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

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

P. L. 112-81

House Conference Report 112-329

Section 2445c(d)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`(A) the automated information system or information technology investment failed to achieve a full deployment decision within five years after the Milestone A decision for the program or, if there was no Milestone A decision, the date when the preferred alternative is selected for the program (excluding any time during which program activity is delayed as a result of a bid protest);'.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 811) that would clarify the trigger for determining whether a major automated information system has achieved full deployment decision in a timely manner.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with a technical amendment based on comments from the Department of Defense.

House Report 112-078

This section would amend the requirement for when a critical change report would be needed for a Major Automated Information System (MAIS). Currently, a report is required when a MAIS investment has failed to achieve a full deployment decision within 5 years after funds were first obligated for the program. This section would amend that to require a critical change report within 5 years after contract award. This section would also specify that any time under which the contract award is under protest would not be counted against this 5-year limit.