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‘‘(G) To submit to Congress on a quarterly basis, and to 
make available on an Internet website available to the public, 
a report on the contingency operation. 
‘‘(H) To carry out such other responsibilities relating to 
the coordination and efficient and effective discharge by the 
Inspectors General specified in subsection (c) of duties relating 
to the contingency operation as the lead Inspector General 
shall specify. 
‘‘(3)(A) The lead Inspector General for an overseas contingency 
operation may employ, or authorize the employment by the other 
Inspectors General specified in subsection (c) of, annuitants covered 
by section 9902(g) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes 
of assisting the lead Inspector General in discharging responsibil-
ities under this subsection with respect to the contingency operation. 
‘‘(B) The employment of annuitants under this paragraph shall 
be subject to the provisions of section 9902(g) of title 5, United 
States Code, as if the lead Inspector General concerned was the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(C) The period of employment of an annuitant under this 
paragraph may not exceed three years, except that the period 
may be extended for up to an additional two years in accordance 
with the regulations prescribed pursuant to section 3161(b)(2) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) The lead Inspector General for an overseas contingency 
operation shall discharge the responsibilities for the contingency 
operation under this subsection in a manner consistent with the 
authorities and requirements of this Act generally and the authori-
ties and requirements applicable to the Inspectors General specified 
in subsection (c) under this Act. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET FOR PARTICULAR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.—The 
requirements and authorities of this section with respect to an 
overseas contingency operation shall cease at the end of the first 
fiscal year after the commencement or designation of the contin-
gency operation in which the total amount appropriated for the 
contingency operation is less than $100,000,000. 
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION
OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to limit the ability of the Inspectors General 
specified in subsection (c) to enter into agreements to conduct 
joint audits, inspections, or investigations in the exercise of their 
oversight responsibilities in accordance with this Act with respect 
to overseas contingency operations.’’. 
SEC. 849. OVERSIGHT OF CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITIES 
FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS IN RESPON-
SIBILITIES OF CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICERS OF FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b)(3) of section 1702 of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subpara-
graphs (G) and (H), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
subparagraph (F): 
‘‘(F) advising the executive agency on the applicability of 
relevant policy on the contracts of the agency for overseas 
contingency operations and ensuring the compliance of the con-
tracts and contracting activities of the agency with such policy;’’.
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(b) DEFINITION.—Such section is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘overseas contingency operations’ means military 
operations outside the United States and its territories and posses-
sions that are a contingency operation (as that term is defined 
in section 101(a)(13) of title 10).’’. 
SEC. 850. REPORTS ON RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) DOS AND USAID REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall, in consultation with the Chief 
Acquisition Officer of the Department of State and the Chief 
Acquisition Officer of the United States Agency for International 
Development, respectively, each submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress an assessment of Department of State and United 
States Agency for International Development policies governing 
contract support in overseas contingency operations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the roles and respon-
sibilities of the officials, offices, and components of the Depart-
ment of State or the United States Agency for International 
Development, as applicable, within the chain of authority and 
responsibility for policy, planning, and execution of contract 
support for overseas contingency operations. 
(2) Procedures and processes of the Department or Agency, 
as applicable, on the following in connection with contract 
support for overseas contingency operations: 
(A) Collection, inventory, and reporting of data. 
(B) Acquisition planning. 
(C) Solicitation and award of contracts. 
(D) Requirements development and management. 
(E) Contract tracking and oversight. 
(F) Performance evaluations. 
(G) Risk management. 
(H) Interagency coordination and transition planning. 
(3) Strategies and improvements necessary for the Depart-
ment or the Agency, as applicable, to address reliance on con-
tractors, workforce planning, and the recruitment and training 
of acquisition workforce personnel, including the anticipated 
number of personnel needed to perform acquisition manage-
ment and oversight functions and plans for achieving personnel 
staffing goals, in connection with overseas contingency oper-
ations. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the progress of the efforts of the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment in implementing improvements and changes identified under 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) in the reports required 
by subsection (a), together with such additional information as
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the Comptroller General considers appropriate to further inform 
such committees on issues relating to the reports required by sub-
section (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 851. DATABASE ON PRICE TRENDS OF ITEMS AND SERVICES 
UNDER FEDERAL CONTRACTS. 
