S.Amdt. 1960

SA 1960. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) 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, 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 832. PREFERENCE FOR FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS FOR
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.

(a) Establishment of Preference.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement shall be revised to
establish a preference for firm fixed price contracts for
foreign military sales.
(b) Waiver Authority.--The preference established pursuant
to subsection (a) shall include a waiver that may be
exercised by the military service's acquisition executive
responsible or the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics if such official or
the Under Secretary certifies that a different contract type
is more appropriate and in the best interest of the United
States.
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