<enum>I</enum><header>Accountability in overseas contingency operations</header> <section id="HBF54CDA48A4F456F8A48C2CDAF93AC11"><enum>101.</enum><header>Limitations applicable to certain contracts in connection with overseas contingency operations</header> <subsection id="H234FF38217E748B29C45918DDDAD3CA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on contract periods</header> <paragraph id="HF6E854DC02A94F158A84673193AFF5D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide that the contract period of contracts entered into by a covered agency in connection with an overseas contingency operation shall be limited to the contract periods specified in paragraph (2), except as provided in paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H33791857691344FFB3D6E20D44079ABA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract periods</header><text>The contract periods specified in this paragraph are as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HFF0AC23772C94342A6FE900FE3493991"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Three years in the case of competitively bid contracts.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H272E17C05B514236952D30741D394BB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One year in the case of non-competitively bid contracts and competitively bid contracts for which only one offer was received by the covered agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43C3A6F0020C4C52B2EE7B895446813F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by this subsection shall provide that the head of a covered agency may waive the applicability of the limitations in paragraph (2) to a contract if—</text> <subparagraph id="H168DAF2C93974A7782A1D4E78F0E8A0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contracting officer certifies in writing as part of a justification and approval (J&A) that the agency has concluded, on the basis of market research conducted for purposes of the justification and approval, that—</text> <clause id="H07613B83E37C4ABF850B085BBB6BC639"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the period of performance for the contract in excess of the limitations in paragraph (2) will be in the best interest of the United States; and</text> </clause><clause id="H8257A5382C794087B2F5EACC88D75D56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the offeror has submitted information in a bid or proposal sufficient to show that representations by the offeror about the offeror’s ability to timely, sufficiently, and cost-effectively perform the contract, if awarded, are reasonable;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE289C693CC164C95A83A25F887188E9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contracting officer conducts the cost analysis required by section 15.404–1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF277196EEBCC4DC3B393840BE629DACA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the head of the agency determines in writing based on the information obtained pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) that the waiver is in the best interests of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD5335362DBE479AB3A4553706176D5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on subcontracting tiers for service contracts</header> <paragraph id="H13335B450A744612A94E55CF331FEBF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide that, commencing 90 days after the date of the commencement or designation of a military operation as an overseas contingency operation, any contract for services entered into by a covered agency in connection with such contingency operation may only have a single tier of subcontractors, except as provided in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB8C11EF74AC4A5EA08C882A048DBF0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by this subsection shall provide that the head of a covered agency may waive the applicability of the limitation in paragraph (1) to a contract if—</text> <subparagraph id="H74A7FB3559CB452BB5BE2975676F040B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contracting officer includes in the contract a provision for liquidated damages (in an amount specified by the contracting officer in the contract) in favor of the United States in the event a subcontractor under the contract at any tier is determined by the contracting officer to have acted in the performance of the contract in a manner that is illegal or unethical or harms the strategic political or military goals of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H321795F2BDAE4CE18BBB08A3421708E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval that the agency has concluded, on the basis of market research conducted for purposes of the justification and approval, that, if the contract is performed in component parts, no combination of contractors within the market exists that could perform the contract either by prime contractor alone or through the use of subcontractors only at a single tier; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B726AA824F7480494B63EF1509286AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the head of the agency determines in writing based on the information obtained pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) that the waiver is in the best interests of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD6194F300146B181C1363D299E757D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each covered agency shall compile and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report on the waivers (if any) under paragraph (2) granted by the agency during the year covered by the report. The report shall contain a description of the manner in which subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) were implemented with respect to each waiver, including, in the case of subparagraph (B), a copy of the justification and approval.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69E9BFBD7EB449F4A20E8621802F93D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H94A42F1BBFBA42BB9D17B8BB950C6E97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered agency</term> means the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H92F0B434290140A0ACAABFC2DDCCD597"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87DEB119773D46AB92CFA13E19F64894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of State.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFE712393D1044079948B9985B28644E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The United States Agency for International Development.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BDB0BF41AC54AA4B606A89C5CB4E015"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitively bid</header><text>The term <term>competitively bid</term>, with respect to a contract, means a contract awarded through the use of competitive procedures.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2047D3C062D546498206718C57FF1C4C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-competitively bid</header><text>The term <term>non-competitively bid</term>, with respect to a contract, means a contract awarded through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAFD5C7557BB04F27B501EDECE50C3D74"><enum>102.</enum><header>Revisions to justification and approval requirements for contracts awarded using procedures other than competitive procedures</header> <subsection id="H9A029817F3FC4EBEB0A972947F04AC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional justification and approval for use of noncompetitive procedures for sole-source contracts of unusual and compelling urgency</header> <paragraph id="HDAE2A330DF2B4C6AA0C2443EE0F56DFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of Defense and related agencies</header><text>Section 2304(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except that in any case in which the agency solicits a bid or proposal from only one source, the head of an agency may use the authority in this paragraph only if the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval (J&A) (in addition to the justification and approval required under subsection (f)) of the reasons necessary for using the authority in this paragraph to solicit a bid or proposal from only one source, and such certifications are compiled and submitted annually in a report to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFEAA2A66E33647D189FF34BD06DF72A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other executive agencies</header><text>Section 3304(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except that in any case in which the agency solicits a bid or proposal from only one source, the head of an agency may use the authority in this paragraph only if the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval (J&A) (in addition to the justification and approval required under subsection (e)) of the reasons necessary for using the authority in this paragraph to solicit a bid or proposal from only one source, and such certifications are compiled and submitted annually in a report to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D38AA5084CF41FA8F4D760CD5D77660"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional requirements relating to approval of justification for contracts awarded using noncompetitive procedures</header> <paragraph id="H1B534C3B35984B0BB1715BA29AB4F4B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of Defense and related agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2304(f)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBDF9834EDCA436295C9F92672D9F204"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H282B519B40AA416B83DCCAC7368BCF4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text> <clause id="H0BA8C667A7C643F1A96580F18768D8D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H97E657D6077A4950A5AF48F800438D1D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1711E0FC4E804CBB86A2ED8853E49D34"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68E4296A8410469CA7BCFF7DF604EEC0" style="USC"> <clause id="H3F8ED8F437DA4A2A89E98CE5FC1DE8E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a contract for an amount exceeding $100,000,000, by the head of the agency; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC4E61978AF47E3967734D503E49C40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other executive agencies</header><text>Section 3304(e)(B) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H651C8B5B64F043E2BF1B12778DEC9DD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5520CF7BE4BF41AB9D8A6123B4296F96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A045149EA114A8E82FDF36A0F24B5F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E03436D3A234BA9B1C819C5D766ADD5" style="USC"> <clause id="H05EB2EF5A702456E80BC4ED609681EB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceeding $100,000,000, by the head of the executive agency; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3F6D88EBDA6F4342857C7ABE1282A11B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Contractor consent to jurisdiction for certain civil actions under certain contracts for work overseas</header> <subsection id="H75309B6700E448F186A88109B6610156"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consent to jurisdiction</header><text>The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that any covered contract provides that—</text> <paragraph id="H96FCC9EDE77D4A8DA181D94EB2B04687"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the contractor consents to personal jurisdiction over the contractor with respect to any covered civil action, including a covered civil action against one or more employees of the contractor for which the contractor may be liable under theories of vicarious liability;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8F238EF076E4474B707A5BE0BA5638C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contractor consents to personal jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a covered civil action in which—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4114D3E6474443097F7C83F4B59B8F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred outside the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1693A11E9554725BBBE472B0C083600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personal jurisdiction cannot be established in another Federal court;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC96EEBEC94EE4D51A2DD8C6D58564ADE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consent to personal jurisdiction under paragraph (2) shall not operate to deprive or terminate personal jurisdiction of the contractor in any court that otherwise has personal jurisdiction under another provision of law or to limit any cause of action or remedy under any other provision of law;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF143A0D29AEC494990B372920A51A4C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if the covered contract was awarded to a contractor that does not maintain an office in the United States, the contractor shall designate an agent located in the United States for service of process in any covered civil action;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF21146DD5338425080EEAFBE28E100CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (6), any covered civil action shall be analyzed in accordance with the laws of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCCF9E321427A449BB774450AC589783E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the substantive law of the State (including the District of Columbia) in which the covered civil action is brought shall be the law applicable to a covered civil action if—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E4AE588948D464FA9A9999F5C5A0268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the substantive law otherwise applicable to the covered civil action would be the law of the location where the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3EDA2697E3144F5A4638E1054E544D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the location is designated as a hazardous duty zone by the Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2516CDC7804544859BF5B740254CF910"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation made under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any covered contract that is entered into on or after the effective date of the amendment under subsection (a).