Ill STAT. 1842 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 Appeals under section 7 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 or an action in a court of the United States, 180 days after the date on which the judgment becomes final and not appealable. "(2) While available under this section, an amount may be obligated or expended only for a purpose described in subsection (a). "(3) Upon the expiration of the period of availability of an amount under paragraph (1), the amount shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. "(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— Each year, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to Congress a report on the amounts, if any, that are available for obligation pursuant to this section. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following: "(1) The total amount available for obligation. "(2) The total amount collected from contractors during the year preceding the year in which the report is submitted. "(3) The total amount disbursed in such preceding year and a description of the purpose for each disbursement. "(4) The total amount returned to the Treasury in such preceding year.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2410m. Retention of amounts collected from contractor during the pendency of contract dispute.". SEC. 832. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM DISCLO- SURE. Section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM DISCLOSURE.— (1) Disclosure of information described in paragraph (2) is not required, and may not be compelled, under section 552 of title 5 for five years after the date on which the information is received by the Department of Defense. "(2)(A) Paragraph (1) applies to information described in subparagraph (B) that is in the records of the Department of Defense if the information was submitted to the Department in a competitive or noncompetitive process having the potential for resulting in an award, to the party submitting the information, of a cooperative agreement that includes a clause described in subsection (d) or another transaction authorized by subsection (a). "(B) The information referred to in subparagraph (A) is the following: "(i) A proposal, proposal abstract, and supporting documents. "(ii) A business plan submitted on a confidential basis, "(iii) Technical information submitted on a confidential basis. ". SEC. 833. UNIT COST REPORTS. (a) IMMEDIATE REPORT REQUIRED ONLY FOR PREVIOUSLY UNRE- PORTED INCREASED COSTS.— Subsection (c) of section 2433 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "during the current fiscal year (other than the last quarterly unit cost report
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