S.Amdt. 1535

SA 1535. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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:

On page 213, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

SEC. 807. 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 Stat. 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 of the subparagraph 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.”.