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 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 519 Sec. 713. Improvements to claims processing under the TRICARE program. Sec. 714. Authority to waive certain TRICARE deductibles. Sec. 715. TRICARE beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators. Sec. 716. Improvement of TRICARE management; improvements to third-party payer collection program. Sec. 717. Comparative report on health care coverage under the TRICARE program. Subtitle C—Other Matters Sec. 721. Forensic pathology investigations by Armed Forces Medical Examiner. Sec. 722. Best value contracting. Sec. 723. Health care quality information and technology enhancement. Sec. 724. Joint telemedicine and telepharmacy demonstration projects by the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 725. Program-year stability in health care benefits. Sec. 726. Study on joint operations for the Defense Health Program. Sec. 727. Trauma training center. Sec. 728. Sense of Congress regarding automatic enrollment of medicare-eligible beneficiaries in the TRICARE Senior Prime demonstration project. TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle A—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations Sec. 801. Authority to carry out certain prototype projects. Sec. 802. Streamlined applicability of cost accounting standards. Sec. 803. Sale, exchange, and waiver authority for coal and coke. Sec. 804. Guidance on use of task order and delivery order contracts. Sec. 805. Clarification of definition of commercial items with respect to associated services. Sec. 806. Use of special simplified procedures for purchases of commercial items in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. Sec. 807. Repeal of termination of provision of credit towards subcontracting goals for purchases benefiting severely handicapped persons. Sec. 808. Contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 809. Required reports for certain multiyear contracts. Subtitle B—Other Matters Sec. 811. Mentor-Protege Program improvements. Sec. 812. Program to increase business innovation in defense acquisition programs. Sec. 813. Incentives to produce innovative new technologies. Sec. 814. Pilot program for commercial services. Sec. 815. Expansion of applicability of requirement to make certain procurements from small arms production industrial base. Sec. 816. Compliance with existing law regarding purchases of equipment and products. Sec. 817. Extension of test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. Sec. 818. Extension of interim reporting rule for certain procurements less than $100,000. Sec. 819. Inspector General review of compliance with Buy American Act in purchases of strength training equipment. Sec. 820. Report on options for accelerated acquisition of precision munitions. Sec. 821. Technical amendment to prohibition on release of contractor proposals under the Freedom of Information Act. TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Subtitle A—Department of Defense Strategic Planning Sec. 901. Permanent requirement for Quadrennial Defense Review. Sec. 902. Minimum interval for updating and revising Department of Defense strategic plan. Subtitle B—Department of Defense Organization ponsibilit of Defense. Sec. 911. Responsibility for logistics and sustainment functions of the Department fDe"

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