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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 812

Sec. 812. Modifications to current defense acquisition requirements

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Title 10, United States Code, is amended— in section 1749(f)(1), by striking on a reimbursable basis ; in section 2222(i)(1)(A)— in clause (vi), by adding or real estate system after An installations management system ; and by adding at the end the following new clauses: A budget system. A retail system. A health care system. A travel and expense system. A payroll system. A supply chain management system. A Departmentwide resource planning system. A contractor management system. ; in section 3012(3)(B), by striking lowest overall cost alternative and inserting best value ; in section 3069— in subsection (a)— by striking the head of an agency and all that follows through findings: and inserting a contracting officer making the acquisition may acquire a higher quantity of the end item than the quantity specified for the end item in a law providing for the funding of that acquisition if that contracting officer determines in writing that: ; by striking paragraph (4); in subsection (b), by striking The regulations shall and all that follows through 3205 of this title. ; by striking subsection
(c)and redesignating subsection
(d)and
(e)as subsections
(c)and (d), respectively; and in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: In this section, the term end item means a production product assembled, completed, and ready for issue or deployment. ; in section 3226(d), by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Funds described in paragraph
(1)may be used— to cover any increased program costs identified by a revised cost analysis or target developed pursuant to subsection (b); to acquire additional end items in accordance with section 3069 of this title; or to cover the cost of risk reduction and process improvements. ; in section 3243(d)— in paragraph (1)(B), by striking subject to paragraph (2), ; by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2); in section 3703(a)(1)(A), by striking competition that results in at least two or more responsive and viable competing bids and inserting price competition ; in section 3705(b), by inserting the following new paragraph: If the head of contracting activity, or the designee of the head of contracting activity, determines it is in the best interest of the Government to make the award under subsection (b)(1), the head of the agency shall conduct an assessment of alternative offerors as a source of supply using authorities provided by sections 865 and 882 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 ( Public Law 118–159 ). ; and in section 4201(b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: An acquisition program for software and covered hardware as described by section 3603 of this title. . Section 864(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 ( Public Law 118–159 ) is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Capacity-Based ; and Capability-Based in paragraph (4), by striking increased capacity and inserting increased capability . Section 890 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 3701) is transferred to chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code, inserted after section 3708, and redesignated as section 3709. Section 3709 of title 10, United States Code, as so transferred and redesignated, is amended— in the section heading, by striking ; pilot by striking pilot each place it appears; in subsection (a)(2), by striking chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code and inserting this chapter ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking section 1737 of title 10, United States Code and inserting section 1737 of this title ; and in paragraph (2), by striking minimal reporting and inserting no unique reporting ; and by striking subsections
(c)and (d).
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