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‘‘(A) Any acquisition position that is required 
to be filled by a senior civilian employee in the Na-
tional Security Personnel System or a senior com-
missioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps, as determined in accordance with 
guidelines prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 822. PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN 
ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND. 
(a) REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS
TO ACQUISITION 
WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND BY DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE.—Section 37(h)(3) of the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(h)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(other 
than the Department of Defense)’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), 
(F), and (G) as subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), and 
(H), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following new subparagraph (D): 
‘‘(D) The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall transfer to the Secretary of Defense 
fees collected from the Department of Defense 
pursuant to subparagraph (B), to be used by 
the Defense Acquisition University for purposes 
of acquisition workforce training for the entire 
Federal acquisition workforce.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POL-
ICY ACT.—Section 37(a) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433) is amended 
by striking ‘‘This section’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in subsection (h)(3), this section’’. 
(2) PUBLIC LAW 108–136.—Section 1412 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1664) is 
amended by striking subsection (c). 
(c) DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY FUNDING.—
Amounts transferred under section 37(h)(3)(D) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (as amended by 
subsection (a)) for use by the Defense Acquisition Univer-
sity shall be in addition to other amounts authorized for 
the University. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contracts entered 
into after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 823. INCREASE IN COST ACCOUNTING STANDARD 
THRESHOLD. 
Section 26(f)(2)(A) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$550,000’’.
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SEC. 824. AMENDMENTS TO DOMESTIC SOURCE REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATING TO CLOTHING MATERIALS 
AND COMPONENTS COVERED. 
(a) NOTICE.—Section 2533a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED WITHIN 7 DAYS 
AFTER CONTRACT AWARD IF CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AP-
PLIED.—In the case of any contract for the procurement 
of an item described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or 
(E) of subsection (b)(1), if the Secretary of Defense or 
of the military department concerned applies an exception 
set forth in subsection (c) or (e) with respect to that con-
tract, the Secretary shall, not later than 7 days after the 
award of the contract, post a notification that the excep-
tion has been applied on the Internet site maintained by 
the 
General 
Services 
Administration 
known 
as 
FedBizOps.gov (or any successor site).’’. 
(b) CLOTHING MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS COV-
ERED.—Subsection (b) of section 2533a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting 
before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and the materials and 
components thereof, other than sensors, electronics, or 
other items added to, and not normally associated with, 
clothing (and the materials and components thereof)’’.