(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 41, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 3312. Database on price trends of items and services under 
Federal contracts 
‘‘(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—The Administrator shall establish 
and maintain a database of information on price trends for items 
and services under contracts with the Federal Government. The 
information in the database shall be designed to assist Federal 
acquisition officials in the following: 
‘‘(1) Monitoring developments in price trends for items and 
services under contracts with the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) Conducting price or cost analyses for items and services 
under offers for contracts with the Federal Government, or 
otherwise conducting determinations of the reasonableness of 
prices for items and services under such offers, and addressing 
unjustified escalation in prices being paid by the Federal 
Government for items and services under contracts with the 
Federal Government. 
‘‘(b) USE.—(1) The database under subsection (a) shall be avail-
able to executive agencies in the evaluation of offers for contracts 
with the Federal Government for items and services. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may satisfy the requirements 
of this section by complying with the requirements of section 892 
of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2306a note).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 33 of such title is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘3312. Database on price trends of items and services under Federal contracts.’’. 
(b) USE
OF ELEMENTS
OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE PILOT 
PROJECT.—In establishing the database required by section 3312 
of title 41, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), the 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall use and incor-
porate appropriate elements of the pilot project on pricing being 
carried out by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics pursuant to section 892 of the Ike Skelton 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C.
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2306a note) and the Better Buying Power initiative of the Secretary 
of Defense. 
SEC. 852. INFORMATION ON CORPORATE CONTRACTOR PERFORM-
ANCE AND INTEGRITY THROUGH THE FEDERAL AWARDEE 
PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY INFORMATION SYSTEM. 
Subsection (d) of section 2313 of title 41, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION ON CORPORATIONS.—The information in 
the database on a person that is a corporation shall, to the 
extent practicable, include information on any parent, sub-
sidiary, or successor entities to the corporation in a manner 
designed to give the acquisition officials using the database 
a comprehensive understanding of the performance and integ-
rity of the corporation in carrying out Federal contracts and 
grants.’’. 
SEC. 853. INCLUSION OF DATA ON CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE IN 
PAST 
PERFORMANCE 
DATABASES 
FOR 
EXECUTIVE 
AGENCY SOURCE SELECTION DECISIONS. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
Council shall develop a strategy for ensuring that timely, 
accurate, and complete information on contractor performance 
is included in past performance databases used by executive 
agencies for making source selection decisions. 
(2) CONSULTATION
WITH
USDATL.—In developing the 
strategy required by this subsection, the Federal Acquisition 
Regulatory Council shall consult with the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to ensure 
that the strategy is, to the extent practicable, consistent with 
the strategy developed by the Under Secretary pursuant to 
section 806 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1487; 10 U.S.C. 2302 
note). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall, 
at a minimum— 
(1) establish standards for the timeliness and completeness 
of past performance submissions for purposes of databases 
described in subsection (a); 
(2) assign responsibility and management accountability 
for the completeness of past performance submissions for such 
purposes; and 
(3) ensure that past performance submissions for such pur-
poses are consistent with award fee evaluations in cases where 
such evaluations have been conducted. 
(c) CONTRACTOR COMMENTS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation shall be revised to require the following: 
(1) That affected contractors are provided, in a timely 
manner, information on contractor performance to be included 
in past performance databases in accordance with subsection 
(a). 
(2) That such contractors are afforded up to 14 calendar 
days, from the date of delivery of the information provided 
in accordance with paragraph (1), to submit comments,
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(C) by striking ‘‘nuclear defense’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘atomic energy defense’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 4505 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4505. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintel-
ligence failures within atomic energy defense programs.’’. 
(n) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4507 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2658) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONAL LABORA-
TORIES’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL
SECURITY
LABORA-
TORIES’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘national laboratories’’ 
and inserting ‘‘national security laboratories’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘national laboratory’’ 
and inserting ‘‘national security laboratory’’; and 
(D) by striking subsection (c). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 4507 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4507. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national security 
laboratories.’’. 
(o) COMPUTER SECURITY REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4508 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONAL LABORA-
TORY’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORY’’; 
(B) in subsection (a) and (b), by striking ‘‘national 
laboratories’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘national 
security laboratories’’; and 
(C) by striking subsections (e) and (f). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 4508 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4508. Report on security vulnerabilities of national security laboratory com-
puters.’’. 
(p) DOCUMENT REVIEW.—Section 4521 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2671) is amended by striking subsection 
(c). 
(q) REPORTS ON LOCAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4604(f) of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2704(f)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In addition to the plans submitted under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress every six months a report 
setting forth a description of, and the amount or value of, all 
local impact assistance provided during the preceding six months 
under subsection (c)(6).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4851 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2821) is repealed.