S.Amdt. 5543

1. Adds SEC. 815. PROHIBITION ON USE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS OF NARROWLY-BASED ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT INDICES at the end of subtitle B of title VIII

   Adds a section

   In S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Report.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit a report on the plan required under subsection (a), including an assessment of progress made in implementing requirements to incorporate energy efficiency requirements into key performance parameters for fuel consuming systems of the Department of Defense, as part of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter for five years (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).

   Inserted: SEC. 815. PROHIBITION ON USE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS OF NARROWLY-BASED ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT INDICES.

   Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be modified to prohibit contracting officers of the Department of Defense from entering into contracts with economic price adjustment clauses based on the Bureau of Labor Statics employment cost index for total compensation, aircraft manufacturing (NAICS Product Code 336411), or any other employment cost index that is not broad enough to minimize the effect of any single company, including the contractor concerned.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

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