EXCEPTION TO COMPETITION REQUIREMENT FOR DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKLOADS PERFORMED BY DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 333. EXCEPTION TO COMPETITION REQUIREMENT FOR DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKLOADS PERFORMED BY DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES. Section 2469 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (b), by striking “Subsection” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection (c), subsection”;(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):“(c) Exception for Public-Private Partnerships.—The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived in the case of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload that is performed at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence designated under 117 STAT. 1443 subsection (a) of section 2474 of this title by a public-private partnership entered into under subsection (b) of such section consisting of a depot-level activity and a private entity.”.