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(D) The policy shall provide for the corps 
to use integrated contracting, financial, and 
other support systems. 
(5) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations to carry out this section. The reg-
ulations shall be developed in coordination with the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech-
nology, and Logistics, the Secretaries of the military 
departments, and the acquisition support agencies. 
The regulations shall be uniform to the maximum 
extent practicable among the military departments 
and shall address, at a minimum, applicable laws, 
regulations, policies, and directives related to contin-
gency contracting. 
(b) REPORT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on contingency contracting. 
(2) MATTERS COVERED.—The report shall in-
clude discussions of the following: 
(A) Progress in the implementation of the 
contingency contracting corps, in accordance 
with the requirements of subsection (a).
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(B) The ability of the Armed Forces to 
support contingency contracting. 
(C) The ability of commanders of combat-
ant commands to request contingency con-
tracting support and the ability of the military 
departments and the acquisition support agen-
cies to respond to such requests and provide 
such support, including the availability of rapid 
acquisition personnel for such support. 
(D) The ability of the current civilian and 
military acquisition workforce to deploy to com-
bat theaters of operations and to conduct con-
tracting activities during combat and during 
post-conflict, reconstruction, or other contin-
gency operations. 
(E) The effect of different periods of de-
ployment on continuity in the acquisition proc-
ess. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
CONTINGENCY
CONTRACTING
PER-
SONNEL.—The term ‘‘contingency contracting per-
sonnel’’ means members of the Armed Forces and 
civilian employees of the Department of Defense who 
are members of the defense acquisition workforce 
and, as part of their duties, are assigned to provide
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support to contingency operations (whether deployed 
or not). 
(2) CONTINGENCY
CONTRACTING.—The term 
‘‘contingency contracting’’ means all stages of the 
process of acquiring property or services by the De-
partment of Defense during a contingency operation. 
(3) 
CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.—The 
term 
‘‘contingency operation’’ has the meaning provided 
in section 101(13) of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) ACQUISITION
SUPPORT
AGENCIES.—The 
term ‘‘acquisition support agencies’’ means Defense 
Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities 
that carry out and provide support for acquisition-
related activities. 
SEC. 814. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTING OPERATIONS 
TO BE INCLUDED IN INTERAGENCY PLAN-
NING RELATED TO STABILIZATION AND RE-
CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF CONTRACTING OPERATIONS IN 
INTERAGENCY PLANNING.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall include contracting operations in all relevant inter-
agency planning operations of the Department of Defense 
related to stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS.—If 
the President designates the Department of Defense as
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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.