Sec. 153. Armored commercial passenger-carrying vehicles
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In accordance with the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office in the report titled Armored Commercial Vehicles: DOD Has Procurement Guidance, but Army Could Take Actions to Enhance Inspections and Oversight (GAO-17-513), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Army shall— ensure that in-progress inspections are conducted at the armoring vendor’s facility for each procurement of an armored commercial passenger-carrying vehicle until the date on which the Secretary of Defense approves and implements an updated armoring and inspection standard for such vehicles; and designate a central point of contact for collecting and reporting information on armored commercial passenger-carrying vehicles (such as information on contracts execution and vehicle inspections).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the progress of the Secretary in implementing Department of Defense Instruction O–2000.16 Volume 1, dated November 2016, with respect to armored commercial passenger-carrying vehicles, including— whether criteria for the procurement of such vehicles have been established and distributed to the relevant components of the Department; and whether a process is in place for ensuring that the relevant components of the Department incorporate those criteria into contracts for such vehicles.