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 PUBLIC LAW 99-190—DEC. 19, 1985

99 STAT. 1223

SEC. 8112. (a) REVISIONS TO DEFENSE CONTRACT ALLOWABLE COST

PROVISION.—Section 2324 of title 10, United States Code, is amended Ante, p. 682. as follows: (1) Subsection (e)(2) is amended— (A) by inserting "(A)" after "(2)"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(B) The Secretary shall submit to the committees named in Regulations. subparagraph (C) any proposed regulations that would make substantive changes to regulations prescribed under the second sentence of subparagraph (A) before the publication of such proposed regulations in accordance with section 22 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418b). 98 Stat. 3076. "(C) The committees named in this subparagraph are— "(i) the Committees on Armed Services and on Government Operations of the House of Representatives; and "(ii) the Committees on Armed Services and on Governmental Affairs of the Senate.". (2) Subsection (h)(2) is amended by inserting ", in an exceptional case," after "concerned may". (3) Such section is further amended by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k) and inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection (j): "(j)(l) The Comptroller General shall periodically evaluate the implementation of this section by the Secretary of Defense. Such evaluation shall consider the extent to which— "(A) such implementation is consistent with congressional intent; "(B) such implementation achieves the objective of eliminating unallowable costs charged to defense contracts; and "(C) such implementation (as well as the provisions of this section and the regulations prescribed under this section) could be improved or strengthened. "(2) The Comptroller General shall submit to the committees Report. named in subsection (e)(2)(C) a report on such evaluation within 90 Federal days of publication by the Secretary of Defense in the Federal Register, publication. Register of regulations that make substantive changes in regula- Regulations. tions prescribed under subsection (e) or (f) or in any other regulations of the Department of Defense pertaining to allowable costs under covered contracts.". O> CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE REVIEW OF PROPOSED INITIAL REGU- 10 USC 2324 t) note. Ante, p. 682.

LATIONS.—(1) The regulations required under section 9110t)) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145), to be prescribed not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of such Act shall be submitted to the committees named in paragraph (2) before the publication of such regulations in accordance with section 22 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418b). (2) The committees named in this paragraph are— (A) the Committees on Armed Services and on Government Operations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committees on Armed Services and on Government Affairs of the Senate. (c) INITIAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL EVALUATION AND REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall submit to the committees named in subsection (b)(2) a report on the Comptroller General's initial evaluation under subsection (j)(l) of section 2324 of title 10, United

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