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H752E5E638B2541F3A2B15E2FB62FBB80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HA30399C61D24433889BC62542702BA56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>contractor</term>, with respect to a covered contract, includes the contractor under the contract, any subcontractor under the contract, any subordinate contractor under the contract, any subsidiary, parent company, or successor entity of the contractor formed to act as a successor in interest of the contractor, and any employee thereof performing work under or in connection with the contract.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0CF201B7497045009672CF29A0F3DBC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered civil action</term> includes the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HA2D8B7A318C149DF8609D97934355DC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A civil action alleging a rape or sexual assault of or serious bodily injury to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a civilian employee of the United States, or an employee of a company performing work arising out of the performance of a covered contract for the United States who is a citizen or national of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF396AD88F4E14B79AF5E931014FDCE9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A civil action alleging the wrongful death of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a civilian employee of the United States, or an employee of a company performing work arising out of the performance of a covered contract for the United States who is a citizen or national of the United States brought by a family member of the deceased.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DE58B222A43491580D7CD1CE8937090"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A civil action alleging breach of contract or misrepresentation of a covered contract.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DC3ADAC20DD452894082FF3A4C0299D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>covered contract</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H3581B84F9F3441F6B969A79D4774DB3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a contract—</text> <clause id="H3E68835D75CF4BE0955604BFDD46B607"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for work to be performed outside the United States that is awarded or entered into by the United States (including any executive department, agency, or independent establishment thereof); and</text> </clause><clause id="H06F8BEB018234B1F823CB14168FD04E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with a value of not less than $1,000,000; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD129F779FF17435A8CE31EB234F71906"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any subcontract or subordinate contract under a contract described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83F18C4AC8A54D3EA28171ECCF67C316"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>rape</term> means conduct that would violate section 920(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 120(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), if the conduct was committed by a person subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H073C53C49D1C4F67B06C3FF0C4639507"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>serious bodily injury</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD6CCF8ADADE94331A354E3724D042679"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term <term>sexual assault</term> means conduct that would violate section 920 (c), (h), or (m) of title 10, United States Code (article 120 (c), (h), or (m) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), if the conduct was committed by a person subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD938D00387EC46F19B6E0135A319616D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term <term>United States</term>, in a geographic sense—</text> <subparagraph id="HFFAE848687B349818A543FD40F61E8CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the several States and the District of Columbia; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F7FB661E65E44598B40C335D18D8FD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include any military installation or facility located outside the area described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEF2E333DCD9940E5BA39EDF7BA914421"><enum>104.</enum><header>Information on corporate contractor performance and integrity through the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System</header> <subsection id="H6A388534C7214016B4988F868C5B065A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of corporations among covered persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4555) is amended by inserting <quote>(including a corporation)</quote> after <quote>Any person</quote> both places it appears.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBCEBE5640C6C4517A5B29B91ED09ED0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information on corporations</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF57CEB9F95314385B97C9108CC92D127" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H99042BCCC14D445996991EDBE82A03C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information on corporations</header><text>The information on a corporation in the database shall, to the extent practicable, include information on any parent, subsidiary, or successor entities to the corporation in manner designed to give the acquisition officials using the database a comprehensive understanding of the performance and integrity of the corporation in carrying out Federal contracts and grants.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H42A930BB06A348DBB518BFFDCECE718A"><enum>105.</enum><header>Inclusion of data on contractor performance in past performance databases for executive agency source selection decisions</header> <subsection id="H4B20472523D64C0CA77D3C6D3F155E3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall develop a strategy for ensuring that timely, accurate, and complete information on contractor performance is included in past performance databases used by executive agencies for making source selection decisions.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1300CBB0A3F3404F91A1C29F29D5306D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="HAAFA9F7BD73F41899D9BB3D78DEFF79B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish standards for the timeliness and completeness of past performance submissions for purposes of databases described in subsection (a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H47EABC024A7C422893D1C71CDF1F69B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assign responsibility and management accountability for the completeness of past performance submissions for such purposes; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3777B8AADEB64A3C974C1523B1383222"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that past performance submissions for such purposes are consistent with award fee evaluations in cases where such evaluations have been conducted.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H016EA06C0C0145EDB531C7DB0B2F0158"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contractor comments</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require the following:</text> <paragraph id="H245CC2851BD34866A12172E064416156"><enum>(1)</enum><text>That affected contractors are provided, in a timely manner, information on contractor performance to be included in past performance databases in accordance with subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA367C084F62448DAB42595169913AE3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>That such contractors are afforded up to 14 calendar days, from the date of delivery of the information provided in accordance with paragraph (1), to submit comments, rebuttals, or additional information pertaining to past performance for inclusion in such databases.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA8978B0A42704206BF5D06D07BF4F96D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>That agency evaluations of contractor past performance, including any information submitted under paragraph (2), are included in the relevant past performance database not later than the date that is 14 days after the date of delivery of the information provided in accordance with paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61E2867C3E0B401288EEB0F5BF7B60E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a contractor from submitting comments, rebuttals, or additional information pertaining to past performance after the period described in subsection (c)(2) has elapsed or to prohibit a contractor from challenging a past performance evaluation in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, or procedures.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H24D4E88182C448C99A448C0C3C2B9778"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Executive agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code, except that the term excludes the Department of Defense and the military departments.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HBE6DF3A24DE54E569DF1986EE645B60F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Sustainability requirements for certain capital projects funded by the Department of Defense for overseas contingency operations</header> <subsection id="H20E96C90A24646129D8A3A98C9499E3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification on sustainability required before commencement of projects</header> <paragraph id="H5E5B33184630400DB61563A1A1E2AD83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Commencing 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2DA77BE4C3244DF82333DCBA36C8599"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the United States commander of military operations in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DC5B5BB2B1F4BF0B40D5ADC1034379B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief of Mission in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF07446CCB8A74B17966E2682C87378AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the United States Agency for International Development may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in consultation with the Mission Director and the Chief of Mission in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAFD3D8DC14545228EA6F598BC4CADE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In making a certification under paragraph (1) with respect to a capital project, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall take into account the status of the maintenance and utilization of capital projects, if any, in the country in which the project is to be carried out that were previously financed or assisted by the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A705EB020D040239EEE234E471B60FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Capital projects</header> <paragraph id="H5B5035F0336949CE91F3EF94D0786BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A capital project described in this subsection is any capital project overseas for an overseas contingency operation that is for the benefit of the host country, is funded by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development using covered funds, and has an estimated value in excess of $1,000,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H60BA85B0948D4FD8A36DD1D9B176BD6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>A capital project described in this subsection does not include any project for military construction (as that term is defined in section 114(b) of title 10, United States Code) or a military family housing project under section 2821 of such title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H258104B22A524514B080E365AB30F86D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of unsustainable projects in progress</header> <paragraph id="HA2DA61E55460443799F5C9A7D8473241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, shall terminate each capital project described in subsection (b) that is in progress, but not completed, as of the date of the enactment of this Act if the Secretary or Administrator, as applicable—</text> <subparagraph id="H81BBB3D6A9AC40C6901D98CE7EFAD3CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines, in consultation with the United States commander of military operations in the country in which the project is being carried out, that the country does not have the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74A2A68D61D847A1AB178D867F03A1B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not made any determination on the matters described in subparagraph (A) with respect to the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A4280B84944450922D3B899D5F8E19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may waive the requirement for termination of a project under paragraph (1) if the Secretary or Administrator, as applicable, submits to the appropriate committees of Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="H96D76F26C7394D26912BBD0E1103BEFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a written certification that the project is vital to a military or security objective of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AA55CE8E854419FAC4FFDEB51D0008A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan of how the country will have the capability required under paragraph (1) by the time of the capital project’s completion.