S.Amdt. 2648

SA 2648. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) 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 C of title I, add the following:

SEC. 129. MARINE CORPS INFANTRY AUTOMATIC RIFLE.

(a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Marine Corps for fiscal year 2019 may be used to procure the
M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle in any quantity that would
result in the Marine Corps inventory exceeding 16,842
weapons, a number that is in accordance with the Marine Corps
approved acquisition objective as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) Future Procurements.--In awarding any future contracts
for the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Program, the Commandant
of the Marine Corps shall use full and open competition to
the maximum extent practicable.
(c) Procedures Other Than Full and Open Competition.--The
Commandant of the Marine Corps may not award any future
contract for the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle Program beyond
the limitation set forth in subsection (a) using procedures
other than full and open competition until such time as the
Commandant provides the congressional defense committees with
a detailed justification for limiting full and open
competition for the procurement of the M27 Infantry Automatic
Rifle, including a description of the objectives, costs, and
timelines associated with the procurement.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Marine Corps
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
detailed report that describes and assesses the following
matters:
(1) The small arms modernization strategy across the Marine
Corps, including all planned contracting activities for
fiscal year 2019 and the future years defense program.
(2) The Infantry Automatic Rifle validated requirement and
related acquisition strategy.
(3) The efforts within the Marine Corps to conduct a full
and open competition to replace the M4 carbine.
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