S.Amdt. 647

SA 647. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Hirono)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. __. REPEAL OF BONAFIDE OFFICE RULE FOR 8(A) CONTRACTS
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Section 8(a)(11) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(a)(11)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``To the maximum''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to a
contract entered into under this subsection with the
Department of Defense.''.
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