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        <text>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 325 - 23 (Roll no. 658). (text: CR H8798)</text>
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        <text>At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6540.</text>
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        <text>Mr. Inslee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Defense Level Playing Field Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in evaluating offers to award a contract for the KC-X aerial refueling aircraft program, to consider any unfair advantage that an offeror may possess.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the congressional defense committees on any such advantage; and (2) take into account the findings of such report in awarding a contract.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Defense Level Playing Field Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in evaluating offers to award a contract for the KC-X aerial refueling aircraft program, to consider any unfair advantage that an offeror may possess.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the congressional defense committees on any such advantage; and (2) take into account the findings of such report in awarding a contract.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To require the Secretary of Defense, in awarding a contract for the KC-X Aerial Refueling Aircraft Program, to consider any unfair competitive advantage that an offeror may possess.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.</text>
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