Relating to contracting in the procurement of certain supplies and services.

SA 1468. Mr. THOMAS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, add the following SEC. 807. CONTRACTING FOR PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Section 2462(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “from a source” and all that follows through the end and inserting “in compliance with applicable provisions of section 2304 of this title.”.

(b) Modification of Limitation on Conversion to Contractor Performance.--Section 8014(a)(3) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public law 108-287; 118 State. 972) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, payment that could be used in lieu of such a plan, health savings account, or medical savings account” after “health insurance plan”; and

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “that requires” and all that follows through the end and inserting “that does not comply with the requirements of any Federal law governing the provision of health care benefits by Government contractors that would be applicable if the contractor performed the activity or function under the contract.”.