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P. L. 107-107

House Conference Report 107-333

SEC. 821. AMENDMENTS TO CONFORM WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN ACQUISITION PHASE AND MILESTONE TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE RELATED ADJUSTMENTS IN CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE AT MILESTONE TRANSITION POINTS.

(a) ACQUISITION PHASE TERMINOLOGY- The following provisions of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking `engineering and manufacturing development' each place it appears and inserting `system development and demonstration': sections 2366(c) and 2434(a), and subsections (b)(3)(A)(i), (c)(3)(A), and (h)(1) of section 2432.

(b) MILESTONE TRANSITION POINTS- (1) Section 811(c) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-211), is amended by striking `Milestone I approval, Milestone II approval, or Milestone III approval (or the equivalent) of a major automated information system' and inserting `approval of a major automated information system at Milestone B or C or for full rate production, or an equivalent approval,'.

(2) Department of Defense Directive 5000.1, as revised in accordance with subsection (b) of section 811 of such Act, shall be further revised as necessary to comply with subsection (c) of such section, as amended by paragraph (1), within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) ADJUSTMENTS TO REQUIREMENT FOR DETERMINATION OF QUANTITY FOR LOW-RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION- Section 2400(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking `milestone II' each place it appears in paragraphs (1)(A), (2), (4) and (5) and inserting `milestone B'; and

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking `engineering and manufacturing development' and inserting `system development and demonstration'.

(d) ADJUSTMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR BASELINE DESCRIPTION AND THE RELATED LIMITATION- Section 2435 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (b), by striking `engineering and manufacturing development' and inserting `system development and demonstration'; and

(2) in subsection (c)--

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking `demonstration and validation' and inserting `system development and demonstration';

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking `engineering and manufacturing development' and inserting `production and deployment'; and

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking `production and deployment' and inserting `full rate production'.

The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 831) that would make a series of modifications to title 10, United States Code, and related statutes, to substitute references to the acquisition milestones established by revised Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2 for obsolete references currently contained in those statutes.

The House amendment contained a similar provision (sec. 801).

The House recedes with a technical amendment.