S.Amdt. 4398

SA 4398. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Sasse) 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:

On page 308 strike line 16 and insert the following:
complies with the requirements of this subsection.

[[Page S3442]]

``(4) This subsection does not apply to the furnishing of
athletic footwear to the members of the Army, the Navy, the
Air Force, or the Marine Corps upon their initial entry into
the armed forces, or prohibit the provision of a cash
allowance to such members for such purpose, if--
``(A) the Secretary of Defense determines that compliance
with paragraph (2) would result in a sole source contract for
procurement of athletic footwear for the purpose stated in
paragraph (1) because there would be limited qualified or
approved sources of supply for such footwear; or
``(B) the Secretary of the military department concerned
determines, with respect to members in initial entry training
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, that providing
athletic footwear as otherwise required by this subsection
would have the potential to cause unnecessary harm and risk
to the safety and wellbeing of members in initial entry
training.''.
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