S.Amdt. 564

SA 564. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

On page 447, strike lines 16 through 18 and insert the
following:
(4) Expediting security clearances for certain small
business employees.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall
submit to Congress a plan for a process to expedite the
approval of security clearances for employees of small
business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) participating in the SBIR or
STTR program (as defined in section 9(e) of such Act (15
U.S.C. 638(e)).
(5) Termination.--No briefing or report is required
pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) after December 31, 2020.
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