Sec. 803. Revision to requirements relating to inventory method for Department of Defense contracts for services
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Section 2330a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsections (c), (d), (f), and (g); by redesignating subsections (e), (h), (i), and
(j)as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection (c): The Secretary of Defense shall implement a method for inventory of Department of Defense contracts for services. The method implemented under this subsection shall provide the capability to— make appropriate comparisons of contractor and Government civilian full-time equivalent employees for the purpose of informing sourcing decisions and workforce planning in compliance with section 129a of this title; distinguish between different types of services contracts, including contracts for labor or staff augmentation and other types of services contracts; provide qualitative information such as the nature of the work performed, the place where the work is actually performed (on-site or off-site), and the entity for which the work is performed; and identify the number of contractor employees, expressed as full-time equivalents for direct labor, using direct labor hours and associated cost data collected from contractors. The Secretary shall ensure that the method implemented under this subsection is auditable at minimal cost. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a method for inventory of Department of Defense contracts for services, as required by subsection
(c)of section 2330a, as amended by subsection (a). In implementing the method, the Secretary shall use methods and systems, including time-and-attendance systems, or combinations of methods and systems, in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. Not later than the end of the third quarter of each fiscal year, through fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a summary of the inventory reporting activities performed by each military department, each combatant command, and each Defense Agency, during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to contracts for services (and pursuant to contracts for goods to the extent services are a significant component of performance as identified in a separate line item of a contract) for or on behalf of the Department of Defense. Section 2330a of title 10, United States Code, is further amended— in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, by striking Within 90 days after the date on which an inventory is submitted under subsection (c), and inserting Not later than the end of each fiscal year, ; and in subsection (e), as so redesignated— by striking 2014 and ending with 2016 and inserting 2017 and ending with 2018 ; and by striking subsections
(e)and
(f)and inserting subsection
(c). Section 235(b) of such title is amended— by striking and separately and all the follows through amount requested and inserting and separately identify the amount requested and the number of full-time contractor employees (or the equivalent of full-time in the case of part-time contractor employees) ; by striking ; and and inserting a period; and by striking paragraph (2).