S.Amdt. 278

SA 278. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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:

At the end of subtitle J of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 899D. INCLUSION OF SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS IN TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.

Section 2418(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``issued under'' and inserting the
following: ``issued--
``(1) under'';
(2) by striking ``and on'' and inserting ``, and on'';
(3) by striking ``requirements.'' and inserting
``requirements; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638), and on compliance with those requirements.''.
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