: Category management training. |
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Subtitle
F—Other Matters |
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Sec. 881: Review of and report on overdue acquisition and
cross-servicing agreement transactions. |
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Sec. 882: Domestic comparative testing activities. |
Sec. 883: Prohibition on awarding of contracts to contractors
that require nondisclosure agreements relating to waste, fraud,
or
abuse. |
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Sec. 884: Program management improvement officers and program
management policy council. |
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Sec. 885: Disclosure of beneficial owners in database for
Federal agency contract and grant officers. |
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Sec. 886: Repeal of pilot program on payment of costs for
denied Government Accountability Office bid protests. |
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Sec. 887: Amendments to submissions to Congress relating to
certain foreign military sales. |
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Sec. 888: Revision to requirement to use firm fixed-price
contracts for foreign military sales. |
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Sec. 889: Assessment and enhancement of national security
innovation base. |
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Sec. 890: Identification of certain contracts relating to
construction or maintenance of a border wall. |
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Sec. 891: Waivers of certain conditions for progress payments
under certain contracts during the COVID-19 national emergency. |
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Title XVIII--Transfer and
Reorganization of Defense Acquisition Statutes |
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Secs. 1801-1885: Transfer and reorganization of
defense acquisition statutes. |
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Legislative
Provisions Not Adopted |
