[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 778. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 
to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title VIII of the amendment, 
     add the following:

     SEC. 811. REPORT ON CONTRACTOR DENIAL OF COST OR PRICING DATA 
                   REQUESTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2020, and 
     annually thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to Congress a report 
     on contractor denials of requests by contracting officers for 
     cost or pricing data.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include a summary of each individual case in which a 
     contracting officer was denied requested uncertified cost or 
     pricing data, including the following information:
       (1) The name of the offeror or contractor.
       (2) The Commercial and Government entity code.
       (3) The part number and National Stock Number (NSN).
       (4) The number of requests that the contracting officer 
     made to the offeror or contractor for uncertified cost or 
     pricing data.
       (5) The number of denials that the contracting officer 
     received from the offeror or contractor regarding its 
     submission of uncertified cost or pricing data.
       (6) A description of the reason provided by the contractor 
     for denial.
       (7) Documentation in accordance with section 215.404-
     1(a)(i)(A)(v) of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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