S.Amdt. 6591

SA 6591. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2027 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. _____. AGREEMENT OR AWARD FALLING UNDER THE CONVENTION.

(a) In General.--Section 202 of title 9, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by adding ``as modified by section 1 of this title,''
after ``title,''; and
(2) by adding after the period at the end of the third
sentence the following: ``The entirety of section 1 of this
title, including all of the exemptions listed in section 1,
shall apply to this chapter as if specifically set forth
herein.''.
(b) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress that
the definition of commercial in section 202 of title 9,
United States Code, be limited by limiting the relationships
described in section 2 of that title to those as modified by
section 1 of that title, and incorporating the entirety of
such section 1, including all of the exemptions in that
section, into section 202 of that title.
(c) Retroactive Effect.--This section shall apply to any
action or proceeding that is pending on the date of enactment
of this Act and any action or proceeding initiated on or
after such date of enactment.
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