LIMITATION PERIOD FOR TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS.

SEC. 811. LIMITATION PERIOD FOR TASK AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS. (a) Limitation Period.—Section 2306c of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) Limitation Period for Task and Delivery Order Contracts.—(1) The authority and restrictions of this section, including the authority to enter into contracts for periods of not more than five years, shall apply with respect to task order and delivery order contracts entered into under the authority of section 2304a, 2304b, or 2304c of this title. “(2) The regulations implementing this subsection shall establish a preference that, to the maximum extent practicable, multiyear requirements for task order and delivery order contracts be met with separate awards to two or more sources under the authority of section 2304a(d)(l)(B) of this title.“. (b) Effective Date.—Subsection (g) of section 2306c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to all task order and delivery order contracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Comptroller General Report.—Not later than March 15, 2003, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the contract periods (including any options or extensions) for all single and multiple contract awards entered into under section 2304a(d) of 116 STAT. 2609title 10, United States Code, before the effective date in subsection (b).