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

Subtitle G - Provisions Relating to Other Transaction Authority and Prototyping

P. L. 115-

House Conference Report. 115-404

Section 2358(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3), by striking “or”;

(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

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

“(5) by transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) entered into pursuant to section 2371 or 2371b of this title; or

“(6) by purchases through procurement for experimental purposes pursuant to section 2373 of this title.”.

The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 874) that would amend section 2358 of title 10, United States Code, to explicitly authorize the use of Other Transactions Authority and Experimental Procurement Authority as methods for entering into research agreements with industry, academia, and other researchers and technology developers.

The House bill contained no similar provision.

The House recedes.