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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6349 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for greater transparency 
in the conversion of Department of Defense functions previously per-
formed by contractors to performance by Department of Defense employ-
ees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for greater 
transparency in the conversion of Department of Defense 
functions previously performed by contractors to per-
formance by Department of Defense employees, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TRANSPARENCY IN CONVERSION OF FUNC-
TIONS TO PERFORMANCE BY DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 146 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2477. Transparency in conversion of functions to 
performance by Department of Defense 
civilian employees 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress and make publicly 
available on an Internet Web site the following informa-
tion: 
‘‘(1) The total number of jobs, performed by 
both Department of Defense civilian employees and 
contractors, in each State and at each military in-
stallation. 
‘‘(2) The total number of Department of De-
fense functions converted from performance by con-
tractors to performance by Department of Defense 
civilian employees in each State and at each military 
installation, and the task area of each such function. 
‘‘(b) COST OF PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available the 
comparison of the cost of performance of each Department 
of Defense function that is converted from performance 
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by a contractor to performance by Department of Defense 
civilian employees. 
‘‘(c) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN APPEAL PROCE-
DURE.—Any small business concern (under the meaning 
given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632)) that performs a Department of Defense 
function that is converted to performance by Department 
of Defense civilian employees and that by reason of such 
conversion loses 33 percent or more of the revenue gen-
erated by the concern through contracts or 33 percent or 
more of the employees of the concern may appeal the con-
version of the function to the Inspector General of the 
military department concerned or to the Secretary of De-
fense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2477. Transparency in conversion of functions to performance by Department 
of Defense civilian employees.’’. 
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