S.Amdt. 1074

SA 1074. Mr. FRANKEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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:

In section 812, beginning in the new section 2339a of title
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1) of such
section 812, strike ``$250,000''and all that follows through
the end of subsection (b) of such section 812 and insert the
following: ``$250,000. This section shall not apply for
purposes of determining the value of the simplified
acquisition threshold referred to in subsection 2533a(h) or
subsection 2533b(f) of this title.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

``2339a. Simplified acquisition threshold.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 134
of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking ``In
division B'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section
2339a of title 10, in division B''.
(2) Section 2533a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``referred to in section 2304(g) of this
title'' and

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inserting ``specified in section 134 of title 41, United
States Code''.
(3) Section 2533b(f) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``referred to in section 2304(g) of this
title'' and inserting ``specified in section 134 of title 41,
United States Code''.
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