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DoD has merged RIN 0750-AK83 with RIN 0750-AL24 because both RINs address modular open systems approaches. DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of section 809 of the NDAA for FY 2017. Section 804 addresses the use of modular system interfaces in acquisition strategies for major defense acquisition programs and replaces the term "major system interfaces" with "modular system interfaces" as it pertains to such programs. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of section 809 address the restriction, by contractors and subcontractors, of DoD’s rights relating to items or processes developed exclusively at private expense, and the negotiation of rights relating to items or processes developed with a mix of Government and private funding. DoD has separated the part of this rule that addresses the time period during which DoD may challenge a contractor's proprietary data restrictions (section 815(b) of the NDAA for FY 2012) into RIN 0750-AL67.