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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle C--Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs

P. L. 112-81

House Conference Report 112-329

Section 202(d) of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-23; 123 Stat. 1721; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note) is amended--

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking `Operation and Sustainment of Major Weapon Systems' and inserting `Maintenance and Sustainment of Major Weapon Systems and Subsystems';

(2) by inserting `or subsystem of a major weapon system' after `a major weapon system'; and

(3) by inserting `, or for components needed for such maintenance and sustainment,' after `such maintenance and sustainment'.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 326) that would amend section 202(d) of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (10 U.S.C. 2430 note) to include subsystems and components.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with a clarifying amendment.

House Report 112-078

This section would amend section 202(d) of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-23) to include a subsystem or component of a major weapons system in the requirement for consideration of competition throughout operation and sustainment of major weapon systems.