Sec. 211. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS

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## SEC. 211 MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS Section 2371b of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a)(2)— #####

(A)in subparagraph (A), in the matter before clause (i), by striking “(for a prototype project)” and inserting “for a prototype project, and any follow-on production contract or transaction that is awarded pursuant to subsection (f),”; #####

(B)in subparagraph (B)— ######

(i)in the matter before clause (i), by striking “(for a prototype project)” and inserting “for a prototype project, and any follow-on production contract or transaction that is awarded pursuant to subsection (f),”; and ######

(ii)in clause (i), in the matter before subclause (I), by striking “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics” and inserting “Under 132 STAT. 1675 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment”; #####

(C)in paragraph (3), by striking “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics” and inserting “Under Secretaries of Defense”; ####

(2)in subsection (b)(2), by inserting “the prototype” after “carry out”; and ####

(3)in subsection (f)— #####

(A)by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (5); and #####

(B)by inserting after paragraph

(2)the following new paragraphs: > > #### “(3) > > A follow-on production contract or transaction may be awarded, pursuant to this subsection, when the Department determines that an individual prototype or prototype subproject as part of a consortium is successfully completed by the participants. > > > #### “(4) > > Award of a follow-on production contract or transaction pursuant to the terms under this subsection is not contingent upon the successful completion of all activities within a consortium as a condition for an award for follow-on production of a successfully completed prototype or prototype subproject within that consortium.” > .