; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (7) the Department of Defense would not realize any additional innovation or future technological advantage by using a different methodology; and (8) the items procured are predominantly expendable in nature, non-technical, or a short life expectancy or short shelf life. . (b) Reporting requirement Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking contract exceeding $10,000,000 and inserting contract exceeding $5,000,000 . 826. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototype and rapid fielding (a) Elimination of cost-sharing requirement Section 804(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraph (C); and (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively. (b) Use of simplified procedures Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement shall be amended to provide for special simplified procedures for purchases of property and services under the rapid prototyping and rapid fielding programs established under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 827. Elimination of cost underruns as factor in calculation of penalties for cost overruns (a) In general Section 828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking fiscal year 2015 and inserting fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking or underrun ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking or underruns ; (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking and cost underruns ; and (ii) by striking or underruns ; and (D) in paragraph (4), by striking , except that the cost overrun penalty may not be a negative amount