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

Subtitle F—Industrial Base Matters

P. L. 117-81

Joint Explanatory Statement

(a) Report on Actions Taken to Implement Government Accountability Office Recommendations.--Not later than October 1, 2022, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with each Secretary of a military department (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the efforts and plans of the Department of Defense to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Government Accountability Office titled ``Private Security Contractors: DOD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Personnel and Contracts'' (GAO-21-255), dated July 29, 2021.

(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--

(1) a summary of the actions planned or taken by the Secretary of Defense to implement the recommendations in the report of the Government Accountability Office described in such subsection; and

(2) a schedule for completing the implementation of each such recommendation, including specific milestones for such implementation.

(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 874) that would require, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, to provide to the congressional defense committees a report on the efforts and plans of the Department of Defense to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), published July 29, 2021, titled, "Private Security Contractors: DOD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Personnel and Contracts'' (GAO-21-255).

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The agreement includes the House provision with an amendment that would make technical changes.

We expect the report will include a summary of actions to be taken on each of the Comptroller General’s recommendations with a schedule for completion, including specific milestones.

We direct that the report also include: (1) A comprehensive list of the specific contracted activities and services designated by the Department as private security functions; (2) A list of the private security contracts in place during fiscal year 2021; (3) The Department’s plans to ensure that information pertaining to private security contracts and personnel can be uniquely identified in the databases of the Department used to record information on contracts and contractor personnel; and (4) A summary of the Department’s data on private security contracts, as of the end of fiscal year 2021, including the number of contracts, the number of contractors, the number of private security personnel performing private security functions under such contracts (including the number of such personnel who are armed and the number who are unarmed), and for all such private security personnel, job titles and primary duty stations under such contracts, including whether such individual is deployed inside or outside of the continental United States.

H. R. 4350--House Report 117-118

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