[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2570 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2570

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and 
expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain 
            cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2011

 Mr. Schilling (for himself and Mr. Loebsack) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and 
expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain 
            cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT AND EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR ARMY INDUSTRIAL 
              FACILITIES TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 
              WITH NON-ARMY ENTITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 4544 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) by striking subsection (k).
    (b) Report.--Section 328(b)(A) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 
66; 10 U.S.C. 4544 note) is amended by striking ``the advisability'' 
and all that follows through the end and inserting ``the effect of the 
use of such authority on the rates charged by each Army industrial 
facility when bidding on contracts for the Army or for a Defense agency 
and providing recommendations to improve the ability of each category 
of Army industrial facility (as defined in section 4544(j) of title 10, 
United States Code) to compete for such contracts;''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AS CENTERS OF 
              INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE.

    Section 2474(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``or military industrial facility'' after ``depot-level 
activity''.
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