117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To extend the program for authority to acquire innovative commercial items using general solicitation procedures.
July 19, 2022
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To extend the program for authority to acquire innovative commercial items using general solicitation procedures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Extension of Authority to Acquire Innovative Commercial Items Act of 2022”.
SEC. 2. Innovative commercial items.
Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (41 U.S.C. 3301 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking “$10,000,000” and inserting “$25,000,000”;
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
“(f) Definitions.—In this section—
“(1) the term ‘commercial product’—
“(A) has the meaning given the term ‘commercial item’ in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and
“(B) includes a commercial product or a commercial service, as those terms are defined in sections 103 and 103a, respectively, of this title; and
“(2) the term ‘innovative’ means—
“(A) any new technology, process, or method, including research and development; or
“(B) any new application of an existing technology, process, or method.”; and
(3) in subsection (g), by striking “2022” and inserting “2027”.