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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1831 Sec. 852. Modification of process requirements for the solutions-based contracting pilot program. Sec. 853. Guidance and standards for defense acquisition workforce training requirements. Sec. 854. Study and report to Congress assessing dependence on foreign sources for resistors and capacitors. Sec. 855. Department of Defense and Federal Prison Industries joint study. Subtitle A—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations SEC. 801. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS CROSSING FISCAL YEARS TO ALL SEVERABLE SERVICE CONTRACTS NOT EXCEEDING A YEAR. (a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY.— Section 2410a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ''§ 2410a. Severable service contracts for periods crossing fiscal years "(a) AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may enter into a contract for procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year if (without regard to any option to extend the period of the contract) the contract period does not exceed one year. "(b) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. — Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of a contract entered into under the authority of subsection (a).". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended to read as follows: "2410a. Severable service contracts for periods crossing fiscal years.". SEC. 802. VESTING OF TITLE IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER CON- TRACTS PAID UNDER PROGRESS PAYMENT ARRANGE- MENTS OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS. Section 2307 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection (h): "(h) VESTING OF TITLE IN THE UNITED STATES. —If a contract paid by a method authorized under subsection (a)(1) provides for title to property to vest in the United States, the title to the property shall vest in accordance with the terms of the contract, regardless of any security interest in the property that is asserted before or after the contract is entered into.". SEC. 803. RESTRICTION ON UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTIONS. (a) APPLICABILITY OF WAIVER AUTHORITY TO HUMANITARIAN OR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.— Section 2326(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(4) The head of an agency may waive the provisions of this subsection with respect to a contract of that agency if that head

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