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 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2521 of five years, including periods for which the contract is extended under options to extend the contract. (e) REGULATIONS.— Before exercising the authority under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations such requirements, conditions, and restrictions as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that logistics support and logistics services are provided under this section only when it is in the best interests of the United States to do so. The regulations shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) A requirement for the authority under this section to be used only for providing logistics support and logistics services in support of the performance of a contract that is entered into using competitive procedures (as defined in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)). (2) A requirement for the solicitation of offers for a contract described in subsection (a), for which logistics support and logistics services are to be made available under this section, to include— (A) a statement that the logistics support and logistics services are to be made available under the authority of this section to any contractor awarded the contract, but only on a basis that does not require acceptance of the support and services; and (B) a description of the range of the logistics support and logistics services that are to be made available to the contractor. (3) A requirement for the rates charged a contractor for logistics support and logistics services provided to a contractor under this section to reflect the full cost to the United States of the resources used in providing the support and services, including the costs of resources used, but not paid for, by the Department of Defense. (4) With respect to a contract described in subsection (a) that is being performed for a department or agency outside the Department of Defense, a prohibition, in accordance with applicable contracting procedures, on the imposition of any charge on that department or agency for any effort of Department of Defense personnel or the contractor to correct deficiencies in the performance of such contract. (5) A prohibition on the imposition of any charge on a contractor for any effort of the contractor to correct a deficiency in the performance of logistics support and logistics services provided to the contractor under this section. (f) RELATIONSHIP TO TREATY OBLIGATIONS. — The Secretary shall ensure that the exercise of authority under this section does not conflict with any obligation of the United States under any treaty or other international agreement. (g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—(1) The authority provided in this section shall expire on September 30, 2007. (2) The expiration of the authority under this section does not terminate— (A) any contract that was entered into by the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency under subsection (b) before the date specified in paragraph (1) or any obligation to provide logistics support and logistics services under that contract; or

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