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

Subtitle F--Other Matters

P. L. 113-291

Explanatory Statement, 12/4/14, H8671

Section 847(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 243; 10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by inserting after `repository' the following: `maintained by the General Counsel of the Department'.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 823) that would amend section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) to require the Secretary of Defense to designate an official of the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure compliance with the requirements of that section and would require that, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, such official shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on DOD's efforts to ensure compliance with the requirements of section 847.

The Senate committee-reported bill contained no similar provision.

The agreement includes the House provision with a clarifying amendment.

We note a lack of clarity in the lines of supervision for purposes of monitoring compliance with section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181).

We therefore direct DOD to review those lines of supervision and to submit a report on its findings to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, no later than March 31, 2015.

The report shall identify each supervisory component by office and by position and describe the reporting relationships between each of DOD's 17 Designed Agency Ethics Officials and each of the various components in their respective chains of supervision as they relate to section 847 compliance.

H. Rpt 113-446 to accompany H. R. 4435

Section 823--Compliance with Requirements for Senior Department of Defense Officials Seeking Employment with Defense Contractors

This section would amend section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110- 181) to require the Secretary of Defense to designate an official of the Department of Defense to ensure compliance with the requirements of that section and would require that, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, such official shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Department's efforts to ensure compliance with the requirements of section 847.