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PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2410p of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to contracts entered into after December 31, 2006. (b) UPDATE OF REGULATIONS ON LEAD SYSTEM INTEGRATORS.— Not later than December 31, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall update the acquisition regulations of the Department of Defense in order to specify fully in such regulations the matters with respect to lead system integrators set forth in section 805(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 163; 119 Stat. 3372) and the amendments made by subsection (a). (c) ADDITIONAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall include in the report required by section 805 of such Act— (1) a precise and comprehensive definition of the term ‘‘lead system integrator’’, as that term is used in such section; and (2) a specification of various types of contracts and fee structures that are appropriate for use by lead system integrators in the production, fielding, and sustainment of complex systems.

Subtitle B—Acquisition Policy and Management SEC.

811.

TIME-CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS SYSTEMS.

(a) MILESTONE A LIMITATION.—The Department of Defense executive or entity that is the milestone decision authority for an information system described in subsection (c) may not provide Milestone A approval for the system unless, as part of the decision process for such approval, that authority determines that the system will achieve initial operational capability within a specified period of time not exceeding five years. (b) INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY LIMITATION.—If an information system described in subsection (c), having received Milestone A approval, has not achieved initial operational capability within five years after the date of such approval, the system shall be deemed to have undergone a critical change in program requiring the evaluation and report required by section 2445c(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 816 of this Act). (c) COVERED SYSTEMS.—An information system described in this subsection is any Department of Defense information technology business system that is not a national security system, as defined in 3542(b)(2) of title 44, United States Code. (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘milestone decision authority’’ has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, dated May 12, 2003. (2) MILESTONE A.—The term ‘‘Milestone A’’ has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, dated May 12, 2003.

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