S.Amdt. 2142

SA 2142. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 VIII, insert the following:

SEC. 8____. MODIFICATION OF EVALUATION FACTORS FOR DEFENSE
CONTRACTS TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF COST-
SAVING POTENTIAL.

Section 3206(c) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``Federal Government''
and inserting ``Federal Government, including the potential
for the product to provide future cost savings, enable
reduced maintenance, or permit more effective use of
personnel,''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``Restriction on implementing regulations''
and inserting ``Restrictions on implementation'';
(B) by striking ``The regulations'' and inserting ``(A) The
regulations''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) In implementing paragraph (1)(B), the head of an
agency may not condition or evaluate cost savings based on an
assertion of government purpose rights.''.
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