S.Amdt. 778

SA 778. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed
to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020
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 end of subtitle A of title VIII of the amendment,
add the following:

SEC. 811. REPORT ON CONTRACTOR DENIAL OF COST OR PRICING DATA
REQUESTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2020, and
annually thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to Congress a report
on contractor denials of requests by contracting officers for
cost or pricing data.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include a summary of each individual case in which a
contracting officer was denied requested uncertified cost or
pricing data, including the following information:
(1) The name of the offeror or contractor.
(2) The Commercial and Government entity code.
(3) The part number and National Stock Number (NSN).
(4) The number of requests that the contracting officer
made to the offeror or contractor for uncertified cost or
pricing data.
(5) The number of denials that the contracting officer
received from the offeror or contractor regarding its
submission of uncertified cost or pricing data.
(6) A description of the reason provided by the contractor
for denial.
(7) Documentation in accordance with section 215.404-
1(a)(i)(A)(v) of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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