To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.

SA 1884. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1813 submitted by Mr. Dorgan to the bill H.R. 3183, making
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to make any payment in
connection with a contract unless the contract is awarded
using competitive procedures in accordance with the
requirements of section 303 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253), section
2304 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal
Acquisition Regulation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be awarded by grant unless the process used to award
the grant uses competitive procedures to select the grantee
or award recipient.
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