Sec. 874. PILOT PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE PROGRESS PAYMENTS
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## SEC. 874 PILOT PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE PROGRESS PAYMENTS **[**[10 U.S.C. 3804 note](/us/usc/t10/s3804)**]** ###
(a)Pilot Program The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish and implement a pilot program to incentivize contractor performance by paying covered contractors a progress payment rate that is up to 10 percent higher than the customary progress payment rate on a contract-by-contract basis. ###
(b)Incentive Criteria The Under Secretary shall develop and establish clear and measurable criteria for the payment to contractors of higher progress payments as described in subsection (a), including criteria for qualifying for such payments and the amount of such payments. ###
(c)Applicability The Under Secretary shall apply the criteria established under subsection
(b)and any associated incentive on a contract-by-contract basis when determining whether to pay a contractor a higher progress payment under the pilot program established under subsection
(a)and the amount of such payment. ###
(d)Participation Voluntary Participation in the pilot program established under subsection
(a)shall be on a voluntary basis. ###
(e)Notice and Comment The Under Secretary shall issue the regulations implementing the pilot program established under subsection
(a)and establishing the criteria required by subsection
(b)after notice and an opportunity for public comment of not more than 30 days. ###
(f)Report Not later than September 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation and activities of the pilot program established under subsection (a), including a comprehensive list of contractors that received increased progress payments under the pilot program and the contracts with respect to which such increased progress payments were made. ###
(g)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Covered contractor The term “covered contractor” means a contractor of the Department of Defense that is eligible for progress payments under section 3804 of title 10, United States Code. ####
(2)Customary progress payment rate The term “customary progress payment rate” refers to the rate of progress payments provided for under section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, and payable in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. ####
(3)Under secretary The term “Under Secretary” means the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment. ###
(h)Sunset ####
(1)In general Except as provided by paragraph (2), the authority to carry out the pilot program established under subsection
(a)shall terminate on January 1, 2029. ####
(2)Existing contracts Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a contractor that the Under Secretary determines under the pilot program established under subsection
(a)shall be paid a higher progress payment under such pilot program with respect to a contract in effect as of the date described in paragraph
(1)shall receive such higher progress payments until the earlier of— #####
(A)the termination or expiration of the contract; or #####
(B)the date on which the contractor becomes ineligible for progress payments or higher progress payments under such pilot program.
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Sec. 874
PILOT PROGRAM TO INCENTIVIZE PROGRESS PAYMENTS
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