[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4882 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4882

  To establish a pilot program for tracking awards made through other 
                         transaction authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2024

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
            and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a pilot program for tracking awards made through other 
                         transaction authority.

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

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRACKING AWARDS MADE THROUGH OTHER 
              TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.

    (a) Pilot Program.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment shall establish a pilot program to enable the 
Department of Defense to track the number and amounts awarded to small 
businesses and nontraditional defense contractors performing on 
transactions using other transaction authority, including those carried 
out through consortia. In carrying out the pilot program, the 
Department shall keep any reporting requirements levied upon the 
businesses to a minimum and shall seek to maximize the use of existing 
data reporting structures or the expertise of a consortia-manager.
    (b) Briefings.--
            (1) Established process.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of 
        Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall provide a 
        briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
        the House of Representatives on the process to carry out the 
        pilot program established under subsection (a).
            (2) Collected data.--Not later than one year after the 
        briefing provided under paragraph (1), and continuing until the 
        final briefing provided under paragraph (3), the Under 
        Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
        brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives on the awards data the pilot program 
        is collecting.
            (3) Final data and recommendations.--Not later than 
        September 30, 2029, the Department shall provide a briefing to 
        the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
        Representatives on the final data collected for the pilot 
        program and shall include any recommendations to make the data 
        collection permanent.
    (c) Sunset.--The authority to carry out the pilot program under 
this section shall expire on December 31, 2029.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Nontraditional defense contractor.--The term 
        ``nontraditional defense contractor'' has the meaning given in 
        section 3014 of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) Other transaction authority.--The term ``other 
        transaction authority'' has the means the authority provided 
        under sections 4021 and 4022 of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) Small business.--The term ``small business'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``small business concern'' in section 
        3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
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