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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. 116-92

House Conference Report 116-333

(a) In General.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 2339b. Notification of Navy procurement production disruptions

``(a) Requirement for Contractor To Provide Notice of Delays.--The Secretary of the Navy shall require prime contractors of any Navy procurement program funded under either the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account or the Other Procurement, Navy account to report within 15 calendar days any stop work order or other manufacturing disruption of 15 calendar days or more, by the prime contractor or any subcontractor, to the respective program manager and Navy technical authority.

``(b) Quarterly Reports.--The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees not later than 15 calendar days after the end of each quarter of a fiscal year a report listing all notifications made pursuant to subsection (a) during the preceding quarter.''.

(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 2339a the following new item:

``2339b. Notification of Navy procurement production disruptions.''.

The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 861) that would require the Secretary of the Navy to require prime contractors of any Navy procurement program to report, within 15 calendar days of any contractor or subcontractor stop work order or within 15 days of a contractor or subcontractor manufacturing disruption that has lasted 15 calendar days, to the respective program manager and Navy technical authority.

The House amendment contained no similar provision.

The House recedes with an amendment that would limit such notifications to programs procured with funds from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy and Other Procurement, Navy accounts.

The conferees direct the Secretary to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act that details the plan to implement this provision as soon as possible.

Senate Report 116-48

Notification of Navy procurement production disruptions (sec. 861)

The committee recommends a provision that would require the Secretary of the Navy to require prime contractors of any Navy procurement program to report, within 15 calendar days of any contractor or subcontractor stop work order or within 15 days
of a contractor or subcontractor manufacturing disruption that has lasted 15 calendar days, to the respective program manager and Navy technical authority. The provision would also require the Secretary of the Navy to provide a quarterly notification of such disruptions to the congressional defense committees.

The committee is concerned by the delay in reporting of recent stop work orders and other manufacturing disruptions to Navy program management officials. The committee notes that multiple shipbuilding programs have been negatively impacted by unacceptable delays in reporting such disruptions. The committee believes that more timely notifications of such disruptions will decrease the time required to initiate and complete corrective actions necessary to resume production.