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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7148 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. · Sec. 8010

Sec. 8010.

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None of the funds made available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be available to initiate:
(1)a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or
(2)a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: That no part of any appropriation made available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's liability: Provided, That no part of any appropriation made available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual procurement. Provided further, None of the funds made available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be used for a multiyear contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act unless in the case of any such contract— the Secretary of Defense has submitted to Congress a budget request for full funding of units to be procured through the contract and, in the case of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through the contract for which procurement funds are requested in that budget request for production beyond advance procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit in that fiscal year; cancellation provisions in the contract do not include consideration of recurring manufacturing costs of the contractor associated with the production of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; the contract provides that payments to the contractor under the contract shall not be made in advance of incurred costs on funded units; and the contract does not provide for a price adjustment based on a failure. Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, that is in compliance with subsection (b)(1), and notwithstanding subsection (b)(4)(B) of section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ( Public Law 119–60 ), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense in title III of this Act or in any other provision of law may be used for multiyear procurement contracts, for a period of not more than five years, as follows: Standard Missile–6; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range; Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile; and Standard Missile–3 Block 1B; and for a period of not more than seven years, as follows: PATRIOT Advanced Capability–3 Missile Segment Enhancement; Terminal High Altitude Area Defense; and Tomahawk Cruise Missile Systems: , That until such submission is provided to the congressional defense committees, to include P–1 and R–1 budget justification documents, which shall identify the allocation of funds by program, project, and activity, none of the funds made available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be obligated or expended to enter into any multiyear procurement contracts: Provided That before entering into a multiyear procurement contract for Tomahawk Cruise Missile Systems, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range, or Standard Missile–6, the Secretary of Defense shall certify in writing to the congressional defense committees that such action is in the national security interests of the United States. Provided further,
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