S.Amdt. 2323

SA 2323. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 829. MODIFICATION OF JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL
REQUIREMENT FOR SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS.

(a) In General.--Section 811(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 41
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000'' and
inserting ``$100,000,000''.
(b) Comptroller General Review.--
(1) Data tracking and collection.--The head of an agency
shall track the use of the authority under such section
811(a), as modified by subsection (a), and make the data
available to the Comptroller General for purposes of the
report required under paragraph (2).
(2) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on the use of the authority
under such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a),
through the end of fiscal year 2026. The report shall
include--
(A) a review of the financial effect of the authority under
such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a), on the
native corporations and businesses and associated native
communities;
(B) a description of the nature and extent of contracts
excluded from the justification and approval requirement of
such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a); and
(C) any other matter the Comptroller General deems
appropriate.
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