AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INVENTORY AND TRACKING OF PURCHASES OF SERVICES.

SEC. 812. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INVENTORY AND TRACKING OF PURCHASES OF SERVICES. (a) Increased Threshold.—Subsection (a) of section 2330a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold” and inserting “in excess of $3,000,000”. (b) Specification of Services.—Subsection (a) of such section is further amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:“, for services in the following service acquisition portfolio groups: “(1) Logistics management services. “(2) Equipment related services. “(3) Knowledge-based services. “(4) Electronics and communications services.” . (c) Inventory Summary.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) by striking “(c) Inventory.—” and inserting “(c) Inventory Summary.—”; and (2) in paragraph (1), by striking “submit to Congress an annual inventory” and all that follows through “for or on behalf” and inserting “prepare an annual inventory, and submit to Congress a summary of the inventory, of activities performed during the preceding fiscal year pursuant to staff augmentation contracts on behalf”. (d) Elimination of Certain Requirements.—Such section is further amended— (1) by striking subsections (d), (g), and (h); and (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (i), and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (g), and (h), respectively. (e) Specification of Services to Be Reviewed.—Subsection (d), as so redesignated, of such section, is amended in paragraph (1) by inserting after“responsible” the following: “, with particular focus and attention on the following categories of high-risk product service codes (also referred to as Federal supply codes): “(A) Special studies or analysis that is not research and development. “(B) Information technology and telecommunications. “(C) Support, including professional, administrative, and management.” . (f) Comptroller General Report.—Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (e), as so redesignated, the following new subsection (f): “(f) Comptroller General Report. Not later than March 31, 2018, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the data collection required in subsection (a) and an assessment of the efforts by the Department of Defense to implement subsection (e).” . (g) Definitions.—Subsection (h), as so redesignated, of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(6) The term ‘service acquisition portfolio groups’ means the groups identified in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.74, Defense Acquisition of Services (January 5, 2016) or successor guidance. “(7) The term ‘staff augmentation contracts’ means services contracts for personnel who are physically present in a Government work space on a full-time or permanent part-time basis, for the purpose of advising on, providing support to, or assisting a Government agency in the performance of the agency’s missions, including authorized personal services contracts (as that term is defined in section 2330a(g)(5) of this title).” .