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 123STA T . 2 4 2 0PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 200 9(4)Theman ne ri n w hi c h su ch su b c o n t racts were awar d ed (inc l udin g the degree o f com p etition) and the G o v ernment ’ s role (if an y ) in such award decisions . ( 5 ) A ny recommendations that the C omptroller General may have for improving Government oversight , reducing the oversight burden on the ac q uisition wor k force, or otherwise improving the management of subcontractors under contracts for the acquisition of ma j or weapon systems. (c) DEADLIN E FORSUBM I S SION. —N ot later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the H ouse of R epresentatives a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a), with such findings and rec - ommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. SEC.845 .S TUDYOF T H EUSEOFF A CTO R S OTHER THA N COST OR P R I CE AS THE PREDO M INATE FACTORS IN E V A L UATIN G COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. (a) S T UD Y RE Q UIRED.—The Comptroller General of the U nited States shall conduct a study of Department of Defense procurements that use solicitations in which evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are more important than cost or price. (b) I SSUES TO B E ADDRESSED.—The study required by sub- section (a) shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of— ( 1 ) the frequency with which evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are given more weight than cost or price in solicitations for competitive proposals ( 2 ) the types of contracts for products or services for which such evaluation factors are most frequently used; ( 3 ) the reasons why the Department of Defense chooses to use such evaluation factors; and (4) the e x tent to which the use of such factors is or is not in the interest of the Department of Defense. (c) RE P ORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Service of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a). SEC. 84 6 . REPEAL OF RE Q UIREMENTS RELATING TO THE MILITARY SYSTEM ESSENTIAL ITEM B REA K OUT LIST. Section 8 13 of the National Defense Authori z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2 0 04( P ublic L aw 108 – 13 6 7 Stat. 1543) is repealed. SEC. 84 7 .E X TENSION OF SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS OF THE DEPART - MENT OF DEFENSE. (a) SBIR EX TENSION.—Section 9 (m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘ ‘The authorization’’ and inserting the fol- lowing ‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the authorization’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) EX C EPTION FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Sec- retary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department is authorized to carry out the Small Business Innovation 10USC25 01 note.
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