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F21D7992B944202ACB4BFEA55F58495"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HDE3B0CA6D42D48E08D98F569A445EB37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>capital project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 308 of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 (title III of Public Law 102–549; 22 U.S.C. 2421e; 106 Stat. 3660).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6483C4C440664B3C9F3ADFB27D8FCF45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered funds</term> means the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE55CB6CE48094EE1B21CE93222EFC089"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Amounts in the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE48C816B3B8149B6BFDDE94DE05A16FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts in the Afghanistan Security Forces Funds.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7F27C42E892248F09F3AC5713B5E175F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Amounts available for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1F58E2764254691B94227DC1016E8E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H887E7BACCE6D46B4BD8D1D263CDA7FD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any other funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, that are made available for a capital project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3749A328046D4A4794B2BD50BC4B52E6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Expansion of oversight offices in Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development</header> <subsection id="H8093C58CB51041939A9093E1FD89B7FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of Defense</header> <paragraph id="HC00769B356E74B889F82F853C88FE241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting</header><text>Section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC131704B4F6444890299FFF5710F182" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H396AF5610DA04879BD9FBA6EEE3447C9" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting is the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4451C20A3FC4081808BB502C83FE492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall rename and expand the Office of Program Support in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics as the Office of Contingency Contracting. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5CD6A4A8C1A34BCB9512AAE98838F7FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of State</header> <paragraph id="H935D32CA78BE4B68BAA503E92DBCCBBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting</header> <subparagraph id="H9E821703F3B24F56BAD2AECDFD8B170B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting who shall be the principal adviser to the Secretary of State on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Department of State.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H684EECAA46854292A2B1EBA4BE2DD015"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2CB2CFFA39B5484E9BEF62CA2621E6DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>24</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>.</text> </clause><clause id="H37D6BE2711F149B3BFFE84BEC355CE89" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of State (24)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries of State (25)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F975F00A7F54681BBC56DCC68417DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text>The Secretary of State shall establish an Office of Contingency Contracting in the Department of State. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Department of State.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE0A79F2D0D84A1E815294E36EDD64CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>contingency contracting</term> means all stages of the process of acquiring property or services by the Department of State during an overseas contingency operation.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B5703C6C04B4F9E950DF42C7097E188"><enum>(c)</enum><header>USAID</header> <paragraph id="H1D25C32C75F34DD284B99A2D8CA5FE52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the United States Agency for International Development an Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting who shall be the principal adviser to the Administrator of the Agency on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C9DCCE7F4A84D13979E55BD35D17F44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall establish an Office of Contingency Contracting in the Agency. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB056677AEEDA48C0843455D39D0CBCD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>contingency contracting</term> means all stages of the process of acquiring property or services by the United States Agency for International Development during an overseas contingency operation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAE7404214A264FF1AFAC327965E79EBD"><enum>108.</enum><header>Inspector General reviews and evaluations</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HDD44CB9AFDDF4DF4B51A310407C675CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual review and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development shall each review and evaluate noncompetitive contracts and one-offer contracts in the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development, respectively.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7E4EB765BD104C79AD0674851C88535F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, each Inspector General referred to in subsection (a) shall prepare a report on the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD6B42B7726D84313841802B755FE0D7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of noncompetitive contracts awarded by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, in the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6AE7A77D358407A8DEAEDD6ABA52D99"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of one-offer contracts awarded by such department or agency, as applicable, in the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H902E8BD6A1EE4F17BCD3A5652716F198"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The justification and approvals required under section 3304 of title 41, United States Code, or section 2304(f) of title 10, United States Code, as applicable, and associated regulations for each noncompetitive and one-offer contracted listed under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H08EA49EE296A4B34A43F1BCA9C46C6BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of whether the contracting practices of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, are in keeping with the purposes and goals of promoting and providing for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C9836E330EA46B89E63D7A212F0B732"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Inspector General referred to in subsection (a) shall submit the report required by subsection (b) to the appropriate committees of Congress and, in addition, to the head of the applicable department or agency.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC27192C4AA904912B348E48F37373B05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC7CE00519CB94E8D942F7E28642557E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Noncompetitive contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>noncompetitive contract</term> means a contract that is awarded without soliciting bids from more than one vendor.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H42865CA8E1E84022BCA09847B92BBEC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>One-offer contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>one-offer contract</term> means a contract awarded after receiving a bid from only one qualified vendor.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB6386C60F22D4A2BA4C2A89081624EDC"><enum>109.</enum><header>Tax treatment of certain civilian employees of Department of Defense in combat zones</header> <subsection id="H6F61C47D6DAA47989C1D5AFBD285B0A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion of combat zone compensation</header> <paragraph id="H9DB5CECE82914F72A63F6334BA9BCD69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to prisoners of war, etc.) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H31D6CBA274D740CFAF3C8DCC8BD05869" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4E6781652A57492E8AAA7D4F187FD7EA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Civilian contracting employees of Department of Defense</header> <subparagraph id="HF7054AE50D96454D8BD19319B2AF1096"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Service in combat zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross income does not include so much of compensation as does not exceed the maximum enlisted amount received for active service as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense serving in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States for any month during any part of which such employee—</text> <clause id="H8F911B0428E64FC49BE95B7D1BE82F9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>served in a combat zone,</text> </clause><clause id="H9C5BB77269CB4BE18081FB8772A2A727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, or</text> </clause><clause id="H757E27AA04894310A98E909E18850AEE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is in a missing status as a result of such service.</text> </clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Clause (ii) shall not apply for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date of the termination of combatant activities in such zone.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C997A9EAA6D44DDBEFD87751823443D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Missing status</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the terms <term>active service</term> and <term>missing status</term> have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 5561 of title 5 of the United States Code.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3F823E26B0B47CAB6403043546D4E88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H4EB25E7BCD834BF7B8226A5125459937"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading for section 112 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H21314E85ADE045B587A0ED04A723FF99" style="OLC"> <section id="H8D108B28A008403490A35D2291071942"><enum>112.</enum><header>Certain combat zone compensation</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D38D47203B840B79F1DB444BAFC429E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating to section 112 in the table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF480B0F8D5FB441584619668B858EE03" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. Certain combat zone compensation.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H124AB265038E455B907989552D7E961B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to compensation for periods after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD72018124B6B47DE837A55E615DBB667"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional estate tax not To apply</header> <paragraph id="HA54A5E24DAC6434EBF3066C713544F67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 2201 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or while in service as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States,</quote> after <quote>United States,</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DA43519118B411CAFAE49D67625927F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="HA575A1D9F2874E928DC38E15DCA56ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading for section 2201 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and certain Department of Defense civilians</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">members of the armed forces</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE8387FC39F24CF5882807A52ACCB306"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating to section 2201 in the table of sections for subchapter C of chapter 11 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H090A436DCEE6445DA1443EDD87985624" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 2201. Members of the Armed Forces and certain Department of Defense civilians dying in combat zone or by reason of combat-zone-incurred wounds, etc.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBBC204420B18449ABDBFD2108C16430C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to decedents dying after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC792F25B08B54368B4656E56EC5FF893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No tax on toll telephone service in combat zone</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H19FC4BC46B644A1A9A57D96F5712DEC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 4253 of such Code (relating to servicemen in combat zone) is amended by inserting <quote>, or from a civilian employee of the Department of Defense serving in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States,</quote> after <quote>United States</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67518BEBA411463DB37EFDBD2A3DBFEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply with respect to amounts paid after the date of the enactment of this Act for services rendered on or after such date.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Oversight and Accountability in Wartime Contracting Act of 2012

