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PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

as the acquisition program with respect to which the breach occurred.’’. (3) ACTION UPON UNFAVORABLE FULL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—Section 2359b of such title is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) respectively; and (B) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f): ‘‘(f) ACTION UPON UNFAVORABLE FULL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—Under procedures prescribed by the Under Secretary, if a challenge proposal is determined by a Panel to satisfy each of the criteria specified in subsection (c)(5), but is not determined under a full review and evaluation to satisfy such criteria, the following provisions apply: ‘‘(1) The office carrying out the full review and evaluation shall provide to the Panel that conducted the preliminary evaluation a statement containing a summary of the rationale for the unfavorable evaluation. ‘‘(2) If the Panel disagrees with the rationale provided under paragraph (1), the Panel may return the challenge proposal to the office for further consideration.’’. (4) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 2359b(j) of such title, as redesignated by paragraph (3), is amended by striking ‘‘No report is required for a fiscal year in which the Challenge Program is not carried out.’’ and inserting ‘‘The report shall also include a list of each challenge proposal that was determined by a Panel to satisfy each of the criteria specified in subsection (c)(5), but was not determined under a full review and evaluation to satisfy such criteria, together with a detailed rationale for the Department’s determination that such criteria were not satisfied.’’. (c) EVALUATION AND REPORT REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in coordination with the service acquisition executives, shall— (1) evaluate the efficacy of the incentives provided to encourage the adoption of each challenge proposal receiving favorable full review and evaluation, as required by section 2359b(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code; (2) identify additional incentives and authorities required, if any, to further facilitate the adoption of each challenge proposal receiving favorable full review and evaluation, particularly in the case of challenge proposals submitted in response to critical cost growth threshold breaches (as such term is used in section 2359b of such title); and (3) not later than March 1, 2007, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth the results of such evaluation and identification. (d) PRIORITY FOR PROPOSALS FROM CERTAIN BUSINESSES.— Paragraph (6) of section 2359b(c) of such title, as redesignated by paragraph (b)(1)(A), is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(6) The Under Secretary— ‘‘(A) may establish procedures to ensure that the Challenge Program does not become an avenue for the repetitive submission of proposals that have been previously reviewed and found not to have merit; and

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