for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report on the implementation of the pilot program established under subsection (a), including a comprehensive list of contractors and the contracts that received the increased progress payments. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Standard progress payment rate The term standard progress payment rate refers to the rate of progress payments provided for under section 3804 of title 10, United States Code, and payable in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. (2) Large business concerns The term large business concerns means a business concern that exceeds the small business size code standards established by the Small Business Administration as set forth in part 121 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations. (e) Sunset The authority to carry out the pilot program established under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 1, 2026. 818. Extension of pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes Section 890 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ), as most recently amended by section 818 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, is further amended in subsection (c) by striking January 2, 2024 and inserting January 2, 2028 . 819. Preventing conflicts of interest for Department of Defense consultants (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation— (1) to require any entity that provides the services described in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 5416, prior to entering into the Department of Defense contract, to certify that— (A) neither the entity nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates hold a contract with one or more covered foreign