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Amendments to the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program

Division A · Title XVIII: Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base · Subtitle D: Small Business Matters

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The section changes the program to provide confidential procurement technical assistance instead of general assistance. It also raises the funding limits for certain grants and allows the Secretary to waive or adjust these limits if needed, with notification to Congress.

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(a) Purposes

Section 4952(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ( Public Law 119–60 ), is amended by striking furnishing procurement technical assistance and inserting furnishing confidential procurement technical assistance .

(b) Increased funding limits

Section 4955 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ( Public Law 119–60 ), is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking $1,500,000 and inserting $2,000,000 ;

(B)

in paragraph (2), by striking $750,000 and inserting $1,000,000 ; and

(C)

in paragraph (4), by striking 1,500,000 and inserting $2,000,000 ; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(f) Waiver

The Secretary may waive or modify the dollar amounts in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary—

(1)

determines that it would be in the best interest of the program; and

(2)

provides the congressional defense committees notice of such modification or waiver not later than 30 days after making such modification or issuing such waiver.