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<dc:title>118 HR 7253 IH: Best Price for Our Military Act of 2024</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-02-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7253</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240206">February 6, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000530">Mr. Deluzio</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="M001219">Mr. Moylan</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend section 3706 of title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the submission of cost and pricing data after agreeing on the contract price as a defense to contract price adjustments for defective cost and pricing data, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HFEB715862D694CF09CABA3223237D6C1" style="OLC"><section id="H6E1225CA525543E58869E5534BEF0DBD" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Best Price for Our Military Act of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H4718A66EB40E40B79E911AB901612EF8"><enum>2.</enum><header>Elimination of late cost and pricing data submission defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3706(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HCDFAE136933C469DA6EB4FC7D07A3A40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D186DBE2E824038B2FA42611D450631"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C2E567E40434119A22FA18B8DED2B7D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="HDD4B8D3EC4F148568CB294917641EEBB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HAB4C538BDEFE4A36B2CC6B9C0905CEDA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost or pricing data were submitted by the prime contractor or subcontractor after the date of agreement on the price of the contract (or price of the modification) or, if applicable consistent with subsection (a)(2), such other date agreed upon between the parties.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

