EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPE UNITS.

SEC. 811. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPE UNITS. Section 819 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2409; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “advanced component development or prototype of technology” and inserting “advanced component development, prototype, or initial production of technology”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “prototype items” and inserting “items”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): “(4) Applicability.—The authority provided in subsection (a) applies only to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force.” ; and (C) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking “September 30, 2014” and inserting “September 30, 2019”.