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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 4016 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purp... · Sec. 8128

Sec. 8128.

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Amounts appropriated under the heading Procurement, Defense-Wide of this Act, as detailed in budget activity one in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act for Major Equipment, OSD line 2 for Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) , that exceed the amounts requested may, in addition to such uses as are otherwise authorized by law, be used for the procurement of software (including software-only solutions), the research, development, test, and evaluation of software (including software-only solutions), and operation and maintenance of software (including software-only solutions):
That not less frequently than biannually through September 30, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on transition outcomes for APFIT acquisition awards made using amounts appropriated in this Act and previous Acts. Provided,
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