[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6187 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6187

   To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain 
                  contracts regarding roller systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2010

  Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Bartlett) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain 
                  contracts regarding roller systems.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SELF-PROTECTIVE ADAPTIVE ROLLER KIT II SYSTEM.

    (a) Purchase or Lease of Technical Data Package.--Not later than 10 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in accordance 
with subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of the Army shall seek to enter 
into a contract with Pearson Engineering Limited of Newcastle, the 
United Kingdom, for the purchase or unlimited lease of the self-
protective adaptive roller kit II system technical data package.
    (b) Procurement of System.--
            (1) Production.--Not later than three days after the date 
        on which the Secretary enters into a contract under subsection 
        (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into contracts to 
        procure the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system with 
        any domestic manufacturer with capacity to produce such system.
            (2) Termination of pearson contracts.--If no contract is 
        entered into under paragraph (1) by the date that is 30 days 
        after the date on which the Secretary enters into a contract 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall terminate--
                    (A) the contract entered into under subsection (a); 
                and
                    (B) any contract entered into by the Secretary with 
                Pearson Engineering Limited with respect to the self-
                protective adaptive roller kit II system.
    (c) Panama City Generation Three.--
            (1) Failure to enter into technical data package 
        contract.--If no contract is entered into under subsection (a) 
        by the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 
        the Navy, shall seek to enter into contracts to procure the 
        Panama City generation three roller system.
            (2) Failure to enter into production contract.--If no 
        contract is entered into under subsection (b)(1) by the date 
        that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters 
        into a contract under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
        coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall seek to 
        enter into contracts to procure the Panama City generation 
        three roller system.
    (d) Rapid Acquisition Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        section, the Secretary shall carry out this section in 
        accordance with section 807 of the Bob Stump National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10 
        U.S.C. 2302 note).
            (2) Determination.--For purposes of section 807(c)(1) of 
        such Act, the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system 
        technical data package, the self-protective adaptive roller kit 
        II system, and the Panama City generation three roller system 
        are deemed to have been determined in writing by the Secretary 
        of Defense as being urgently needed to eliminate a combat 
        capability deficiency that has resulted in combat fatalities.
            (3) Funding.--For purposes of section 807(c)(3) of such 
        Act--
                    (A) funds used to enter into a contract under this 
                section shall not apply to the $100,000,000 aggregate 
                amount; and
                    (B) the Secretary may use any funds available to 
                the Department of Defense for any fiscal year to enter 
                into a contract under this section.
            (4) Quantity.--Section 807(f) of such Act shall not apply 
        to self-protective adaptive roller kit II systems or Panama 
        City generation three roller systems procured under this 
        section.
    (e) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements 
under this Act to seek to enter into contracts if the Secretary--
            (1) determines that entering into such contracts will 
        result in unnecessary combat casualties; and
            (2) submits to the congressional defense committees a 
        written notification of such determination, including the 
        reasons supporting such determination.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) The term ``self-protective adaptive roller kit II 
        system technical data package'' means the technical drawings, 
        specifications, and other engineering data necessary for the 
        production of the self-protective adaptive roller kit II 
        system.
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