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 12 2 STA T .45 1 7PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8Sec.862 . Lim i ta ti on on l en g t h o f ce r tain noncom p etiti v e contract s . Sec. 86 3 . R e qu irements for purchase of propert y an d services pursuant to multiple a w ard contracts. Sec. 86 4 . Regulations on the use of cost - reim b ursement contracts. Sec. 86 5 . P reventing abuse of interagency contracts. Sec. 866. Limitations on tiering of subcontractors. Sec. 86 7 . Lin k ing of award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes. Sec. 868. M inimi z ing abuse of commercial services item authority. Sec. 86 9 . A cquisition workforce development strategic plan. Sec. 87 0 . C ontingency Contracting Corps. Sec. 87 1 . Access of G overnment Accountability O ffice to contractor employees. Sec. 872. D atabase for F ederal agency contract and grant officers and suspension and debarment officials. Sec. 873. Role of I nteragency Committee on Debarment and Suspension. Sec. 874. Improvements to the Federal procurement data system. Subtitle H— Other Matters Sec. 881. Ex pansion of authority to retain fees from licensing of intellectual prop- erty. Sec. 882. Report on market research. Sec. 883. Report relating to munitions. Sec. 884. Motor carrier fuel surcharges. Sec. 885. Procurement by State and local governments of equipment for homeland security and emergency response activities through the Department of Defense. Sec. 886. Review of impact of covered subsidies on acquisition of K C-45 aircraft. Sec. 887. Report on the implementation of earned value management at the De- partment of Defense. Subti t leA— A cq ui s iti onP olic ya n dM ana g e m ent SEC.801 . A SSESS M E NTOFURG ENT O P ERAT I ONA L NEE D S FULFILL - MENT. (a)AS S E SS M E NTR E QUIR E D.—TheS e cr e t ar yofD efe ns e sha l l co m m i ssion a st ud yandre p ort b y an independent commission or a federally funded research and de v elopment center to assess the effectiveness of the processes used by the Department of Defense for the g eneration of urgent operational need re q uirements , and the acquisition processes used to fulfill such requirements. Such assessment shall include the follo w ing

( 1 ) A description and evaluation of the effectiveness of the procedures used to generate, validate, and fulfill warfighting requirements through the urgent operational need and j oint urgent operational need processes, including— (A) the e x tent to which joint and urgent operational need statements are used to document required capability gaps or are used to request specific acquisition outcomes, such as specific systems or equipment ( B ) the effectiveness of the processes used by each of the military departments and the various elements of the Department of Defense to prioriti z e and fulfill joint and urgent operational needs, including the rapid acquisi - tion processes of the military departments, as well as the joint improvised explosive device defeat organization and the joint rapid acquisition cell; and ( C ) the timeliness and responsiveness of the processes used by the military departments and the various elements of the Department of Defense to review and validate urgent operational needs statements and joint urgent operational needs statements. Study.Repor t s .

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