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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. 115-

House Conference Report. 115-874

(a) Revision.—Section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking “October 1, 2022” and inserting “October 1, 2021”; and

(2) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking “at or about” and inserting “at or before”; and

(B) by inserting “or on the date on which the future-years defense program is submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title” after “title 31”;

(3) in paragraph (3), by striking “and” at the end;

(4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

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

“(5) be included in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title.”.

(b) Briefing Requirement On Services Contracts.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the requirements of section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, are met, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall brief the congressional defense committees on the progress of Department of Defense efforts to meet the requirements of such section, including relevant information on the methodology and implementation plans for future compliance.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 824) that would amend section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, to change from October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2020, the effective date for the Secretary of Defense’s submission to Congress of information on services contracts that clearly and separately identifies the amount requested for each category of services to be procured for each Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, command, or military installation. This section would also add the requirement that such information should be included in the Future Years Defense Program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title.

The Senate amendment contained a similar provision (sec. 821) that would require the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to brief the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, on the progress of Department of Defense efforts to meet the requirements of section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, including relevant information on the methodology and implementation plans for future compliance.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would amend section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, to change the requirement with respect to budget materials from October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2021 and require the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to brief the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, on the progress of Department of Defense efforts to meet the requirements of section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, including relevant information on the methodology and implementation plans for future compliance.

H. Rept. 115-676

Section 824--Revision of Requirement to Submit Information on Services Contracts to Congress

This section would amend section 2329(b) of title 10, United States Code, to change from October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2020, the effective date for the Secretary of Defense's submission to Congress of information on services contracts that clearly and separately identifies the amount requested for each category of services to be procured for each Defense Agency, Department of Defense Field Activity, command, or military installation. This section would also add the requirement that such information should be included in the Future Years Defense Program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title.

The committee notes the Department of Defense's recent decision to proceed with an initiative to budget services acquisitions over the course of the full Future Years Defense Program and to develop an implementation plan that leverages existing tools that can be employed to improve planning for acquisition of services. The committee notes that the Department's approach harmonizes well with the committee's reform efforts enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) concerning enterprise data standardization and transparency. The committee further notes that the Department's decision obviates the need for, and expenditure on, the independent analysis on this matter performed by a federally funded research and development center or other organization that was included in the conference report (H. Rept. 115-404) accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2018, on the development of this implementation plan and milestones leading to implementation of this initiative not later than October 1, 2020.