Amendment to other transaction authority

(a) In general Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking agency that and all that follows through the use and inserting agency that the use; (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in clause (i), by striking writing that and all that follows through the use and inserting writing that the use; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (C) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by striking subsection (f) each place it appears and inserting subsection (e); (ii) in clause (i)(I), by striking the requirements of subsection (d) and all that follows through and the and inserting the; and (iii) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) may not be exercised for contracts exceeding the production of 500 units of a manufactured or developed product. Contracts exceeding this production threshold may not be categorized as a “prototype” or contracted as such.; (2) by striking subsection (d); (3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and (4) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking subsection (f) and inserting subsection (e). (b) Conforming amendments (1) National Security Act of 1947 Section 102A(n)(6)(C) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(n)(6)(C)) is amended— (A) by repealing clauses (v) and (vi); and (B) in clause (vii)— (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 4022(f)(2) and inserting 4022(e)(2); and (ii) in subclause (V)(cc), by striking 4022(f)(5) and inserting 4022(e)(5). (2) Homeland Security Act of 2002 Section 831(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391(d)) is amended by striking 4022(e) and inserting 4022(d). (3) John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Section 873(c)(1) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4021 note) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking subsection (f) and inserting subsection (e); and (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking or (f) and inserting or (e). (4) James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Section 322(h)(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 2911 note) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting subsection (e).