S.Amdt. 445

SA 445. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, and Mrs. Capito)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MAXIMUM AWARD PRICE FOR SOLE SOURCE MANUFACTURING
CONTRACTS.

The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 637)--
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(D)(i)(II), by striking
``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``$7,000,000''; and
(B) in subsection (m)--
(i) in paragraph (7)(B)(i), by striking ``$6,500,000'' and
inserting ``$7,000,000''; and
(ii) in paragraph (8)(B)(i), by striking ``$6,500,000'' and
inserting ``$7,000,000'';
(2) in section 31(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) (15 U.S.C.
657a(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)), by striking ``$5,000,000'' and
inserting ``$7,000,000''; and
(3) in section 36(a)(2)(A) (15 U.S.C. 657f(a)(2)(A)), by
striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``$7,000,000''.
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