S.Amdt. 4259

SA 4259. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 H of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 899C. STRATEGIC SOURCING IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Department'' means the Department of
Defense;
(2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense;
and
(3) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning
given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632).
(b) Findings and Purposes.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(A) Congress supports efforts by agencies to achieve
efficiencies in the procurement of goods and services.
(B) The Government Accountability Office has reported that
efficiencies and savings

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may be possible through the use of strategic sourcing, which
is a process that moves an organization away from numerous
individual procurements toward a broader, more aggregate
approach.
(C) At the same time, Congress is concerned that strategic
sourcing could have a negative impact on some small business
concerns.
(D) The Department has taken steps to consider this
potential impact, but the Government Accountability Office
has found that more could be done.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to require the
Department implement strategic sourcing in a manner
consistent with the recommendations of Government
Accountability Office, which are intended to maximize the
benefits derived through strategic sourcing while minimizing
any undue negative impacts on small business concerns.
(c) Improving the Use of Strategic Sourcing.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act--
(1) the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall
establish performance measures for the inclusion of small
business concerns in Department-wide strategic sourcing
initiatives, including efforts being conducted through the
Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative and the Category
Management Initiative;
(2) the Secretary shall submit to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services
of the House of Representatives baseline data on, and
performance measures for, the participation of small business
concerns in strategic sourcing initiatives established by the
Department, which shall include participation as
subcontractors to the extent feasible and that data is
available; and
(3) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall
begin monitoring the inclusion of small business concerns in
strategic sourcing initiatives by the Department, including
evaluating whether the Department is meeting the performance
measures described in paragraph (2).
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