H.R. 2570: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.

H.R. 2570: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.

Plain summary

Repeals the limit (eight) on the number of cooperative arrangements that may be entered into by Army industrial facilities with non-Army entities. Makes such authority permanent (under current law, terminates at the end of FY2014). Revises a report requirement under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to include an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of such authority and recommendations to improve the ability of each facility to compete for such contracts. Requires each military industrial facility of the military departments and defense agencies (other than facilities approved for closure or major realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990) to be designated as a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence in the recognized core competencies of the designee.

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Official text

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain cooperative arrangements with non-Army entities.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schilling, Robert T. [R-IL-17] · 3 cosponsors

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2570.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2570 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112