MODIFICATIONS TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS.

SEC. 3124. MODIFICATIONS TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS. (a) Analyses of Bid Protests.—Subsection (a) of section 3121 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 2175) is amended to read as follows: “(a) Reports Required. The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report described in subsection (b) by not later than 30 days after the later of— “(1) the date on which the Administrator awards a contract to manage and operate a facility of the National Nuclear Security Administration; or “(2) the date on which a protest concerning an alleged violation of a procurement statute or regulation brought under subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, with respect to such a contract is resolved.” . (b) Reporting on Expected Cost Savings.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by inserting “, including a description of the assumptions used and analysis conducted to determine such expected cost savings” before the semicolon. (c) Review by Comptroller General of the United States.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(c) Review by Comptroller General of the United States. “(1) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a review of each report required by subsection (a) or (d)(2) not later than 180 days after the report is submitted to such committees. “(2) Exception. The Comptroller General may not conduct a review under paragraph (1) of a report relating to a contract to manage and operate a facility of the National Nuclear Security Administration while a protest described in subsection (a)(2) is pending with respect to that contract.” . (d) Exception for Naval Reactors.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) Naval reactors. The requirement for reports under subsections (a) and (d)(2) shall not apply with respect to a management and operations contract for a Naval Reactor facility.” .