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

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs

P. L. 114-

House Conference Report. 114-840

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;

(2) by striking “In this chapter” and inserting “(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), in this chapter”; and

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

“(2) In this chapter, the term ‘major defense acquisition program’ does not include an acquisition program or project that is carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathway under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note).”.

(b) Annual Reporting.—The Secretary of Defense shall include in each comprehensive annual Selected Acquisition Report submitted under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, a listing of all programs or projects being developed or procured under the exceptions to the definition of major defense acquisition program set forth in paragraph (2) of section 2430(a) of United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.

The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 832) that would amend section 2430 of title 10, United States Code, and revise the definition of a major defense acquisition program to exclude fixed-price prototypes not planned as part of an existing major defense acquisition program and those programs or projects developed under the rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathway authorized under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114- 92).

The House amendment contained no similar provision.

The House recedes with an amendment that would specify that major defense acquisition program costs exclude acquisition programs or projects that are carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathway under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92).