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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Bills and Reports Providing Background to
P. L.
114-328
House
Conference Report. 114-840
S. Rept. 114-255
- to accompany S. 2943
H.
Rept. 114-537 - to accompany
H. R. 4909.
Analysis of Contracting Related Sections
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Using the NDAA 2016 Pages |
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TITLE
VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
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Subtitle A — Acquisition Policy
and Management |
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Sec. 801: Rapid
acquisition authority amendments. |
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Sec. 802.
Authority for temporary service of Principal Military Deputies
to the Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for
acquisition as Acting Assistant Secretaries. |
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Sec. 803.
Modernization of services acquisition. |
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Sec. 804.
Defense Modernization Account amendments. |
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Subtitle B
— Department of Defense Acquisition Agility |
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Sec. 805.
Modular open system approach in development of major weapon
systems |
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Sec. 806.
Development, prototyping, and deployment of weapon system
components or technology. |
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Sec. 807.
Cost, schedule, and performance of major defense acquisition
programs. |
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Sec. 808.
Transparency in major defense acquisition programs. |
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Sec. 809.
Amendments relating to technical data rights. |
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Subtitle C
— Amendments To General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, And
Limitations |
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Sec. 811.
Modified restrictions on undefinitized contractual actions. |
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Sec. 812. Amendments relating to inventory and tracking of purchases of
services |
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Sec. 813.
Use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection
process. |
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Sec. 814.
Procurement of personal protective equipment. |
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Sec. 815.
Amendments related to detection and avoidance of counterfeit
electronic parts. |
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Sec. 816.
Amendments to special emergency procurement authority. |
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Sec. 817.
Compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear
furnished to enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their
initial entry into the Armed Forces. |
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Sec. 818. Extension of authority for
enhanced transfer of technology developed
at Department of Defense laboratories. |
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Sec. 819. Modified notification requirement
for exercise of waiver authority to
acquire vital national security capabilities. |
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Sec. 820. Defense cost accounting
standards. |
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Sec. 821. Increased micro-purchase
threshold applicable to Department of Defense
procurements. |
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Sec. 822. Enhanced competition
requirements. |
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Sec. 823. Revision to effective date
of senior executive benchmark compensation
for allowable cost limitations. |
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Sec. 824. Treatment of independent research
and development costs on certain
contracts. |
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Sec. 825. Exception to requirement to
include cost or price to the Government
as a factor in the evaluation of proposals for certain
multipleaward
task or delivery order contracts. |
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Sec. 826. Extension of program for
comprehensive small business contracting
plans. |
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Sec. 827. Treatment of side-by-side testing
of certain equipment, munitions,
and technologies manufactured and developed under cooperative
research and development agreements as use of competitive
procedures. |
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Sec. 828. Defense Acquisition Challenge
Program amendments. |
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Sec. 829. Preference for fixed-price
contracts. |
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Sec. 830. Requirement to use firm
fixed-price contracts for foreign military
sales. |
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Sec. 831. Preference for performance-based
contract payments. |
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Sec. 832. Contractor incentives to achieve
savings and improve mission performance. |
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Sec. 833. Sunset and repeal of certain
contracting provisions. |
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Sec. 834. Flexibility in contracting award
program. |
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Sec. 835. Protection of task order
competition. |
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Sec. 836. Contract closeout authority.
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Sec. 837. Closeout of old Department of the
Navy contracts. |
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Subtitle D—Provisions
Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs |
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Sec. 841. Change in date of submission to
Congress of Selected Acquisition Reports. |
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Sec. 842. Amendments relating to
independent cost estimation and cost analysis. |
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Sec. 843. Revisions to Milestone B
determinations. |
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Sec. 844. Review and report on sustainment
planning in the acquisition process. |
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Sec. 845. Revision to distribution of
annual report on operational test and evaluation |
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Sec. 846. Repeal of major automated
information systems provisions. |
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Sec. 847. Revisions to definition of major
defense acquisition program |
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Sec. 848. Acquisition strategy |
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Sec. 849. Improved life-cycle cost control.
