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the executive agency with primary responsibility for con-
tracting operations in post-conflict, stabilization, or recon-
struction operations, the Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop policy and procedures for the Department of Defense 
to serve as such executive agency. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly prepare a re-
port on lessons learned from carrying out con-
tracting operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(2) MATTERS COVERED.—The report shall ad-
dress the following with respect to such activities: 
(A) Development of an appropriate acquisi-
tion planning strategy before obligation of 
funds, including the scope of planned con-
tracting operations, project management, logis-
tics, and financial considerations. 
(B) Flow of appropriated funds. 
(C) Ability to obtain military and civilian 
acquisition workforce personnel. 
(D) Ability to obtain country clearances for 
such personnel. 
(E) Ability to reprogram funds and to co-
ordinate interagency activities.
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(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the re-
port shall be submitted to the Committees on Armed 
Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committees on Armed Services and Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 815. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND REPORT RELATING 
TO CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF PER-
SONS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) EXTENSIONS OF INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN 
ACTS.—Section 853 of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2021) is amended in subsections 
(a)(2) (A) and (b)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2006’’. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Education shall jointly issue 
a statement of policy related to the implementation of the 
Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. 107 et seq.) and the 
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48) within the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of Education. 
The joint statement of policy shall specifically address the 
application of those Acts to both operation and manage-
ment of all or any part of a military mess hall, military 
troop dining facility, or any similar dining facility operated
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for the purpose of providing meals to members of the 
Armed Forces, and shall take into account and address, 
to the extent practicable, the positions acceptable to per-
sons representing programs implemented under each Act. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2006, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Education shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a report describing the joint 
statement of policy issued under subsection (b), with such 
findings and recommendations as the Secretaries consider 
appropriate. 
SEC. 816. STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CON-
TRACTING 
WITH 
SMALL 
BUSINESS 
CON-
CERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study on Department of Defense procure-
ment contracts with small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—The study required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following determinations:
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(1) Any steps taken by the Department of De-
fense to meet the Government-wide goal of participa-
tion by small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans in at least 3 per-
cent of the total value of all prime contract and sub-
contract awards, as required under section 15(g) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)). 
(2) If the Department of Defense has failed to 
meet such goal, an explanation of the reasons for 
such failure. 
(3) Any steps taken within the Department of 
Defense to make contracting officers aware of the 3 
percent goal and to ensure that procurement officers 
are working actively to achieve such goal. 
(4) The number of small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 
which submitted offers on contracts with the De-
partment of Defense during the preceding fiscal 
year. 
(5) Any outreach efforts made by the Depart-
ment to enter into contracts with small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans. 
(6) Any such outreach efforts the Department 
could make but has not made.
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(7) Whether, in awarding subcontracts, prime 
contractors are aware of the preference for small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service- 
disabled veterans under section 36 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f). 
(8) Any plans of the Department of Defense to 
increase the percentage of Federal contracts it 
awards to small businesses owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the find-
ings of the study conducted under this section. 
(d) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CON-
TROLLED
BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘small business concern owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(q)). 
SEC. 817. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT FROM BENE-
FICIARIES OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense may 
not enter into a contract for the procurement of goods 
or services from any foreign person to which the govern-