To provide requirements regarding the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to enter into certain contracts.

SA 2288. Mr. KOHL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2248
submitted by Mr. Coburn to the amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl
(for himself and Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

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In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:
Sec. 7__.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to enter
into any Federal contract unless the contract is--
(1) entered into in accordance with the requirements of
section 303 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) or chapter 137 of title
10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition
Regulation described in section 6(a) of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(a)); or
(2) otherwise authorized by law to be entered into without
regard to the laws cited in paragraph (1).
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