SUBCONTRACTING PRICE AND APPROVED PURCHASING SYSTEMS.

SEC. 824. SUBCONTRACTING PRICE AND APPROVED PURCHASING SYSTEMS. (a) Amendment.—Section 893 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) The term ‘approved purchasing system’ has the meaning given the term in section 44.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or any similar regulation).” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i) Consent to Subcontract.—If the contractor on a Department of Defense contract requiring a contracting officer’s written consent prior to the contractor entering into a subcontract has an approved purchasing system, the contracting officer may not withhold such consent without the written approval of the program manager.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 2302 note] Conforming Regulations.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to conform with the amendments to section 893 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) made by this section.