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

Title I—Accountability in overseas contingency operations

Sec. 101. Limitations applicable to certain contracts in connection with overseas contingency operations.

Sec. 102. Revisions to justification and approval requirements for contracts awarded using procedures other than competitive procedures.

Sec. 103. Contractor consent to jurisdiction for certain civil actions under certain contracts for work overseas.

Sec. 104. Information on corporate contractor performance and integrity through the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.

Sec. 105. Inclusion of data on contractor performance in past performance databases for executive agency source selection decisions.

Sec. 106. Sustainability requirements for certain capital projects funded by the Department of Defense for overseas contingency operations.

Sec. 107. Expansion of oversight offices in Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development.

Sec. 108. Inspector General reviews and evaluations.

Sec. 109. Tax treatment of certain civilian employees of Department of Defense in combat zones.

Title II—Matters Relating to Security Assistance and Counterterrorism

Sec. 201. Report on United States strategy relating to Afghanistan.

Sec. 202. Improving United States foreign police assistance activities.

Sec. 203. United States plan for sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces.

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

Appropriate committees of Congress

The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2)

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

The term Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council means the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under section 1302(a) of title 41, United States Code. (3)

Overseas contingency operation

The term overseas contingency operation means a military operation outside the United States and its territories and possessions that is— (A)a contingency operation, as that term is defined in subparagraph (A) of section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code; or (B)a contingency operation, as that term is defined in subparagraph (B) of section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code, but only if such operation involves actual or potential hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force.

