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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3385

(1) Total acquisition costs in aggregate, by fiscal year, for items and services purchased. (2) Total quantity of items and services purchased. (3) Quantity and cost of items and services purchased by each entity from each supplier and who used the items and services purchased. (4) Purchasing patterns that may lead to recommendations in which the Department of Defense may centralize operations, consolidate requirements, or leverage purchasing power. (b) REPORT ON ACQUISITION STRATEGY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than five months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the acquisition strategy of the Department of Defense for commercial satellite communications services. (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A description of the spend analysis required by subsection (a), including the results of the analysis. (B) The proposed strategy of the Department for acquiring commercial satellite communication services, which— (i) shall be based in appropriate part on the results of the analysis required by subsection (a); and (ii) shall take into account various methods of aggregating purchases and leveraging the purchasing power of the Department, including through the use of multiyear contracting for commercial satellite communication services. (C) A proposal for such legislative action as the Secretary considers necessary to acquire appropriate types and amounts of commercial satellite communications services using methods of aggregating purchases and leveraging the purchasing power of the Department (including the use of multiyear contracting), or if the use of such methods is determined inadvisable, a statement of the rationale for such determination. (D) A proposal for such other legislative action that the Secretary considers necessary to implement the strategy of the Department for acquiring commercial satellite communication services. SEC. 819. AUTHORIZATION OF EVALUATION FACTOR FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS EMPLOYING OR SUBCONTRACTING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

10 USC 2305 note.

(a) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—In awarding any contract for the procurement of goods or services to an entity, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to use as an evaluation factor whether the entity intends to carry out the contract using employees or individual subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. (b) DOCUMENTATION OF SELECTED RESERVE-RELATED EVALUATION FACTOR.—Any entity claiming intent to carry out a contract using employees or individual subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed

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