S.Amdt. 1961

SA 1961. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Tillis) 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROCUREMENTS
INVOLVING SMALL PURCHASES.

Subsection (f) of section 604b of the American Recovery and
Investment Act of 2009 (6 U.S.C. 453b) is amended to read as
follows:
``(f) Exception for Certain Purchases.--Subsection (a) does
not apply to purchases for amounts not greater than
$150,000.''.
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