,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bace  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,sheehy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify other  
transaction authority1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,prototype to      
,production ,act4  #b4  ,modifications  
to other transactions  7a7  ,in general 
,section #djbb of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by amending      
paragraph 7#b7 to read as follows3  7#b7
 ,the authority of this section may be  
exercised for a transaction for a       
prototype project1 or for a transaction 
for a follow-on production contract or  
transaction that is awarded pursuant to 
subsection 7f7 or 7g71 that is expected 
to cost the ,department of ,defense in  
excess of #ajj1jjj1jjj 7including all   
options7 only upon a written            

determination that the requirements of  
subsection 7d7 will be met by a head of 
the contracting activity1 or1 for the   
,defense ,advanced ,research ,projects  
,agency1 the ,defense ,innovation ,unit1
 or the ,missile ,defense ,agency1 the  
director of the agency4  2 and  7,b7 by 
amending paragraph 7#c7 to read as      
follows3  7#c7 ,the authority of the    
head of the contracting activity1 the   
director of the ,defense ,advanced      
,research ,projects ,agency1 the        
director of the ,defense ,innovation    
,unit1 the director of the ,missile     
,defense ,agency1 or the senior         
procurement executive1 as applicable1   
under paragraph 7#b71 may not be        
delegated4  2  7#b7 in subsection 7e7-- 
7,a7 by amending paragraph 7#a7 to read 
as follows3  7#a7 ,the term head of the 
contracting activity means those        
officials within the organization who   
have responsibility for and manage an   
acquisition organization and usually    
hold unlimited procurement authority4  2

 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the     
following new paragraph3  7#f7 ,the term
 follow-on production means a contract  
or transaction that is intended to      
further develop1 test1 produce1 deploy1 
operate1 or sustain a capability that   
was successfully prototyped under the   
authority established in subsection 7a74
  2  7#c7 by redesignating subsections  
7h7 and 7i7 as subsections 7i7 and 7j71 
respectively2 and  7#d7 by inserting    
after subsection 7g7 the following new  
subsection3  7h7  ,authority ,to award a
 production transaction to rapidly field
 an existing capability  ,a production  
transaction may be awarded1 with or     
without the use of competitive          
procedures1 to acquire emergent and     
proven technologies and field production
 quantities of new or upgraded systems  
that do not require additional          
development and have been demonstrated  
in a relevant environment when the      
appropriate service or component        
acquisition executive determines in     

writing that exceptional circumstances  
justify the use of such a transaction to
 address a high priority warfighter     
need4  4