S.Amdt. 4647

SA 4647. Mr. SHELBY 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:

Strike sections 1036 and 1037 and insert the following:

SEC. 1036. COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND PHASE OUT OF ROCKET
ENGINES FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE
EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM FOR
SPACE LAUNCH OF NATIONAL SECURITY SATELLITES.

(a) In General.--Any competition for a contract for the
provision of launch services for the evolved expendable
launch vehicle program shall be open for award to all
certified providers of evolved expendable launch vehicle-
class systems.
(b) Award of Contracts.--In awarding a contract under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense--
(1) subject to paragraph (2), shall award the contract to
the provider of launch services that offers the best value to
the Federal Government; and
(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, may, during
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act
and ending on December 31, 2022, award the contract to a
provider of launch services that intends to use any certified
launch vehicle in its inventory without regard to the country
of origin of the rocket engine that will be used on that
launch vehicle, in order to ensure robust competition and
continued assured access to space.
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