S.Amdt. 4617

SA 4617. 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) 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; and
(2) the Secretary shall begin collecting data, including
data relating to the performance measures established under
paragraph (1), on 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 in order to determine the effectiveness of these
contract vehicles and impact on the small business industrial
base.
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