RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS.

SEC. 803. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS. (a) Reporting Requirement.— (1) Section 2352 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 105 STAT. 1415 “§ 2352. Contracts: notice to Congress required for contracts performed over period exceeding 10 years “(a) Requirement.—The Secretary of a military department shall submit to Congress a notice described in subsection (b) with respect to a contract of that military department for services for research or development in any case in which— “(1) the contract is awarded or modified, and the contract is expected, at the time of the award or as a result of the modification (as the case may be), to be performed over a period exceeding 10 years from the date of initial award of the contract; or “(2) the performance of the contract continues for a period exceeding 10 years, and no notice of the type described in subsection (b) has otherwise been provided to Congress. “(b) Notice.— The notice required under subsection (a) is a notice— (1) identifying the contract; (2) stating the date on which initial award of the contract occurred; and (3) stating the period of time over which performance of the contract is expected to occur. “(c) Time of Submission of Notice.—The notice required under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 30 days after— “(1) ) the date of award or modification of the contract, in the case of a contract described in subsection (a)(1); and “(2) the date on which performance of the contract exceeds 10 years, in the case of a contract described in subsection (a)(2).”. (2) The item relating to section 2352 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2352. Contracts: notice to Congress required for contracts performed over period exceeding 10 years.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of October 31, 1991.