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 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 569 SEC. 342. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF A-76 COST COMPARI- SON WAIVERS. (a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Section 2467 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: " (c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF COST COMPARISON WAIVER.—(1) Not later than 10 days after a decision is made Deadline. to waive the cost comparison study otherwise required under Office Reports. of Management and Budget Circular A-76 as part of the process to convert to contractor performance any commercial activity of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the commercial activity subject to the waiver and the rationale for the waiver. "(2) The report shall also include the following: "(A) The total number of civilian employees or military personnel currently performing the function to be converted to contractor performance. "(B) A description of the competitive procedure used to award a contract for contractor performance of the commercial activity. "(C) The anticipated savings to result from the waiver and resulting conversion to contractor performance.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. —(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 146 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2467 and inserting the following new item: "2467. Cost comparisons: inclusion of retirement costs; consultation with employees; waiver of comparison.". SEC. 343. REPORT ON USE OF EMPLOYEES OF NON-FEDERAL ENTI- TIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— Not later than March 1, 2001, the Deadline. Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report describing the use during the previous fiscal year of non-Federal entities to provide services to the Department of Defense. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.— To the extent practicable using information available from existing data collection £m.d reporting systems available to the Department of Defense and the non-Federal entities referred to in subsection (a), the report shall— (1) specify the number of work year equivalents performed by individuals employed by non-Federal entities in providing services to the Department, including both direct and indirect labor attributable to the provision of the services; (2) categorize the information by Federal supply class or service code; and (3) indicate the appropriation from which the services were funded and the major organizational element of the Department procuring the services. (c) LIMITATION ON REQUIREMENT FOR NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.—For the purposes of meeting the requirements set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary may not require the provision of information beyond the information that
 * '§ 2467. Cost comparisons: inclusion of retirement costs; consultation with employees; waiver of comparison'\

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