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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 393 (6) The Secretary may exercise an option provided for under paragraph (2) only after a period of 60 days has elapsed after the submission of the report. (7) No lease of commercial utility cargo vehicles may be entered into under the pilot program after September 30, 2000. SEC. 808. COST REIMBURSEMENT RULES FOR INDIRECT COSTS 10 USC 2501 ATTRIBUTABLE TO PRIVATE SECTOR WORK OF DEFENSE note. CONTRACTORS. (a) DEFENSE CAPABILITY PRESERVATION AGREEMENT.— The Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement, to be known as a "defense capability preservation agreement", with a defense contractor under which the cost reimbursement rules described in subsection (b) shall be applied. Such an agreement may be entered into in any case in which the Secretary determines that the application of such cost reimbursement rules would facilitate the achievement of the policy objectives set forth in section 2501(b) of title 10, United States Code. (b) COST REIMBURSEMENT RULES.— (1) The cost reimbursement rules applicable under an agreement entered into under subsection (a) are as follows: (A) The Department of Defense shall, in determining the reimbursement due a contractor for its indirect costs of performing a defense contract, allow the contractor to allocate indirect costs to its private sector work only to the extent of the contractor's allocable indirect private sector costs, subject to subparagraph (C). (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the allocable indirect private sector costs of a contractor are those costs of the contractor that are equal to the sum of— (i) the incremental indirect costs attributable to such work; and (ii) the amount by which the revenue attributable to such private sector work exceeds the sum of— (I) the direct costs attributable to such private sector work; and (II) the incremental indirect costs attributable to such private sector work. (C) The total amount of allocable indirect private sector costs for a contract in any year of the agreement may not exceed the amount of indirect costs that a contractor would have allocated to its private sector work during that year in accordance with the contractor's established accounting practices. (2) The cost reimbursement rules set forth in paragraph (1) may be modified by the Secretary of Defense if the Secretary of Defense determines that modifications are appropriate to the particular situation to facilitate achievement of the policy set forth in section 2501(b) of title 10, United States Code. (c) IMPLEMENTATION. —Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish application procedures and procedures for expeditious consideration of defense capability preservation agreements as authorized by this section. (d) CONTRACTS COVI^RED.—An agreement entered into with a contractor under subsection (a) shall apply to each Department of Defense contract with the contractor in effect on the date on 29-194O-96 -14:QL3Part1

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