<enum>I</enum><header>Accountability in overseas contingency operations</header> <section id="HBF54CDA48A4F456F8A48C2CDAF93AC11"><enum>101.</enum><header>Limitations applicable to certain contracts in connection with overseas contingency operations</header> <subsection id="H234FF38217E748B29C45918DDDAD3CA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on contract periods</header> <paragraph id="HF6E854DC02A94F158A84673193AFF5D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide that the contract period of contracts entered into by a covered agency in connection with an overseas contingency operation shall be limited to the contract periods specified in paragraph (2), except as provided in paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H33791857691344FFB3D6E20D44079ABA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract periods</header><text>The contract periods specified in this paragraph are as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HFF0AC23772C94342A6FE900FE3493991"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Three years in the case of competitively bid contracts.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H272E17C05B514236952D30741D394BB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>One year in the case of non-competitively bid contracts and competitively bid contracts for which only one offer was received by the covered agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43C3A6F0020C4C52B2EE7B895446813F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by this subsection shall provide that the head of a covered agency may waive the applicability of the limitations in paragraph (2) to a contract if—</text> <subparagraph id="H168DAF2C93974A7782A1D4E78F0E8A0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contracting officer certifies in writing as part of a justification and approval (J&A) that the agency has concluded, on the basis of market research conducted for purposes of the justification and approval, that—</text> <clause id="H07613B83E37C4ABF850B085BBB6BC639"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the period of performance for the contract in excess of the limitations in paragraph (2) will be in the best interest of the United States; and</text> </clause><clause id="H8257A5382C794087B2F5EACC88D75D56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the offeror has submitted information in a bid or proposal sufficient to show that representations by the offeror about the offeror’s ability to timely, sufficiently, and cost-effectively perform the contract, if awarded, are reasonable;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE289C693CC164C95A83A25F887188E9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contracting officer conducts the cost analysis required by section 15.404–1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF277196EEBCC4DC3B393840BE629DACA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the head of the agency determines in writing based on the information obtained pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) that the waiver is in the best interests of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD5335362DBE479AB3A4553706176D5E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on subcontracting tiers for service contracts</header> <paragraph id="H13335B450A744612A94E55CF331FEBF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide that, commencing 90 days after the date of the commencement or designation of a military operation as an overseas contingency operation, any contract for services entered into by a covered agency in connection with such contingency operation may only have a single tier of subcontractors, except as provided in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB8C11EF74AC4A5EA08C882A048DBF0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation required by this subsection shall provide that the head of a covered agency may waive the applicability of the limitation in paragraph (1) to a contract if—</text> <subparagraph id="H74A7FB3559CB452BB5BE2975676F040B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the contracting officer includes in the contract a provision for liquidated damages (in an amount specified by the contracting officer in the contract) in favor of the United States in the event a subcontractor under the contract at any tier is determined by the contracting officer to have acted in the performance of the contract in a manner that is illegal or unethical or harms the strategic political or military goals of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H321795F2BDAE4CE18BBB08A3421708E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval that the agency has concluded, on the basis of market research conducted for purposes of the justification and approval, that, if the contract is performed in component parts, no combination of contractors within the market exists that could perform the contract either by prime contractor alone or through the use of subcontractors only at a single tier; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B726AA824F7480494B63EF1509286AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the head of the agency determines in writing based on the information obtained pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) that the waiver is in the best interests of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD6194F300146B181C1363D299E757D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each covered agency shall compile and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report on the waivers (if any) under paragraph (2) granted by the agency during the year covered by the report. The report shall contain a description of the manner in which subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) were implemented with respect to each waiver, including, in the case of subparagraph (B), a copy of the justification and approval.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69E9BFBD7EB449F4A20E8621802F93D3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H94A42F1BBFBA42BB9D17B8BB950C6E97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered agency</term> means the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H92F0B434290140A0ACAABFC2DDCCD597"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87DEB119773D46AB92CFA13E19F64894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of State.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFE712393D1044079948B9985B28644E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The United States Agency for International Development.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BDB0BF41AC54AA4B606A89C5CB4E015"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitively bid</header><text>The term <term>competitively bid</term>, with respect to a contract, means a contract awarded through the use of competitive procedures.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2047D3C062D546498206718C57FF1C4C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-competitively bid</header><text>The term <term>non-competitively bid</term>, with respect to a contract, means a contract awarded through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAFD5C7557BB04F27B501EDECE50C3D74"><enum>102.</enum><header>Revisions to justification and approval requirements for contracts awarded using procedures other than competitive procedures</header> <subsection id="H9A029817F3FC4EBEB0A972947F04AC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional justification and approval for use of noncompetitive procedures for sole-source contracts of unusual and compelling urgency</header> <paragraph id="HDAE2A330DF2B4C6AA0C2443EE0F56DFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of Defense and related agencies</header><text>Section 2304(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except that in any case in which the agency solicits a bid or proposal from only one source, the head of an agency may use the authority in this paragraph only if the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval (J&A) (in addition to the justification and approval required under subsection (f)) of the reasons necessary for using the authority in this paragraph to solicit a bid or proposal from only one source, and such certifications are compiled and submitted annually in a report to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFEAA2A66E33647D189FF34BD06DF72A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other executive agencies</header><text>Section 3304(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, except that in any case in which the agency solicits a bid or proposal from only one source, the head of an agency may use the authority in this paragraph only if the contracting officer certifies in writing a justification and approval (J&A) (in addition to the justification and approval required under subsection (e)) of the reasons necessary for using the authority in this paragraph to solicit a bid or proposal from only one source, and such certifications are compiled and submitted annually in a report to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D38AA5084CF41FA8F4D760CD5D77660"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional requirements relating to approval of justification for contracts awarded using noncompetitive procedures</header> <paragraph id="H1B534C3B35984B0BB1715BA29AB4F4B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Department of Defense and related agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2304(f)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBDF9834EDCA436295C9F92672D9F204"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H282B519B40AA416B83DCCAC7368BCF4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text> <clause id="H0BA8C667A7C643F1A96580F18768D8D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H97E657D6077A4950A5AF48F800438D1D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1711E0FC4E804CBB86A2ED8853E49D34"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68E4296A8410469CA7BCFF7DF604EEC0" style="USC"> <clause id="H3F8ED8F437DA4A2A89E98CE5FC1DE8E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a contract for an amount exceeding $100,000,000, by the head of the agency; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC4E61978AF47E3967734D503E49C40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other executive agencies</header><text>Section 3304(e)(B) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H651C8B5B64F043E2BF1B12778DEC9DD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5520CF7BE4BF41AB9D8A6123B4296F96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A045149EA114A8E82FDF36A0F24B5F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E03436D3A234BA9B1C819C5D766ADD5" style="USC"> <clause id="H05EB2EF5A702456E80BC4ED609681EB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceeding $100,000,000, by the head of the executive agency; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3F6D88EBDA6F4342857C7ABE1282A11B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Contractor consent to jurisdiction for certain civil actions under certain contracts for work overseas</header> <subsection id="H75309B6700E448F186A88109B6610156"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consent to jurisdiction</header><text>The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that any covered contract provides that—</text> <paragraph id="H96FCC9EDE77D4A8DA181D94EB2B04687"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the contractor consents to personal jurisdiction over the contractor with respect to any covered civil action, including a covered civil action against one or more employees of the contractor for which the contractor may be liable under theories of vicarious liability;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8F238EF076E4474B707A5BE0BA5638C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contractor consents