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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 767 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Biomedical Ad- |
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| 6 | 6 | | vanced Research and Development Authority to award follow-on produc- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tion contracts or transactions, procure supplies for experimental or test |
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| 8 | 8 | | purposes, and acquire innovative commercial products and commercial |
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| 9 | 9 | | services, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. G |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARCIAof California introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Author- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ity to award follow-on production contracts or trans- |
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| 19 | 19 | | actions, procure supplies for experimental or test pur- |
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| 20 | 20 | | poses, and acquire innovative commercial products and |
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| 21 | 21 | | commercial services, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fast-Track Logistics 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for Acquiring Supplies in a Hurry Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ‘‘FLASH Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO AWARD FOLLOW-ON PRODUCTION 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS, PROCURE 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SUPPLIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL OR TEST PUR-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | POSES, AND ACQUIRE INNOVATIVE COMMER-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | CIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERV-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ICES. 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 319L of the Public Health Service Act (42 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | U.S.C. 247d–7e) is amended— 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) in subsection (a)(6)(B), by amending clause 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (ii) to read as follows: 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(ii) design and development of— 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(I) tests and prototypes, includ-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ing obtaining sufficient quantities for 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | evaluation of such tests and proto-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | types; and 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(II) models, including animal 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | models, for such testing and proto-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | types;’’; and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) in subsection (c)(5)— 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (i) by redesignating clause (iv) as 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | clause (v); and 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (ii) by inserting after clause (iii) the 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | following new clause: 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(iv) F |
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| 56 | 56 | | OLLOW-ON PRODUCTION CON -25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | TRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS .— 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A transaction 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | entered into under this subparagraph 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | for the design or development of a 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | prototype may provide for the award 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of a follow-on production contract or 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | transaction to the participants in the 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | transaction. 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(II) P |
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| 69 | 69 | | ROTOTYPE SUB -8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | PROJECTS.—A transaction entered 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | into under this subparagraph includes 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | all prototype subprojects awarded 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | under the transaction to carry out au-12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | thorities under this section. 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(III) E |
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| 76 | 76 | | XCEPTION TO COMPETI -14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | TIVE PROCEDURES.—Notwithstanding 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | clause (ii), a follow-on production con-16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tract or transaction provided for in a 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | transaction under this clause may be 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | awarded to the participants in the 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | transaction without the use of com-20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | petitive procedures, even if explicit no-21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tification was not listed within the re-22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | quest for proposal for the transaction, 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | if competitive procedures were used 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | for the selection of parties for partici-1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | pation in the initial transaction.’’; and 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (B) by adding at the end the following new 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | subparagraphs: 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(I) P |
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| 95 | 95 | | ROCUREMENT FOR EXPERIMENTAL 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | OR TEST PURPOSES.— 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 98 | 98 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | may purchase medical countermeasures, 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | products, and supplies, chemical materials 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and reagents, manufacturing supplies, pro-10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | tective equipment, and such other supplies, 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | including parts and accessories, and de-12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | signs thereof, as the Secretary determines 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | necessary for experimental or test purposes 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | in the development of supplies that are 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | necessary for national public health and 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | health security. 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 110 | 110 | | ROCEDURES.—Notwithstanding 18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | make purchases under this subparagraph 20 |
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| 113 | 113 | | by contract, or by entering into a trans-21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | action other than a contract, using non-22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | competitive procedures. 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(J) A |
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| 117 | 117 | | CQUISITION OF INNOVATIVE COM -24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | MERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERV -25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | TIVE PROCEDURES.— 2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 125 | 125 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | acquire innovative commercial products 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | and commercial services through a com-6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | petitive selection of proposals resulting 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | from a general solicitation and the peer re-8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | view of such proposals. 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(ii) T |
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| 133 | 133 | | REATMENT AS COMPETITIVE 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | PROCEDURES.—Use of general solicitation 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | competitive procedures under clause (i) 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | shall be considered to be use of competitive 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | procedures for purposes of chapter 33 of 14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | title 41, United States Code. 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(iii) L |
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| 140 | 140 | | IMITATIONS.— 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(I) T |
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| 142 | 142 | | RANSACTIONS IN EXCESS 17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | OF $100,000,000.—The Secretary may 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | not enter into a contract or agreement 19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | in excess of $100,000,000 using the 20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | authority under clause (i), unless the 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Secretary makes a written determina-22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | tion of the efficacy of the effort to 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | meet mission needs of the Department 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | of Health and Human Services. 25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(II) FIXED-PRICE.—Contracts 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | or agreements entered into using the 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | authority under clause (i) shall be 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | fixed-price, including fixed-price in-4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | centive contracts. 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(iv) C |
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| 160 | 160 | | ONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | REQUIRED.— 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(I) S |
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| 163 | 163 | | UBMISSION.—Not later 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | than 45 days after the award of a 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | contract for an amount exceeding 10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | $100,000,000 using the authority 11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | under clause (i), the Secretary shall 12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | provide notification of such award to 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the Committee on Energy and Com-14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | merce and the Committee on Appro-15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | priations of the House of Representa-16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | tives, and the Committee on Health, 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | Education, Labor, and Pensions and 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | the Committee on Appropriations of 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the Senate. 20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(II) C |
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| 177 | 177 | | ONTENTS.—Notification 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | of an award under subclause (I) shall 22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | include the following: 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(aa) Description of the in-1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | novative commercial product or 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | commercial service acquired. 3 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(bb) Description of the re-4 |
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| 187 | 187 | | quirement, capability gap, or po-5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | tential technological advancement 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | with respect to which the innova-7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | tive commercial product or com-8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | mercial service acquired provides 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | a solution or a potential new ca-10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | pability. 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(cc) Amount of the con-12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | tract awarded. 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(dd) Identification of the 14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | contractor awarded the contract. 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(v) I |
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| 199 | 199 | | NNOVATIVE DEFINED .—In this 16 |
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| 200 | 200 | | subparagraph, the term ‘innovative’, with 17 |
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| 201 | 201 | | respect to a commercial product or com-18 |
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| 202 | 202 | | mercial service, means— 19 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(I) any technology, process, or 20 |
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| 204 | 204 | | method, including research and devel-21 |
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| 205 | 205 | | opment, that is new as of the date of 22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | submission of a proposal; or 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(II) with respect to a tech-24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | nology, process, or method, including 25 |
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| 213 | 213 | | of the date of submission of a pro-2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | posal, any application of such tech-3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | nology, process, or method that is new 4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | to the Federal Government as of such 5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | date.’’. 6 |
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