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

Subtitle B--Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitation

P. L. 111-

House Conference Report 111-288

    (a) Revisions to Definition of Contract in Iraq or Afghanistan.--Section 864(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 258; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``or a task order or delivery order at any tier issued under such a contract'' and inserting ``a task order or delivery order at any tier issued under such a contract, a grant, or a cooperative agreement'';

(2) by striking in the parenthetical ``or task order or delivery order'' and inserting ``task order, delivery order, grant, or cooperative agreement'';

    (3) by striking ``or task or delivery order'' after the parenthetical and inserting ``task order, delivery order, grant, or cooperative agreement''; and

    (4) by striking ``14 days'' and inserting ``30 days''.

    (b) Revision to Definition of Covered Contract.--Section 864(a)(3) of such Act (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 259; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B);

    (2) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon at the end of subparagraph (C); and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

    ``(D) a grant for the performance of services in an area of combat operations, as designated by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (c) of section 862; or

    ``(E) a cooperative agreement for the performance of services in such an area of combat operations.''.

    (c) Revision to Definition of Contractor.--Paragraph (4) of section 864(a) of such Act (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 259; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended to read as follows:

    ``(4) CONTRACTOR.--The term `contractor', with respect to a covered contract, means--

    ``(A) in the case of a covered contract that is a contract, subcontract, task order, or delivery order, the contractor or subcontractor carrying out the covered contract;

    ``(B) in the case of a covered contract that is a grant, the grantee; and

    ``(C) in the case of a covered contract that is a cooperative agreement, the recipient.''.

    (d) Revision in Value of Contracts Covered by Certain Report.--Section 1248(c)(1)(B) of such Act (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 400) is amended by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$100,000''.

   The House bill contained a provision (sec. 812) that would clarify reporting requirements relating to contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

   The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

   The Senate recedes.

House Report 111-166 - NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

SECTION 812--REVISIONS TO DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CONTRACTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

This section would amend section 864 and section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) to clarify and streamline reporting of information relating to contracts in the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The revisions would: clarify that reporting requirements relating to contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan also apply to grants and cooperative agreements; increase the threshold for the duration of a contract above which reporting is required from 14 days to 30 days; and align the threshold for requiring contractors to report their employment of Iraqi nationals with the simplified acquisition threshold. These changes would improve the availability and quality of information provided to Congress under both sections.