to personal jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a covered civil action in which—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4114D3E6474443097F7C83F4B59B8F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred outside the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1693A11E9554725BBBE472B0C083600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personal jurisdiction cannot be established in another Federal court;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC96EEBEC94EE4D51A2DD8C6D58564ADE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consent to personal jurisdiction under paragraph (2) shall not operate to deprive or terminate personal jurisdiction of the contractor in any court that otherwise has personal jurisdiction under another provision of law or to limit any cause of action or remedy under any other provision of law;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF143A0D29AEC494990B372920A51A4C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if the covered contract was awarded to a contractor that does not maintain an office in the United States, the contractor shall designate an agent located in the United States for service of process in any covered civil action;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF21146DD5338425080EEAFBE28E100CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>except as provided in paragraph (6), any covered civil action shall be analyzed in accordance with the laws of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCCF9E321427A449BB774450AC589783E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the substantive law of the State (including the District of Columbia) in which the covered civil action is brought shall be the law applicable to a covered civil action if—</text> <subparagraph id="H5E4AE588948D464FA9A9999F5C5A0268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the substantive law otherwise applicable to the covered civil action would be the law of the location where the events giving rise to the cause of action occurred; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3EDA2697E3144F5A4638E1054E544D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the location is designated as a hazardous duty zone by the Secretary of Defense.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2516CDC7804544859BF5B740254CF910"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation made under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any covered contract that is entered into on or after the effective date of the amendment under subsection (a).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H752E5E638B2541F3A2B15E2FB62FBB80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HA30399C61D24433889BC62542702BA56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>contractor</term>, with respect to a covered contract, includes the contractor under the contract, any subcontractor under the contract, any subordinate contractor under the contract, any subsidiary, parent company, or successor entity of the contractor formed to act as a successor in interest of the contractor, and any employee thereof performing work under or in connection with the contract.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0CF201B7497045009672CF29A0F3DBC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered civil action</term> includes the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HA2D8B7A318C149DF8609D97934355DC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A civil action alleging a rape or sexual assault of or serious bodily injury to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a civilian employee of the United States, or an employee of a company performing work arising out of the performance of a covered contract for the United States who is a citizen or national of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF396AD88F4E14B79AF5E931014FDCE9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A civil action alleging the wrongful death of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a civilian employee of the United States, or an employee of a company performing work arising out of the performance of a covered contract for the United States who is a citizen or national of the United States brought by a family member of the deceased.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DE58B222A43491580D7CD1CE8937090"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A civil action alleging breach of contract or misrepresentation of a covered contract.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DC3ADAC20DD452894082FF3A4C0299D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>covered contract</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H3581B84F9F3441F6B969A79D4774DB3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a contract—</text> <clause id="H3E68835D75CF4BE0955604BFDD46B607"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for work to be performed outside the United States that is awarded or entered into by the United States (including any executive department, agency, or independent establishment thereof); and</text> </clause><clause id="H06F8BEB018234B1F823CB14168FD04E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with a value of not less than $1,000,000; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD129F779FF17435A8CE31EB234F71906"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any subcontract or subordinate contract under a contract described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H83F18C4AC8A54D3EA28171ECCF67C316"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>rape</term> means conduct that would violate section 920(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 120(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), if the conduct was committed by a person subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H073C53C49D1C4F67B06C3FF0C4639507"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term <term>serious bodily injury</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD6CCF8ADADE94331A354E3724D042679"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term <term>sexual assault</term> means conduct that would violate section 920 (c), (h), or (m) of title 10, United States Code (article 120 (c), (h), or (m) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), if the conduct was committed by a person subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD938D00387EC46F19B6E0135A319616D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The term <term>United States</term>, in a geographic sense—</text> <subparagraph id="HFFAE848687B349818A543FD40F61E8CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the several States and the District of Columbia; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F7FB661E65E44598B40C335D18D8FD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include any military installation or facility located outside the area described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEF2E333DCD9940E5BA39EDF7BA914421"><enum>104.</enum><header>Information on corporate contractor performance and integrity through the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System</header> <subsection id="H6A388534C7214016B4988F868C5B065A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of corporations among covered persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 872 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4555) is amended by inserting <quote>(including a corporation)</quote> after <quote>Any person</quote> both places it appears.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBCEBE5640C6C4517A5B29B91ED09ED0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information on corporations</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF57CEB9F95314385B97C9108CC92D127" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H99042BCCC14D445996991EDBE82A03C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information on corporations</header><text>The information on a corporation in the database shall, to the extent practicable, include information on any parent, subsidiary, or successor entities to the corporation in manner designed to give the acquisition officials using the database a comprehensive understanding of the performance and integrity of the corporation in carrying out Federal contracts and grants.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H42A930BB06A348DBB518BFFDCECE718A"><enum>105.</enum><header>Inclusion of data on contractor performance in past performance databases for executive agency source selection decisions</header> <subsection id="H4B20472523D64C0CA77D3C6D3F155E3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall develop a strategy for ensuring that timely, accurate, and complete information on contractor performance is included in past performance databases used by executive agencies for making source selection decisions.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1300CBB0A3F3404F91A1C29F29D5306D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum—</text> <paragraph id="HAAFA9F7BD73F41899D9BB3D78DEFF79B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish standards for the timeliness and completeness of past performance submissions for purposes of databases described in subsection (a);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H47EABC024A7C422893D1C71CDF1F69B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assign responsibility and management accountability for the completeness of past performance submissions for such purposes; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3777B8AADEB64A3C974C1523B1383222"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that past performance submissions for such purposes are consistent with award fee evaluations in cases where such evaluations have been conducted.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H016EA06C0C0145EDB531C7DB0B2F0158"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contractor comments</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require the following:</text> <paragraph id="H245CC2851BD34866A12172E064416156"><enum>(1)</enum><text>That affected contractors are provided, in a timely manner, information on contractor performance to be included in past performance databases in accordance with subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA367C084F62448DAB42595169913AE3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>That such contractors are afforded up to 14 calendar days, from the date of delivery of the information provided in accordance with paragraph (1), to submit comments, rebuttals, or additional information pertaining to past performance for inclusion in such databases.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA8978B0A42704206BF5D06D07BF4F96D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>That agency evaluations of contractor past performance, including any information submitted under paragraph (2), are included in the relevant past performance database not later than the date that is 14 days after the date of delivery of the information provided in accordance with paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61E2867C3E0B401288EEB0F5BF7B60E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a contractor from submitting comments, rebuttals, or additional information pertaining to past performance after the period described in subsection (c)(2) has elapsed or to prohibit a contractor from challenging a past performance evaluation in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, or procedures.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H24D4E88182C448C99A448C0C3C2B9778"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Executive agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code, except that the term excludes the Department of Defense and the military departments.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HBE6DF3A24DE54E569DF1986EE645B60F"><enum>106.