PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1183 "(C) the number of units provided for in the follow-on production contract does not exceed the number of units specified in the transaction for such a follow-on production contract; and "(D) the prices established in the follow-on production contract do not exceed the target prices specified in the transaction for such a follow-on production contract.". SEC. 823. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROGRAM APPLYING SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES TO CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divisions D and E of Public Law 104^106; 110 Stat. 652; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended in subsection (e) by striking "January 1, 2002" and inserting "January 1, 2003". SEC. 824. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE QUALIFICATIONS. (a) QUALIFICATIONS. —Section 1724 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting the following: "(a) CONTRACTING OFFICERS.— The Secretary of Defense shall require that, in order to qualify to serve in an acquisition position as a contracting officer with authority to award or administer contracts for amounts above the simplified acquisition threshold referred to in section 2304(g) of this title, an employee of the Department of Defense or member of the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) must, except as provided in subsections (c) and (d)-"; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking "mandatory"; and (ii) by striking "at the grade level" and all that follows and inserting "(A) in the case of an employee, serving in the position within the grade of the General Schedule in which the employee is serving, and (B) in the case of a member of the armed forces, in the member's grade;"; and (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting a comma after "business"; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection: "(b) GS-1102 SERIES POSITIONS AND SIMILAR MILITARY POSI- TIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that in order to qualify to serve in a position in the Department of Defense that is in the GS-1102 occupational series an employee or potential employee of the Department of Defense meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection (a). The Secretary may not require that in order to serve in such a position an employee or potential employee meet any of the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall require that in order for a member of the armed forces to be selected for an occupational specialty within the armed forces that (as determined by the Secretary) is similar to the GS-1102 occupational series a member of the armed forces meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (3) of subsection (a). The Secretary may not require that in order to be selected for such an occupational specialty a member meet
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