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 105 STAT. 1422 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 Reports. Federal Register, publication. Contracts. Reports. (A) transmit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing such regulations, the recommendations of the committee, and any matters required by subsection (b)(4); and (B) pubhsh such regulations for comment in the Federal Register. (4) The regulations shall apply to contracts entered into on or after November 1, 1992, or, if provided in the regulations, an earlier date. The regulations may be applied to any other contract upon the agreement of the parties to the contract. (b) GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY COMMITTEE.—(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint a government-industry committee for the purpose of developing regulations to recommend to the Secretary of Defense for purposes of carrying out subsection (a). (2) The membership of the committee shall include, at a minimum, representatives of the following: (A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. (B) The acquisition executives of the military departments. (C) Prime contractors under major defense acquisition programs. (D) Subcontractors and suppliers under major defense acquisition programs. (E) Contractors under contracts other than contracts under major defense acquisition programs. (F) Subcontractors and suppliers under contracts other than contracts under major defense acquisition programs. (G) Small businesses. (H) Contractors and subcontractors primarily involved in the sale of commercial products to the Department of Defense. (I) Contractors and subcontractors primarily involved in the sale of spare or repair parts to the Department of Defense. (J) Institutions of higher education. (3) Not later than June 1, 1992, the committee shall submit to the Secretary a report containing the following matters: (A) Proposals for the regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a). (B) Proposed legislation that the committee considers necessary to achieve the purposes of section 2320 of title 10, United States Code. (C) Any other recommendations that the committee considers appropriate. (4) If the Secretary omits from the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) any regulation proposed by the advisory committee, any regulation proposed by a minority of the committee in any minority report accompanying the committee's report, or any part of such a proposed regulation, the Secretary shall set forth his reasons for each such omission in the report submitted to Congress pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(A). (c) RESTRICTION.— (1) Before the date described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may not revise or supersede the interim regulations implementing section 2320 of title 10, United States Code, prescribed before the date of the enactment of this Act, except to the extent required by law or necessitated by urgent and unforeseen circumstances affecting the national defense. (2) The date referred to in paragraph (1) is the date 30 days following the date on which the report required by subsection (a)(3)

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