“A bill to provide for the expedited procurement for experimental purposes, and for other purposes.”
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This section modifies DoD procurement authority for experimental purposes (10 U.S.C. 4023) by (1) expanding the items eligible for purchase from specified supplies (ordnance, signal, chemical activity, transportation, energy, medical, space-flight, telecommunications, and aeronautical supplies, parts, accessories, and designs) to demonstrations, prototypes, products, supplies, parts, accessories, auxiliary services, and designs for defense-related articles; (2) authorizing such purchases to be made or modified inside or outside the United States and adding "prototyping" to the purposes exempting them from full Chapter 137 procedures (i.e., when quantities exceed needs for prototyping, experimentation, technical evaluation, assessment of operational utility, safety, or residual operational capability); and (3) establishing a new subsection (c) allowing follow-on production contracts or transactions without competitive procedures or further justification if a combatant command determines in writing that the purchased item successfully completed the experiment and intends to field it.