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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4882 

To establish a pilot program for tracking awards made through other 

transaction authority. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2024 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program for tracking awards made 

through other transaction authority. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRACKING AWARDS 

4 MADE THROUGH OTHER TRANSACTION AU5 THORITY. 

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than one year after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

8 of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish 

9 a pilot program to enable the Department of Defense to 

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1 nesses and nontraditional defense contractors performing 

2 on transactions using other transaction authority, includ3 ing those carried out through consortia. In carrying out 

4 the pilot program, the Department shall keep any report5 ing requirements levied upon the businesses to a minimum 

6 and shall seek to maximize the use of existing data report7 ing structures or the expertise of a consortia-manager. 

8 (b) BRIEFINGS.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHED PROCESS.—Not later than 

10 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

12 Sustainment shall provide a briefing to the Commit13 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

14 of Representatives on the process to carry out the 

15 pilot program established under subsection (a). 

16 (2) COLLECTED DATA.—Not later than one 

17 year after the briefing provided under paragraph 

18 (1), and continuing until the final briefing provided 

19 under paragraph (3), the Under Secretary of De20 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall brief the 

21 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

22 the House of Representatives on the awards data the 

23 pilot program is collecting. 

24 (3) FINAL DATA AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

25 Not later than September 30, 2029, the Department 


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1 shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa3 tives on the final data collected for the pilot program 

4 and shall include any recommendations to make the 

5 data collection permanent. 

6 (c) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out the pilot 

7 program under this section shall expire on December 31, 

8 2029. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CON11 TRACTOR.—The term ‘‘nontraditional defense con12 tractor’’ has the meaning given in section 3014 of 

13 title 10, United States Code. 

14 (2) OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.—The 

15 term ‘‘other transaction authority’’ has the means 

16 the authority provided under sections 4021 and 

17 4022 of title 10, United States Code. 

18 (3) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi19 ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi20 ness concern’’ in section 3(a) of the Small Business 

21 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

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