REPORT ON MARKET RESEARCH.

SEC. 882. REPORT ON MARKET RESEARCH. Not later than October 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of section 826 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 2377 note) and the amendments made by that section. The report shall address—(1) actions taken by the Department of Defense to implement the amendments made by section 826(a) of such Act to section 2377 of title 10, United States Code, with a particular focus on—(A) the guidance issued by the Department on the performance of market research;(B) the market research being performed pursuant to such guidance; and(C) the results of such guidance and market research;(2) training tools the Secretary of Defense has developed to assist contracting officials in performing market research in accordance with section 826(b) of such Act;122 STAT. 4560(3) actions the Department of Defense intends to take to further implement such section 826 and the amendments made by that section, including dissemination of best practices and corrective actions where necessary; and(4) such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.