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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. 113-291	Explanatory Statement, 12/4/14, H8671
SEC. 811. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPE UNITS. Section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2409; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking `advanced component development or prototype of technology' and inserting `advanced component development, prototype, or initial production of technology'; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking `prototype items' and inserting `items'; and (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): `(4) APPLICABILITY- The authority provided in subsection (a) applies only to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force.'; and (C) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking `September 30, 2014' and inserting `September 30, 2019'.	Extension and modification of contract authority for advanced component development and prototype units (sec. 811) The House bill contained a provision (sec. 802) that would extend existing statutory authority under subsection (b)(4) of section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84) until September 30, 2019. The Senate committee-reported bill contained a similar provision (sec. 822). The agreement includes the Senate provision. H. Rpt 113-446 to accompany H. R. 4435 Section 802--Extension of Contract Authority for Advanced Component Development or Prototype Units This section would extend existing statutory authority under subsection (b)(4) of section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) until September 30, 2019. This authority provides the Department of Defense a ``bridge'' between the science and technology portion of a contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation's Broad Agency Announcement authority, and the award of a contract under a new acquisition for advanced component development or production. S. Rept. 113-176 to accompany S. 2410 Extension and modification of contract authority for advanced component development and prototype units and modification of authority (sec. 822) The committee recommends a provision that would extend a pilot program that provides a bridge between the science and technology (S&T) portion of a contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) authority, and the award of a contract under a new acquisition for advanced component development or prototyping. The provision also expands the authority, to include a bridge to the production of technologies resulting from the successful research and development programs. The committee believes that by allowing the BAA-based contract to include a contract line item or an option for potential work that bridges the gap between S&T and advanced component development or procurement, contracts can be issued on BAAs that carry the most promising work through to integrated component evaluation, demonstration, validation, and production without having to restart the acquisition process. It is the committee's expectations that extending the authority under this section will speed the transition of S&T into fielded systems pursuant to the goals of Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, `Operation of the Defense Acquisition System'.