of inflation and escalation indices. Sec. 817. Pilot program to incentivize progress payments. Sec. 818. Extension of pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes. Sec. 819. Preventing conflicts of interest for Department of Defense consultants. Sec. 820. Prohibition on requiring defense contractors to provide information relating to greenhouse gas emissions. Sec. 821. Prohibition on contracts for the provision of online tutoring services by entities owned by the People's Republic of China. Sec. 822. Modification of truthful cost or pricing data submissions and report. Sec. 823. Repeal of bonafide office rule for 8(a) contracts with the Department of Defense. Subtitle C—Industrial base matters Sec. 831. Defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program. Sec. 832. Department of Defense notification of certain transactions. Sec. 833. Analyses of certain activities for action to address sourcing and industrial capacity. Sec. 834. Pilot program on capital assistance to support defense investment in the industrial base. Sec. 835. Requirement to buy certain satellite components from national technology and industrial base. Sec. 836. Sense of Congress relating to rubber supply. Subtitle D—Small business matters Sec. 841. Amendments to Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation Program. Sec. 842. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program. Sec. 843. Consideration of the past performance of affiliate companies of small businesses. Sec. 844. Timely payments for Department of Defense small business subcontractors. Sec. 845. Extension of Pilot Program for streamlined technology transition from the SBIR and STTR Programs of the Department of Defense. Sec. 846. Annual reports regarding the SBIR program of the Department of Defense. Sec. 847. Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Sec. 848. Extension of pilot program to incentivize contracting with employee-owned businesses. Sec. 849. Eliminating self-certification for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.