,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhhb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbd,ms4 ,cortez ,masto introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a   
pilot program for tracking awards made  
through other transaction authority4    
#a4 ,pilot program for tracking awards  
made through other transaction authority
  7a7 ,pilot program ,not later than one
 year after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,under ,secretary of    
,defense for ,acquisition and           
,sustainment shall establish a pilot    
program to enable the ,department of    
,defense to track the number and amounts
 awarded to small businesses and        
nontraditional defense contractors      
performing on transactions using other  
transaction authority1 including those  
carried out through consortia4 ,in      
carrying out the pilot program1 the     
,department shall keep any reporting    

requirements levied upon the businesses 
to a minimum and shall seek to maximize 
the use of existing data reporting      
structures or the expertise of a        
consortia-manager4  7b7 ,briefings  7#a7
 ,established process ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,under      
,secretary of ,defense for ,acquisition 
and ,sustainment shall provide a        
briefing to the ,committees on ,armed   
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives on the process to   
carry out the pilot program established 
under subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,collected  
data ,not later than one year after the 
briefing provided under paragraph 7#a71 
and continuing until the final briefing 
provided under paragraph 7#c71 the      
,under ,secretary of ,defense for       
,acquisition and ,sustainment shall     
brief the ,committees on ,armed         
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives on the awards data  
the pilot program is collecting4  7#c7  

,final data and recommendations ,not    
later than ,september #cj1 #bjbi1 the   
,department shall provide a briefing to 
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives on the final data      
collected for the pilot program and     
shall include any recommendations to    
make the data collection permanent4  7c7
 ,sunset ,the authority to carry out the
 pilot program under this section shall 
expire on ,december #ca1 #bjbi4  7d7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,nontraditional defense contractor ,the 
term nontraditional defense contractor  
has the meaning given in section #cjad  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7#b7 ,other transaction authority ,the  
term other transaction authority has the
 means the authority provided under     
sections #djba and #djbb of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,small     
business ,the term small business has   
the meaning given the term small        
business concern in section #c7;a7 of   

the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
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