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Sec. 850. Authority to designate increments
or blocks of items delivered under
major defense acquisition programs as major subprograms for
purposes of acquisition reporting. |
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Sec. 851. Reporting of small business
participation on Department of Defense
programs. |
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Sec. 852. Waiver of congressional
notification for acquisition of tactical missiles
and munitions greater than quantity specified in law. |
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Sec. 853. Multiple program multiyear
contract pilot demonstration program. |
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Sec. 854. Key performance parameter
reduction pilot program. |
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Sec. 855. Mission integration management.
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Subtitle E
— Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce |
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Sec. 861. Project management. |
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Sec. 862. Authority to waive tenure
requirement for program managers for program
definition and program execution periods. |
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Sec. 863. Purposes for which the Department
of Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Fund may be used; advisory panel amendments. |
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Sec. 864. Department of Defense Acquisition
Workforce Development Fund determination
adjustment. |
Sec. 865. Limitations on funds used for
staff augmentation contracts at management
headquarters of the Department of Defense and the
military departments. |
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Sec. 866. Senior Military Acquisition
Advisors in the Defense Acquisition
Corps. |
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Sec. 867. Authority of the Secretary of
Defense under the acquisition demonstration
project. |
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Subtitle
F--Provisions Relating to Commercial Items |
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Sec. 871. Market research for determination
of price reasonableness in acquisition
of commercial items. |
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Sec. 872. Value analysis for the
determination of price reasonableness. |
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Sec. 873. Clarification of requirements
relating to commercial item determinations. |
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Sec. 874. Inapplicability of certain
laws and regulations to the acquisition of
commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf
items. |
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Sec. 875. Use of commercial or
non-Government standards in lieu of military
specifications and standards. |
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Sec. 876. Preference for commercial
services. |
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Sec. 877. Treatment of commingled items
purchased by contractors as commercial
items. |
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Sec. 878. Treatment of services provided by
nontraditional contractors as commercial
items. |
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Sec. 879. Defense pilot program for
authority to acquire innovative commercial
items, technologies, and services using general solicitation
competitive
procedures. |
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Sec. 880. Pilot programs for authority to
acquire innovative commercial items
using general solicitation competitive procedures. |
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Subtitle G - Industrial Base Matters |
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Sec. 881. Greater integration of the
national technology and industrial base. |
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Sec. 882. Integration of civil and military
roles in attaining national technology
and industrial base objectives. |
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Sec. 883. Pilot program for distribution
support and services for weapon systems
contractors. |
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Sec. 884. Nontraditional and small
contractor innovation prototyping program. |
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Subtitle H - Other Matters |
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Sec. 885. Report on bid protests. |
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Sec. 886. Review and report on indefinite
delivery contracts |
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Sec. 887. Review and report on contractual
flow-down provisions. |
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Sec. 888. Requirement and review
relating to use of brand names or brand name
or equivalent descriptions in solicitations. |
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Sec. 889. Inclusion of information on
common grounds for sustaining bid protests
in annual Government Accountability Office reports to
Congress. |
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Sec. 890. Study and report on contracts
awarded to minority-owned and
women-owned businesses. |
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Sec. 891. Authority to provide reimbursable
auditing services to certain nonDefense
Agencies. |
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Sec. 892. Selection of service providers
for auditing services and audit readiness
services. |
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Sec. 893. Amendments to contractor business
system requirements. |
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Sec. 894. Improved management practices to
reduce cost and improve performance
of certain Department of Defense organizations. |
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Sec. 895. Exemption from requirement for
capital planning and investment
control for information technology equipment included as
integral
part of a weapon or weapon system. |
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Sec. 896. Modifications to pilot program
for streamlining awards for innovative
technology projects. |
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Sec. 897. Rapid prototyping funds for the
military departments. |
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Sec. 898. Establishment of Panel on
Department of Defense and AbilityOne
Contracting Oversight, Accountability, and Integrity; Defense
Acquisition University training. |
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Sec. 899. Coast Guard major acquisition
programs. |
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Sec. 899a. Enhanced authority to acquire
products and services produced in
Africa in support of certain activities. |
