S.Amdt. 3246

SA 3246. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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, insert the
following:

SEC. 839A. ENHANCED COMPETITION FOR DEFENSE CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS.

To promote competition and expand access to qualified
contractors, the Secretary of Defense shall amend the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to remove any
solicitation or contract requirement that, as a condition of
eligibility for a defense construction contract, mandates a
contractor maintain--
(1) a physical office;
(2) a bona fide place of business; or
(3) any other geographic presence within a specified area
of the United States.
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