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 115 STAT. 1180 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 Effective date. Deadline. (3) The term "Defense Agency" has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(ll) of title 10, United States Code, (d) APPLICABILITY.— The regulations promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all individual purchases of services that are made under multiple award contracts on or after the effective date, without regard to whether the multiple award contracts were entered into before, on, or after such effective date. SEC, 804. REPORTS ON MATURITY OF TECHNOLOGY AT INITIATION OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.— Not later than March 1 of each of years 2003 through 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the requirement in paragraph 4.7.3.2.2.2 of Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, that technology must have been demonstrated in a relevant environment (or, preferably, in an operational environment) to be considered mature enough to use for product development in systems integration. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS. —Each report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) identify each case in which a major defense acquisition program entered system development and demonstration during the preceding calendar year and into which key technology has been incorporated that does not meet the technological maturity requirement described in subsection (a), and provide a justification for why such key technology was incorporated; and (2) identify any determination of technological maturity with which the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology did not concur and explain how the issue has been or will be resolved. (c) MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM DEFINED. — In this section, the term "major defense acquisition program" has the meaning given that term in section 139(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code. Subtitle B—Use of Preferred Sources SEC. 811. APPLICABILITY OF COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS TO PUR- CHASES FROM A REQUIRED SOURCE. (a) CONDITIONS FOR COMPETITION.— (1) Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "§ 2410n. Products of Federal Prison Industries: procedural requirements "(a) MARKET RESEARCH BEFORE PURCHASE. —Before purchasing a product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Industries catalog under section 4124(d) of title 18, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct market research to determine whether the Federal Prison Industries product is comparable in price, quality, and time of delivery to products available from the private sector.

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