S.Amdt. 2557

SA 2557. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe
(for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 G of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 873. REPORTING ON PROJECTS PERFORMED THROUGH
TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS, AND GRANTS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than December 31, 2018, and
each December 31 thereafter through December 31, 2021, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report covering the preceding fiscal
year on projects described in subsection (b).
(b) Contents.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) for each project performed through a transaction (other
than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) entered
into pursuant to section 2371 or 2371b of title 10, United
States Code, for which payments made by the Department of
Defense exceeded $5,000,000 for such transaction--
(A) an identification of the element of the Department of
Defense and the person or entity outside of the Department of
Defense entering into such transaction;
(B) the date of entry into such transaction;
(C) the amount of the payments made by the Department of
Defense for such transaction;
(D) the goals and status of each project carried out under
such transaction; and
(E) the start date and anticipated end date of each project
carried out under such transaction; and
(2) a description of the mechanisms, including any
policies, guidance, and reporting requirements, established
by the Secretary of Defense to regulate the use of authority
relating to a transaction (other than contracts, cooperative
agreements, and grants) entered into pursuant to section 2371
or 2371b of title 10, United States Code.
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