,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,ryan 7for himself and ,mr4   
,wittman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
require the ,secretary of ,defense to   
report on the use of other transaction  
authority1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,report on the use of other transaction 
authority ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
submit to the congressional defense     
committees a report on the use of       
follow-on production contracts or       
transactions under section #djbb of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 during
 the period beginning on ,october #a1   
#bjbj1 and ending on ,october #a1 #bjbe4
 ,such report shall include-- 7#a7 the  
number of transactions for a prototype  
project awarded under the authority     
provided by such section #djbb2  7#b7   

the number of such transactions for     
which an option for a follow-on         
production contract or transaction was  
awarded2  7#c7 for each follow-on       
production contract or transaction      
described in paragraph 7#b71 a summary  
of the status of such contract or       
transaction1 including a description of 
the overall performance of the          
contractor in execution of such contract
 or transaction and the total value of  
the award2  7#d7 an assessment of any   
trends or lessons learned that may limit
 or prevent the use of follow-on        
production contracts or transactions    
under such section #djbb2 and  7#e7 any 
recommendations of the ,secretary to    
improve the use of follow-on production 
contracts or transactions under such    
section #djbb and to increase the number
 of prototype projects that successfully
 transition to production through such  
use4