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

Subtitle G—Small Business Matters

P. L. 117-81

Joint Explanatory Statement

(a) Extension.--Subsection (f) of section 873 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) is amended by striking ``October 1, 2022'' and inserting ``October 1, 2024''.

(b) Data Collection.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to collect and analyze data on the use of authority under such section 873 for the purposes of--

(1) developing and sharing best practices; and

(2) providing information to the Secretary of Defense and Congress on the use of authority under such section 873 and related policy issues.

(c) Recommendation on Extension.--Not later than April 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a recommendation regarding a further extension of the pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative technology projects established under such section 873, and if applicable, the duration of any such extension.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 819) that would temporarily extend a pilot program to streamline awards for innovative technology projects. The provision would also require the Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional defense committees a recommendation regarding the extension of such program and, if the Secretary recommends extension, a report on the performance of the program.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The agreement includes the House provision with an amendment that would modify the data collection requirements for continued use of the authority.

We direct the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the plan to collect data on the use of the authority not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Additionally, we direct the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the use of the authority, not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act. We direct that such briefing include information on the number of small business concerns and nontraditional defense contractors that benefitted from participating in the pilot program; the estimated number of small business concerns that would not have contracted with the Department of Defense but for the implementation of the pilot program; and a description of specific research and other acquisition activities and projects undertaken by the Department through the pilot program that otherwise would have required more time or expenditures.

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

Section 819--Modification to the Pilot Program for Streamlining Awards for Innovative Technology Projects

This section would amend section 873 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92), Pilot Program for Streamlining Awards for Innovative Technology Projects, as amended by section 832 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283), to extend the deadline by 2 years to October 1, 2024. This section would also require the Secretary of Defense to submit a recommendation to the congressional defense committees by April 1, 2023, as to whether the pilot should be further extended, and if so include with it the lessons learned from this pilot and usage data.