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Subtitle B—Amendments to General 
Contracting Authorities, Proce-
dures, and Limitations 
SEC. 811. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROCURE CER-
TAIN FIBERS; LIMITATION ON SPECIFICA-
TION. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 829 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 229; 10 U.S.C. 2533a note) is amended in 
subsection (f) by striking ‘‘on the date that is five years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘on January 1, 2021’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION
ON SPECIFICATION
IN SOLICITA-
TIONS.—No solicitation issued before January 1, 2021, by 
the Department of Defense may include a requirement that 
proposals submitted pursuant to such solicitation must in-
clude the use of fire resistant rayon fiber. 
SEC. 812. SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL BASE 
MATTERS. 
Section 2473 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c); 
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(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (e): 
‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—If the Secretary de-
termines under subsection (a) that the requirement to pro-
cure property or services described in subsection (b) for the 
Department of Defense from a firm in the small arms pro-
duction industrial base is not necessary to preserve such 
industrial base, any such procurement shall be awarded 
through the use of competitive procedures that afford such 
industrial base a fair opportunity to be considered for such 
procurement.’’. 
SEC. 813. ADDITIONAL DEFINITION RELATING TO PRODUC-
TION OF SPECIALTY METALS WITHIN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 2533b(m) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘produced’, as used in subsections 
(a) and (b), means melted, or processed in a manner 
that results in physical or chemical property changes 
that are the equivalent of melting. The term does not 
include finishing processes such as rolling, heat treat-
ment, quenching, tempering, grinding, or shaving.’’. 
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Subtitle C—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 821. STUDIES TO ANALYZE ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR 
ACQUISITION 
AND 
FUNDING 
OF 
TECH-
NOLOGIES SUPPORTING NETWORK-CENTRIC 
OPERATIONS. 
(a) STUDIES REQUIRED.— 
(1) INDEPENDENT
STUDY.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with 
an independent federally funded research and develop-
ment center to carry out a comprehensive study of 
policies, procedures, organization, and regulatory con-
straints affecting the acquisition of technologies sup-
porting network-centric operations. The contract shall 
be funded from amounts appropriated pursuant to an 
authorization of appropriations in this Act or other-
wise made available for fiscal year 2011 for operation 
and maintenance for Defense-wide activities. 
(2) JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF STUDY.—The Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall carry out a 
comprehensive study of the same subjects covered by 
paragraph (1). The study shall be independent of the 
study required by paragraph (1) and shall be carried 
out in conjunction with the military departments and 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense. 
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(b) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—Each study re-
quired by subsection (a) shall address the following matters: 
(1) Development of a system for understanding 
the various foundational components that contribute 
to network-centric operations, such as data transport, 
processing, storage, data collection, and dissemination 
of information. 
(2) Determining how acquisition and funding 
programs that are in place as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act relate to the system developed under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) Development of acquisition and funding 
models using the system developed under paragraph 
(1), including— 
(A) a model under which a joint entity 
independent of any military department (such 
as the Joint Staff) is established with responsi-
bility and control of all funding for the acquisi-
tion of technologies for network-centric oper-
ations, and with authority to oversee the incor-
poration of such technologies into the acquisition 
programs of the military departments; 
(B) a model under which an executive agent 
is established to manage and oversee the acquisi-
tion of technologies for network-centric oper-
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ations, but would not have exclusive control of 
the funding for such programs; 
(C) a model under which the acquisition 
and funding programs that are in place as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act are maintained; 
and 
(D) any other model that the entity car-
rying out the study considers relevant. 
(4) An analysis of each of the models developed 
under paragraph (3) with respect to potential benefits 
in— 
(A) collecting, processing, and dissemi-
nating information; 
(B) network commonality; 
(C) common communications; 
(D) interoperability; 
(E) mission impact and success; and 
(F) cost-effectiveness. 
(5) An evaluation of each of the models developed 
under paragraph (3) with respect to feasibility, in-
cluding identification of legal, policy, or regulatory 
barriers that may impede the implementation of such 
model. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 
30, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
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