FY2027 NDAA

Title VIII — Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters

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Title VIII of the FY2027 NDAA (Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters) contains 46 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

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Responsibilities and authorities of portfolio acquisition executives with respect to contractors

Chapter 205 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3105 the following new sections:3105a.Portfolio acquisition executives…

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Ensuring best value in procurement

Codification of use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process(1)Title 10Chapter 223 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by…

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Limitation on certain contract clauses for commercial products or commercial services

Section 3452 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(f)LimitationsThe Secretary of Defense may…

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Elimination of late cost and pricing data submission defense

Section 3706(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (3) by striking or at the end;(2)in paragraph (4) by striking the period and…

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Reporting of price increases

Chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:3710.Reporting of increases above specified prices(a)In…

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Limitation on suspension of progress payments

Section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)—(A)in the subsection heading, by striking commensurate with work;(B)by inserting…

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Uniform requirements for electronic contract writing systems and acquisition management systems

Uniform requirements for the Department of DefenseChapter 367 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4754 the following new…

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Risk-based approach to monitoring contractor business systems

Requirement for risk-based approachSection 3843 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:3843.Contractor business systems: monitoring…

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Procurement of initial spares

Section 4274 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4274.Procurement of initial spares(a)In generalBefore awarding a contract for a…

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Procurement of local produce, seafood, and meat in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command

Procurement for certain facilities in the Indo-Pacific regionNot later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense…

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Review of defense audit agencies

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with an entity that conducts…

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Modification to certain acquisition thresholds

Adjustment to inflation(1)In generalSection 1908(c)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking of each year evenly divisible by 5 and…

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Use of accrued interest by certain consortium managers

Section 4021(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking The authority and inserting (1) The authority; and(2)by adding at the end the…

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Amendment to other transaction authority

Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a)(2)—(A)in subparagraph (A), by striking agency that and all that follows through…

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Requirement for modular open system approach and modifications to rights in technical data

Section 4401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4401.Requirement for modular open system approach(a)RequirementThe Secretary of…

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Modifications to requirements relating to long-term concessions agreements with certain retailers

Section 4664 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:(b)Waiver(1)The Secretary may waive the requirements…

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Prohibition on contracting with employers of convicted traffickers

Chapter 363 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:4665.Prohibition on contracting with entities employing…

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Acquisition thresholds for certain materials

Section 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:(f)Exception for small purchases(1)Subsection (a) does…

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Clarification of certain elements of Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program

Clarification of limitation on protege firms participating in concurrent mentor-protege agreementsSubsection (c)(2) of section 4902 of title 10, United States…

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Codification of program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans

Section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is transferred to subchapter I of chapter 387 of…

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Consumption-based procurements and associated payments

Section 3324(d) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;(2)in paragraph (2)—(A)by…

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Extension of briefing and certification requirement

Section 886 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118—159; 138 Stat. 2022) is amended—(1)in the section heading, by…

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Preference for recycled strategic and critical materials

Section 848(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended—(1)by redesignating…

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Transfer authority for rapid transition of other transaction authority prototypes

Authority(1)In generalSubject to limitations in paragraph (2), a portfolio acquisition executive may transfer amounts of authorizations made available for…

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Portfolio-based acquisition of autonomous capability

There is established in the Department of Defense a program to be known as the Autonomy Integration Account (in this section referred to as the Account) under…

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Establishment of Pathfinder Programs to inform requirements reform

Requirement for service-level requirements reform Pathfinder ProgramsNot later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, each Secretary…

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Requirements for certain unmanned surface vessels to be manufactured in the United States

Subject to subsection (b), on or after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Navy prioritize offers for a covered contract where the…

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Acquisition workforce data analytics capability

Section 1701a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in paragraph (10), by striking and at the end;(2)in paragraph (11), by striking the period at…

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Chief Acquisition Talent Officer

Subchapter I of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1702 the following new sections:1703.Chief Acquisition…

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Codification of acquisition workforce key performance objectives

Section 1722b of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(6)Key performance objectives…

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Demonstrated proficiency requirements for critical acquisition positions

Section 1731 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(d)Demonstrated proficiency requirements(1)In…

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Extension and modification of acquisition workforce demonstration project

Increase in limitation on number of participantsSection 1762 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 130,000 and inserting…

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Reform of technical data and software rights to support competition, sustainment, and readiness

Chapter 239 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3775 the following new section:3776.Default government purpose rights for…

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Intellectual Property Ombudsman; voluntary expert mediation for certain intellectual property matters

Subchapter III of chapter 275 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3791 the following new sections:3792.Intellectual…

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Expansion of reverse engineering authority for prototype projects

Subsection (f)(5)(B) of section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by section 823, is amended by striking to address obsolescence.

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Clarifications to sustainment planning requirements for covered systems

Section 4324(b)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:(D)An intellectual property management plan for product support developed…

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Software accountability improvements over lifecycles

Section 4324(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:(G)A software sustainment framework…

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Assessment of a Pay-to-Print Program

The Secretary of Defense shall assess the feasibility and utility of establishing a Department of Defense-wide program to be known as the Pay-to-Print Program…

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Prioritizing maintenance, repair, and overhaul for readiness

Section 4323 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4323.Continuous sustainment review and analysis(a)Review requiredThe Secretary of…

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Enhancement to defense supply chain resilience and secondary source qualification

In implementing section 865 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118—159; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note), the Secretary of Defense…

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Tailored acquisition pathways for non-traditional intermediate-range fires capabilities

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Army Portfolio Acquisition Executive for…

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Pilot program for domestic antimony and copper production for defense applications

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to support the recovery of…

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Addressing the backlog of open cases related to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting through the…

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Limitation on availability of funds for purchase of photovoltaic cells, modules, or inverters from foreign entities of concern

Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the…

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Ensuring Department of Defense contractor compliance with disability hiring goals

For each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an audit of the compliance of the contractors of the Department of Defense…

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Expedited implementation of commercial acquisition reforms

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the Principal Director for Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy prioritizes the issuance of regulations…

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