S.Amdt. 829

SA 829. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Baldwin) 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. __. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PROVIDING FOR DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING PERSONNEL CONSULTATION
WITH MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP WHEN
CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH ON PROCUREMENTS.

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce
shall develop a memorandum of understanding allowing
Department of Defense contracting personnel to consult with
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership when conducting
market research on procurements that are subject to
requirements under chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the ``Buy American Act'').
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