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 123STA T . 2 409PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2009 (1)REVI E W.—Notla t er t h a nM ar c h 3 1 ,20 10, the S ecretar y o fD efen s e shall re vi e w an d deter m ine, b ased on c u rrent and future De p artment re q uirements and competitive manufac - turin g capability and capacity— ( A ) whether any firms included in the small arms production industrial base (as that term is defined in sec- tion 2 47 3(c) of title 10, U nited States C ode) should be eliminated or modified and whether any additional firms should be included and ( B ) whether any of the small arms listed in section 2473(d) of title 10, United States Code, should be elimi- nated from the list or modified on the list and whether any additional small arms should be included in the list. (2) RE PORTS .— (A) Not later than March 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit- tees a report on the review conducted under this subsection. (B) T he Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres- sional defense committees not later than 30 days after ma k ing any modification to the list maintained pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2473 of title 10, United States Code, or the list under subsection (d) of such section. SEC.819 . C ONTRA CTA U T H OR I T YF ORA DV ANCED CO MP ONENT DEVE L OPMENT OR PROTOTYPE UNITS. (a) A U T H ORIT Y .—A contract initially awarded from the competi- tive selection of a proposal resulting from a general solicitation referred to in section 2302(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, may contain a contract line item or contract option for— (1) the provision of advanced component development or prototype of technology developed under the contract; or (2) the delivery of initial or additional prototype items if the item or a prototype thereof is created as the result of work performed under the contract. (b) L I M IT A TIO N S.— (1) MINIMA L AMOUNT.—A contract line item or contract option described in subsection (a)(2) shall require the delivery of the minimal amount of initial or additional prototype items to allow for the timely competitive solicitation and award of a follow-on development or production contract for those items. (2) TERM.—A contract line item or contract option described in subsection (a) shall be for a term of not more than 12 months. (3) DOLLAR VALUE O F WOR K .—The dollar value of the work to be performed pursuant to a contract line item or contract option described in subsection (a) may not e x ceed the lesser of the amounts as follows (A) The amount that is three times the dollar value of the work previously performed under the contract. (B) $ 20,000,000. (4) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—A military department or defense agency may not exercise a contract line item or contract option pursuant to the authority provided in subsection (a) after September 30, 2014. (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the use of the 10USC23 02 note.D e adli ne. Dete rm ination.