S.Amdt. 2263

SA 2263. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Boozman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:

SEC. 126. PROHIBITION ON USE OF NONCOMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON CONTRACTS.

(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Weapon may be used to enter into or modify a contract using procedures other than competitive procedures (as that term is defined in section 2302(2) of title 10, United States Code).

(b) National Security Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the applicability of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.