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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle D — Provisions Relating to Contracts in Support of Contingency Operations
P. L. 112-	House Conference Report 112-705
SEC. 847. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORTS ON CONTRACTING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. (a) Two-Year Extension of Requirement for Joint Report- Subsection (a)(5) of section 863 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by striking `February 1, 2013' and inserting `February 1, 2015'. (b) Repeal of Comptroller General Review- Such section is further amended by striking subsection (b). (c) Conforming Amendments- (1) IN GENERAL- Such section is further amended-- (A) by striking `Joint Report Required- ' and all that follows through `paragraph (6)' and inserting `In General- Except as provided in subsection (f)'; (B) by striking `this subsection' each place it appears and inserting `this section'; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as subsections (b) through (g), respectively, and by moving the left margins of such subsections (including the subparagraphs in such subsections), as so redesignated, two ems to the left; (D) in subsection (b), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph-- (i) by capitalizing the second and third words of the heading; and (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (I) as paragraphs (1) through (9), respectively; (E) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph-- (i) by capitalizing the second and third words of the heading; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and (iii) by striking `paragraph (2)' each place it appears and inserting `subsection (b)'; (F) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, by capitalizing the second word of the heading; (G) in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, by capitalizing the third word of the heading; (H) in subsection (f), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, by striking `this paragraph' and inserting `this subsection'; and (I) in subsection (g), as redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, by striking `paragraph (2)(F)' and inserting `subsection (b)(6)'. (2) HEADING AMENDMENT- The heading of such section is amended by striking `and comptroller general review'.	Extension and modification of reports on contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (sec. 847) The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 865) that would extend for 2 years the requirement for an annual report on contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan pursuant to section 863 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), as amended by section 835 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383). The House bill contained no similar provision. The House recedes with a technical amendment.
	Senate Report 112-173
	Extension and modification of reports on contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (sec. 865) The committee recommends a provision that would extend for 2 years the requirement for an annual report on contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan pursuant to section 863 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181), as amended by section 835 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383). The provision would also repeal the requirement for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the annual reports. The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on the steps that the Department of Defense has taken and plans to take to address data and system deficiencies identified in previous GAO reports required by section 863 and to ensure the accuracy and completeness of contracting data available to the Department in current and future contingency operations.

SEC. 847. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORTS ON CONTRACTING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.