Sec. 323. Limitation on availability of funds for Defense Contract Management Agency
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Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the operation of the Defense Contract Management Agency, not more than 90 percent may be obligated or expended in fiscal year 2017 until the Director of the agency provides to the congressional defense committees the briefing under subsection (b). The Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other congressional defense committees on request) a briefing that includes the following:
A plan describing how the agency will foster the adoption, implementation, and verification of item-unique identification standards for tangible personal property across the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base (as prescribed under Department of Defense Instruction 8320.04). A description of the policies, procedures, staff training, and equipment needed to— ensure contract compliance with item-unique identification standards for all items that require unique item-level traceability at any time in their life cycle; support counterfeit material risk reduction; and provide for the systematic assessment and accuracy of item-unique identification marks.