Directs the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into: (1) a contract with Pearson Engineering Limited of Newcastle, the United Kingdom, for the purchase or unlimited lease of the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system (SPARK) technical data package; and (2) contracts with any domestic manufacturer with the capacity to produce such system. (SPARK systems are mounted on tactical vehicles and used to defeat mines.)
Provides that if no contract is entered into: (1) with a domestic manufacturer within 30 days after entering into the Pearson contract, the Secretary shall terminate the Pearson contract; and (2) with either Pearson or a domestic manufacturer within 30 days, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of the Navy to procure the Panama City Generation Three roller system.
Directs the Secretary of the Army to enter into such contracts utilizing the rapid acquisition authority for urgently needed systems authorized under the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to waive such contract requirements if such Secretary: (1) determines that entering into such contracts will result in unnecessary combat casualties; and (2) notifies the congressional defense and appropriations committees of such determination, including the reasons supporting such determination.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6187 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6187
To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain
contracts regarding roller systems.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2010
Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Bartlett)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain
contracts regarding roller systems.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SELF-PROTECTIVE ADAPTIVE ROLLER KIT II SYSTEM.
(a) Purchase or Lease of Technical Data Package.--Not later than 10
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in accordance
with subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of the Army shall seek to enter
into a contract with Pearson Engineering Limited of Newcastle, the
United Kingdom, for the purchase or unlimited lease of the self-
protective adaptive roller kit II system technical data package.
(b) Procurement of System.--
(1) Production.--Not later than three days after the date
on which the Secretary enters into a contract under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into contracts to
procure the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system with
any domestic manufacturer with capacity to produce such system.
(2) Termination of pearson contracts.--If no contract is
entered into under paragraph (1) by the date that is 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary enters into a contract
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall terminate--
(A) the contract entered into under subsection (a);
and
(B) any contract entered into by the Secretary with
Pearson Engineering Limited with respect to the self-
protective adaptive roller kit II system.
(c) Panama City Generation Three.--
(1) Failure to enter into technical data package
contract.--If no contract is entered into under subsection (a)
by the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of
the Navy, shall seek to enter into contracts to procure the
Panama City generation three roller system.
(2) Failure to enter into production contract.--If no
contract is entered into under subsection (b)(1) by the date
that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters
into a contract under subsection (a), the Secretary, in
coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall seek to
enter into contracts to procure the Panama City generation
three roller system.
(d) Rapid Acquisition Authority.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the Secretary shall carry out this section in
accordance with section 807 of the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10
U.S.C. 2302 note).
(2) Determination.--For purposes of section 807(c)(1) of
such Act, the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system
technical data package, the self-protective adaptive roller kit
II system, and the Panama City generation three roller system
are deemed to have been determined in writing by the Secretary
of Defense as being urgently needed to eliminate a combat
capability deficiency that has resulted in combat fatalities.
(3) Funding.--For purposes of section 807(c)(3) of such
Act--
(A) funds used to enter into a contract under this
section shall not apply to the $100,000,000 aggregate
amount; and
(B) the Secretary may use any funds available to
the Department of Defense for any fiscal year to enter
into a contract under this section.
(4) Quantity.--Section 807(f) of such Act shall not apply
to self-protective adaptive roller kit II systems or Panama
City generation three roller systems procured under this
section.
(e) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements
under this Act to seek to enter into contracts if the Secretary--
(1) determines that entering into such contracts will
result in unnecessary combat casualties; and
(2) submits to the congressional defense committees a
written notification of such determination, including the
reasons supporting such determination.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10,
United States Code.
(2) The term ``self-protective adaptive roller kit II
system technical data package'' means the technical drawings,
specifications, and other engineering data necessary for the
production of the self-protective adaptive roller kit II
system.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.
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