RESTRICTIONS ON ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE COST OR PRICING DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION.

SEC. 1203. RESTRICTIONS ON ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE COST OR PRICING DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION. Subsection (c) of section 2306a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(c) Restrictions on Additional Authority to Require Cost or Pricing Data or Other Information.— “(1) Authority to require cost or pricing data on below-threshold contracts.— (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), when cost or pricing data are not required to be submitted by subsection (a) for a contract, subcontract, or modification 108 STAT. 3275of a contract or subcontract, such data may nevertheless be required to be submitted by the head of the procuring activity, but only if the head of the procuring activity determines that such data are necessary for the evaluation by the agency of the reasonableness of the price of the contract, subcontract, or modification of a contract or subcontract. In any case in which the head of the procuring activity requires such data to be submitted under this subsection, the head of the procuring activity shall justify in writing the reason for such requirement. “(B) The head of the procuring activity may not require certified cost or pricing data to be submitted under this paragraph for any contract or subcontract, or modification of a contract or subcontract, covered by the exceptions in subsection (b)(1)(A). “(C) The head of a procuring activity may not delegate functions under this paragraph. “(2) Authority to require information other than certified cost or pricing data.— When certified cost or pricing data are not required to be submitted under this section for a contract, subcontract, or modification of a contract or subcontract, the head of the procuring activity may require submission of data other than certified cost or pricing data to the extent necessary to determine the reasonableness of the price of the contract, subcontract, or modification of the contract or subcontract.”.