SEC. 833. SUNSET AND REPEAL OF CERTAIN
CONTRACTING PROVISIONS.
(a) Sunsets.—
(1) PLANTATIONS AND FARMS: OPERATION,
MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT.—Section 2421 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
“(e) Sunset.—The authority under
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018.”.
(2) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH COST,
PERFORMANCE, AND SCHEDULE GOALS FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION
PROGRAMS AND EACH PHASE OF RELATED ACQUISITION CYCLES.—Section
2220 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
“(c) Sunset.—The authority under
this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018.”.
(b) Repeals.—
(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF INVESTMENT ITEMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2245a of
title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of such title is
amended by striking the item relating to section 2245a.
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 166a(e)(1)(A) of such
title is amended by striking “the investment unit cost
threshold in effect under section 2245a of this title” and
inserting “$250,000”.
(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES:
TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2225 of
title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2225.
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(i) Section 812 of the Floyd D.
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001 (Public Law 106–393; 114 Stat. 1654A–213; 10 U.S.C.
2225 note) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c).
(ii) Section 2330a(j) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(I) by striking paragraph (2);
(II) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
(III) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
“(5) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION
THRESHOLD.—The term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’ has the
meaning given the term in section 134 of title 41.
“(6) SMALL BUSINESS ACT DEFINITIONS.—
“(A) The term ‘small business
concern’ has the meaning given such term under section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
“(B) The terms ‘small business concern owned and controlled
by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals’ and
‘small business concern owned and controlled by women’ have
the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section
8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)).”.
(iii) Section 222(d) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended by
striking “as defined in section 2225(f)(3)” and inserting
“as defined in section 2330a(j)”.
(3) PROCUREMENT OF COPIER PAPER
CONTAINING SPECIFIED PERCENTAGES OF POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED
CONTENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2378 of
title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 140 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2378.
(4) LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF TABLE
AND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FOR OFFICERS' QUARTERS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2387 of
title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2387.
(5) IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC
COMMERCE CAPABILITY.—
(A) REPEAL.—
(i) Section 2302c of title 10,
United States Code, is repealed.
(ii) Section 2301 of title 41, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(f) Inapplicability To Department Of
Defense.—In this section, the term ‘executive agency’ does not
include the Department of Defense.”.
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 137 of such title is amended by striking the item
relating to section 2302c. |
Sunset and repeal of certain contracting
provisions (sec. 833)
The Senate bill contained a provision
(sec. 829F) that would: (1) amend title 10, United States Code,
to sunset sections 2212, 2220, 2228, 2304e, 2421 by September
30, 2018; (2) amend title 10, United States Code, to sunset
section 1706 by September 30, 2019; and (3) repeal sections
2245a, 2225, 2302c, 2378, 2387 of title 10, United States Code.
The House amendment contained no similar provision.
The House recedes with an amendment that
would retain the reporting requirement in section 2212 of title
10, United States Code, which provides budget information on
service contracting, as well as section 1706 of title 10, United
States Code, which provides the Department of Defense with a
list of acquisition positions considered inherently
governmental. |
