Sec. 842. Modification of authority of the Department of Defense to carry out certain prototype projects
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Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(2)— by striking , and any follow-on production contract or transaction that is awarded pursuant to subsection (f), both places it appears; in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: may be exercised for a transaction for a follow-on production contract or transaction that is awarded pursuant to subsection
(f)and expected to cost the Department of Defense in excess of $100,000,000 (including all options) only if a covered official— determines in writing that— the requirements of subsection
(d)will be met; and the use of the authority of this section is essential to meet critical national security objectives; and notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the determinations required under clause
(i)at the time such authority is exercised. ; in subsection (e)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)and
(2)as paragraphs
(2)and (4), respectively; by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following new paragraph: The term covered official means— a service acquisition executive; the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; the Director of the Missile Defense Agency; the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; or the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. ; and by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: The term service acquisition executive has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of this title. ; and in subsection (f)(2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking of section 2304 of this title, and inserting the following: of chapter 221 of this title and even if explicit notification was not listed within the request for proposal for the transaction .