S.Amdt. 2909

SA 2909. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McCain) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PILOT PROGRAM ON CERTAIN LIMITED REIMBURSEMENT
ARRANGEMENTS FOR USE OF MAJOR RANGE AND TEST
FACILITY BASES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of
modifying reimbursement requirements for use of Major Range
and Test Facility Bases.
(b) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot
program during four fiscal years.
(c) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot
program at not more than three Major Range and Test Facility
Bases and no more than one per military department.
(d) Waiver of Full Reimbursement Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Under the pilot program, the Secretary
may, as the Secretary determines in the best interest of the
Department of Defense, waive the requirements of section
2681(c) of title 10, United States Code, for small and medium
sized businesses and not-for-profit organizations so that
such businesses and organizations may reimburse the
Department of Defense for use of a Major Range and Test
Facility Base in amounts that only cover direct costs (as
defined in section 232(b) of the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (116 Stat. 2490;
Public Law 107-314)) to the United States associated with
such use.
(2) Indirect costs.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
reimbursement for indirect costs.
(e) Reports.--
(1) Plans.--
(A) In general.--Prior to executing activities under new
reimbursement policies under the pilot program, the Secretary
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the plans of the Secretary for carrying out the pilot
program.
(B) Contents.--The report submitted under subparagraph (A)
shall include the following:
(i) A list of the specific Major Range and Test Facility
Bases that will participate in the pilot program.
(ii) The plans of the Secretary to carry out the pilot
program.
(iii) A description of any policy or practice changes that
will be assessed during the pilot program.
(2) Review.--
(A) In general.--At the end of the second fiscal year of
the pilot program required by subsection (a) and not later
than 30 days after the completion of the pilot program, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the pilot program.
(B) Contents.--Each report submitted under subparagraph (A)
shall include the following:
(i) Recommendations for revisions to reimbursement
arrangements for testing and evaluation activities at Major
Range and Test Facility Bases, if any.
(ii) A review of authorities granted to commanders of Major
Range and Test Facility Bases.
(iii) An evaluation of limited reimbursement arrangements
on the Test Resources Management Center and Major Range and
Test Facility Bases, including an estimate of the amounts of
indirect cost reimbursements not received by each
participating Major Range and Test Facility Base.
(iv) An examination of the effect of limited reimbursement
arrangements on the acquisition lifecycle for new platforms
and technologies in terms of time-to-field these new
capabilities and total program cost.
(f) Major Range and Test Facility Base Defined.--In this
section, the term ``Major Range and Test Facility Base''
means--
(1) a Major Range and Test Facility Installation as defined
in section 2681(f) of title 10, United States Code; and
(2) a Major Range and Test Facility Base as defined in
section 196(i) of such title.
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