To require a report on the portion of the Department of Defense's advertising budget that is spent on advertising and public relations contracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.

SA 3903. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report estimating
the portion of the Department of Defense's advertising budget
that is spent on advertising and public relations contracts
with socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses
and women, low-income, veteran (as that term is defined in
section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)),
and minority entrepreneurs and business owners at the prime
and subcontracting levels.
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