S.Amdt. 2950

SA 2950. Mr. REED 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 end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 891. REVISION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR
CERTAIN PURCHASES.

Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232;
41 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) prohibit the Secretary of Defense from procuring with
an entity to provide vital supplies, equipment, services,
food, clothing, transportation, care, or support for U.S.
forces outside of the United States.''; and
(2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(3) Secretary of defense.--The Secretary of Defense may
provide a waiver with respect to the prohibition under
subsection (a)(1)(B) on a date later than the effective dates
described in subsection (c) if the Secretary determines the
waiver is in the national security interests of the United
States. The waiver shall not take effect until 15 days after
the Secretary provides to the appropriate congressional
defense committees written notification of intent to exercise
the waiver.''.
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