</enum><header>Sustainability requirements for certain capital projects funded by the Department of Defense for overseas contingency operations</header> <subsection id="H20E96C90A24646129D8A3A98C9499E3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certification on sustainability required before commencement of projects</header> <paragraph id="H5E5B33184630400DB61563A1A1E2AD83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Commencing 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2DA77BE4C3244DF82333DCBA36C8599"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the United States commander of military operations in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DC5B5BB2B1F4BF0B40D5ADC1034379B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief of Mission in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF07446CCB8A74B17966E2682C87378AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts authorized to be appropriated for the United States Agency for International Development may not be obligated or expended for a capital project described in subsection (b) unless the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in consultation with the Mission Director and the Chief of Mission in the country in which the project will be carried out, certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the country has the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAFD3D8DC14545228EA6F598BC4CADE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In making a certification under paragraph (1) with respect to a capital project, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall take into account the status of the maintenance and utilization of capital projects, if any, in the country in which the project is to be carried out that were previously financed or assisted by the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A705EB020D040239EEE234E471B60FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Capital projects</header> <paragraph id="H5B5035F0336949CE91F3EF94D0786BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A capital project described in this subsection is any capital project overseas for an overseas contingency operation that is for the benefit of the host country, is funded by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development using covered funds, and has an estimated value in excess of $1,000,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H60BA85B0948D4FD8A36DD1D9B176BD6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>A capital project described in this subsection does not include any project for military construction (as that term is defined in section 114(b) of title 10, United States Code) or a military family housing project under section 2821 of such title.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H258104B22A524514B080E365AB30F86D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of unsustainable projects in progress</header> <paragraph id="HA2DA61E55460443799F5C9A7D8473241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, shall terminate each capital project described in subsection (b) that is in progress, but not completed, as of the date of the enactment of this Act if the Secretary or Administrator, as applicable—</text> <subparagraph id="H81BBB3D6A9AC40C6901D98CE7EFAD3CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines, in consultation with the United States commander of military operations in the country in which the project is being carried out, that the country does not have the capability (in both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74A2A68D61D847A1AB178D867F03A1B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not made any determination on the matters described in subparagraph (A) with respect to the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A4280B84944450922D3B899D5F8E19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, may waive the requirement for termination of a project under paragraph (1) if the Secretary or Administrator, as applicable, submits to the appropriate committees of Congress—</text> <subparagraph id="H96D76F26C7394D26912BBD0E1103BEFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a written certification that the project is vital to a military or security objective of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AA55CE8E854419FAC4FFDEB51D0008A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan of how the country will have the capability required under paragraph (1) by the time of the capital project’s completion.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F21D7992B944202ACB4BFEA55F58495"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HDE3B0CA6D42D48E08D98F569A445EB37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>capital project</term> has the meaning given the term in section 308 of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 (title III of Public Law 102–549; 22 U.S.C. 2421e; 106 Stat. 3660).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6483C4C440664B3C9F3ADFB27D8FCF45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered funds</term> means the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE55CB6CE48094EE1B21CE93222EFC089"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Amounts in the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE48C816B3B8149B6BFDDE94DE05A16FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts in the Afghanistan Security Forces Funds.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7F27C42E892248F09F3AC5713B5E175F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Amounts available for the Commanders’ Emergency Response Program.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1F58E2764254691B94227DC1016E8E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H887E7BACCE6D46B4BD8D1D263CDA7FD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any other funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, that are made available for a capital project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3749A328046D4A4794B2BD50BC4B52E6"><enum>107.</enum><header>Expansion of oversight offices in Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development</header> <subsection id="H8093C58CB51041939A9093E1FD89B7FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of Defense</header> <paragraph id="HC00769B356E74B889F82F853C88FE241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting</header><text>Section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC131704B4F6444890299FFF5710F182" style="USC"> <paragraph id="H396AF5610DA04879BD9FBA6EEE3447C9" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting is the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4451C20A3FC4081808BB502C83FE492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall rename and expand the Office of Program Support in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics as the Office of Contingency Contracting. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5CD6A4A8C1A34BCB9512AAE98838F7FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of State</header> <paragraph id="H935D32CA78BE4B68BAA503E92DBCCBBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting</header> <subparagraph id="H9E821703F3B24F56BAD2AECDFD8B170B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting who shall be the principal adviser to the Secretary of State on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Department of State.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H684EECAA46854292A2B1EBA4BE2DD015"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2CB2CFFA39B5484E9BEF62CA2621E6DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>24</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>.</text> </clause><clause id="H37D6BE2711F149B3BFFE84BEC355CE89" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of State (24)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries of State (25)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F975F00A7F54681BBC56DCC68417DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text>The Secretary of State shall establish an Office of Contingency Contracting in the Department of State. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Department of State.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE0A79F2D0D84A1E815294E36EDD64CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>contingency contracting</term> means all stages of the process of acquiring property or services by the Department of State during an overseas contingency operation.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B5703C6C04B4F9E950DF42C7097E188"><enum>(c)</enum><header>USAID</header> <paragraph id="H1D25C32C75F34DD284B99A2D8CA5FE52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the United States Agency for International Development an Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting who shall be the principal adviser to the Administrator of the Agency on matters relating to planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting of the Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C9DCCE7F4A84D13979E55BD35D17F44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to establish Office of Contingency Contracting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall establish an Office of Contingency Contracting in the Agency. The Office of Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting and shall be responsible for planning, funding, staffing, and managing contingency contracting in the Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB056677AEEDA48C0843455D39D0CBCD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>contingency contracting</term> means all stages of the process of acquiring property or services by the United States Agency for International Development during an overseas contingency operation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAE7404214A264FF1AFAC327965E79EBD"><enum>108.</enum><header>Inspector General reviews and evaluations</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HDD44CB9AFDDF4DF4B51A310407C675CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual review and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development shall each review and evaluate noncompetitive contracts and one-offer contracts in the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development, respectively.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7E4EB765BD104C79AD0674851C88535F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, each Inspector General referred to in subsection (a) shall prepare a report on the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD6B42B7726D84313841802B755FE0D7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of noncompetitive contracts awarded by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, in the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6AE7A77D358407A8DEAEDD6ABA52D99"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of one-offer contracts awarded by such department or agency, as applicable, in the previous year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H902E8BD6A1EE4F17BCD3A5652716F198"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The justification and approvals required under section 3304 of title 41, United States Code, or section 2304(f) of title 10, United States Code, as applicable, and associated regulations for each noncompetitive and one-offer contracted listed under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H08EA49EE296A4B34A43F1BCA9C46C6BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of whether the contracting practices of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, are in keeping with the purposes and goals of promoting and providing for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C9836E330EA46B89E63D7A212F0B732"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Inspector General referred to in subsection (a) shall submit the report required by subsection (b) to the appropriate committees of Congress and, in addition, to the head of the applicable department or agency.