S.Amdt. 1489

SA 1489. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Moran, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 832. MODIFICATIONS TO THE JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS FOR CERTAIN SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

(a) Repeal of Simplified Justification and Approval
Process.--Section 811 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2405)
is repealed.
(b) Requirements for Justification and Approval Process.--
(1) Defense procurements.--Section 2304(f)(2)(D)(ii) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``if
such procurement is for property or services in an amount
less than $20,000,000'' before the semicolon at the end.
(2) Civilian procurements.--Section 3304(e)(4) of title 41,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or section 8(a) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)).'' and inserting
``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(E) the procurement is for property or services in an
amount less than $20,000,000 and is conducted under section
8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)).''.
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