S.Amdt. 2558

SA 2558. 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 823. MODIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT THROUGH COMMERCIAL E-
COMMERCE PORTALS.

(a) In General.--Section 846 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 41
U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections
(m) and (n), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
subsections:
``(j) Micro-purchase Threshold.--Notwithstanding section
2338 of title 10, United States Code, and section 1902 of
title 41, United States Code, the micro-purchase threshold
for a procurement of a product through a commercial e-
commerce portal used under the program established under
subsection (a) is $25,000.
``(k) Competitive Procedures.--Procedures established by
the Administrator for a procurement through a commercial e-
commerce portal used under the program established pursuant
to subsection (a) shall be considered use of competitive
procedures for purposes of division C of subtitle I of title
41, United States Code (as defined in section 152 of such
title).
``(l) Exceptions for Government-wide Indefinite Delivery,
Indefinite Quantity Multiple-award Contracts.--Pursuant to
subsection (a), if the Administrator issues a solicitation
for one or more contracts under the authority of sections
4103 and 4106 of title 41, United States Code (multiple award
task or delivery order contracts), or section 152(3) of such
title and section 501(b) of title 40, United States Code
(Federal Supply Schedule contracts), then--
``(1) the requirements at section 3306(c)(1)(B) and (C) of
title 41, United States Code, shall not apply; and
``(2) cost or price to the Federal Government shall be
considered in conjunction with the issuance pursuant to
section 4106(c) of title 41, United States Code, of a task or
delivery order under any contract resulting from the
solicitation.''.
(b) Definitions.--Subsection (n)(3) of such section, as
redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by
striking ``agencies.'' and inserting ``agencies, unless such
portal is designed for the purpose of accessing multiple
other e-commerce portals, including commercial portals, via a
single view for the purchase of commercial products.''.
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