S.Amdt. 3419

1. Adds SEC. 830. REQUIREMENT FOR POLICIES AND STANDARD CHECKLIST IN PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES at the end of subtitle B of title VIII

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   In S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate

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   Inserted: SEC. 830. REQUIREMENT FOR POLICIES AND STANDARD CHECKLIST IN PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.

   Inserted: (a) Requirement.--Section 2330a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(g) Request for Service Contract Approval.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall--

   Inserted: "(1) establish a standard checklist to be completed before the issuance of a solicitation for any new contract for services or exercising an option under an existing contract for services, including services provided under a contract for goods;

   Inserted: "(2) issue policies implementing the standard checklist;

   Inserted: "(3) draft guidelines regulating the checklist; and

   Inserted: "(4) ensure such policies and checklist are incorporated into the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.".

   Inserted: (b) Army Model.--In implementing section 2330a(g) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall model, to the maximum extent practicable, its policies and checklist on the policies and checklist relating to services contract approval established and in use by the Department of the Army (as set forth in the request for services contract approval form updated as of August 2012, or any successor form).

   Inserted: (c) Deadline.--The policies required under such section 2230a(g) shall be issued within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (d) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the implementation of the standard checklist required under such section 2330a(g) for each of fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 within 120 days after the end of each such fiscal year.

   Original wording

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

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