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC27192C4AA904912B348E48F37373B05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC7CE00519CB94E8D942F7E28642557E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Noncompetitive contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>noncompetitive contract</term> means a contract that is awarded without soliciting bids from more than one vendor.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H42865CA8E1E84022BCA09847B92BBEC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>One-offer contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>one-offer contract</term> means a contract awarded after receiving a bid from only one qualified vendor.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB6386C60F22D4A2BA4C2A89081624EDC"><enum>109.</enum><header>Tax treatment of certain civilian employees of Department of Defense in combat zones</header> <subsection id="H6F61C47D6DAA47989C1D5AFBD285B0A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion of combat zone compensation</header> <paragraph id="H9DB5CECE82914F72A63F6334BA9BCD69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to prisoners of war, etc.) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H31D6CBA274D740CFAF3C8DCC8BD05869" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4E6781652A57492E8AAA7D4F187FD7EA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Civilian contracting employees of Department of Defense</header> <subparagraph id="HF7054AE50D96454D8BD19319B2AF1096"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Service in combat zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross income does not include so much of compensation as does not exceed the maximum enlisted amount received for active service as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense serving in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States for any month during any part of which such employee—</text> <clause id="H8F911B0428E64FC49BE95B7D1BE82F9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>served in a combat zone,</text> </clause><clause id="H9C5BB77269CB4BE18081FB8772A2A727"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, or</text> </clause><clause id="H757E27AA04894310A98E909E18850AEE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is in a missing status as a result of such service.</text> </clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Clause (ii) shall not apply for any month beginning more than 2 years after the date of the termination of combatant activities in such zone.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C997A9EAA6D44DDBEFD87751823443D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Missing status</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the terms <term>active service</term> and <term>missing status</term> have the respective meanings given to such terms by section 5561 of title 5 of the United States Code.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3F823E26B0B47CAB6403043546D4E88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="H4EB25E7BCD834BF7B8226A5125459937"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading for section 112 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H21314E85ADE045B587A0ED04A723FF99" style="OLC"> <section id="H8D108B28A008403490A35D2291071942"><enum>112.</enum><header>Certain combat zone compensation</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D38D47203B840B79F1DB444BAFC429E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating to section 112 in the table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF480B0F8D5FB441584619668B858EE03" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. Certain combat zone compensation.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H124AB265038E455B907989552D7E961B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to compensation for periods after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD72018124B6B47DE837A55E615DBB667"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional estate tax not To apply</header> <paragraph id="HA54A5E24DAC6434EBF3066C713544F67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 2201 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or while in service as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States,</quote> after <quote>United States,</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DA43519118B411CAFAE49D67625927F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header> <subparagraph id="HA575A1D9F2874E928DC38E15DCA56ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading for section 2201 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and certain Department of Defense civilians</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">members of the armed forces</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE8387FC39F24CF5882807A52ACCB306"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating to section 2201 in the table of sections for subchapter C of chapter 11 of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H090A436DCEE6445DA1443EDD87985624" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 2201. Members of the Armed Forces and certain Department of Defense civilians dying in combat zone or by reason of combat-zone-incurred wounds, etc.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBBC204420B18449ABDBFD2108C16430C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to decedents dying after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC792F25B08B54368B4656E56EC5FF893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No tax on toll telephone service in combat zone</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H19FC4BC46B644A1A9A57D96F5712DEC8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 4253 of such Code (relating to servicemen in combat zone) is amended by inserting <quote>, or from a civilian employee of the Department of Defense serving in the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 1705(g) of title 10, United States Code) in support of the Armed Forces of the United States,</quote> after <quote>United States</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67518BEBA411463DB37EFDBD2A3DBFEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply with respect to amounts paid after the date of the enactment of this Act for services rendered on or after such date.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Matters Relating to Security Assistance and Counterterrorism</header> <section id="H67081FD1E5A14E068D043A678FACFA43"><enum>201.</enum><header>Report on United States strategy relating to Afghanistan</header> <subsection id="HF49B63E824524EA59E8B243EE9FD7E2A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control), the Attorney General, and any other officials the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the congressional intelligence committees, and the Director of the National Security Council a report on the success of the United States mission in Afghanistan, including the success of the strategy in Afghanistan in achieving the United States global counterterrorism goals and the success of the strategy of relying on the international donor community to provide development assistance and other related assistance to Afghanistan.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H33E6462E692F48A09ADFE0CC86B38FBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD53F05498D2A4AD8AADA7FA728F2F92D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H66A40BBD8D5546598EE9A111402E65E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> has the meaning provided by section 3 and also includes the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H9FBA8F63232E4F0B8AF31E3984267B3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee on the Budget; the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31A522E9DCED4655818D64DEAF6D0D5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee on the Budget; the Committee on Financial Services; and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA88105CF35C04DE6919BD93E1449B16D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional intelligence committees</header><text>The term <term>congressional intelligence committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H20B1AD67458941069E5CDB441CBF83CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H199CFA1DC55644F895AA310AFD9C9B89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4C45EB9404AC4E908A97AECA64D32E92"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improving United States foreign police assistance activities</header> <subsection id="H2A87F1E071884BE2903A7AAE7C1020B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Final report</header> <paragraph id="HE5C1FF2CAD0F43F99BD5A97650C71586"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the relevant congressional committees the final report from the National Security Council’s Interagency Policy Committee on Security Sector Assistance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEA38B139C5994E09BB495BED68CC34BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional matters</header><text>The report shall include associated recommendations on—</text> <subparagraph id="HA72242EFD746477FBBDFB8814D40521D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of Federal departments and agencies responsible for security sector assistance; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDF5F31021D04C94A421E8988112CD3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>United States Government policy guidance on security sector assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07AE25C46C0C478AA3D3DB63EED92361"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Defense and State shall jointly submit to the relevant congressional committees a plan to institute mechanisms to better coordinate, document, disseminate, and share information analysis and assessments regarding United States foreign police assistance activities with, by, and between each Federal department and agency responsible for foreign police assistance activities, the international community, and partner countries in the region.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H658F952BA2344D73B21F8405B2103DDA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>relevant congressional committees</term> means the appropriate committees of Congress other than the Committees on Appropriations.</text> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C4A6F222BD94EDE8BC14D42025B1A11"><enum>203.</enum><header>United States plan for sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces</header> <subsection id="H79FB7497857642AF84C7472F81D0B8F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 390) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H84670C7D4C774035BFD80F368E1D3FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2013</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2E90CFAB6D974A4DB39631C706ED5667"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The report shall include metrics that evaluate the value and utility of ANSF development activities at the program level and that ties such activities to long-term strategic objectives.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5203176F632245549750971680111C8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>Section 1231(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 390) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H18ADF67785894187887C6B009E29273F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,</quote> after <quote>Appropriations,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H678D998BEF9E45FF9139664DC03D98CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,</quote> after <quote>Appropriations,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>