TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF WARRANTY CLAIMS RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM.

SEC. 343. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF WARRANTY CLAIMS RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM. Section 391 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended—(1) in subsection (f), by striking “September 30, 2004” and inserting “September 30, 2006”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(g) Reporting Requirement.—Not later than February 1, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program, including—“(1) a description of the extent to which commercial firms have been used to provide the services specified in subsection (b) and the type of services procured;“(2) a description of any problems that have limited the ability of the Secretary to utilize the pilot program to procure such services; and“(3) the recommendation of the Secretary regarding whether the pilot program should be made permanent or extended beyond September 30, 2006.”.