[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 608 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 608

   To require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to 
 conduct an audit of purchases of military clothing and related items 
during fiscal year 1998 by certain military installations of the Army, 
                   Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1999

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to 
 conduct an audit of purchases of military clothing and related items 
during fiscal year 1998 by certain military installations of the Army, 
                   Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUDIT OF PROCUREMENT OF MILITARY CLOTHING AND CLOTHING-
              RELATED ITEMS BY CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Audit Requirement.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense shall perform an audit of purchases of military clothing and 
clothing-related items in excess of the micro-purchase threshold during 
fiscal year 1998 by certain military installations to determine the 
extent to which such installations procured military clothing and 
clothing-related items in violation of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
10a et seq.) and section 9005 of Public Law 102-396 (10 U.S.C. 2241 
note) during that fiscal year.
    (b) Installations To Be Audited.--The audit under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall include an audit of the procurement of military 
        clothing and clothing-related items by four military 
        installations of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
        Corps; and
            (2) shall be limited to military installations in the 
        United States or the possessions or Territories of the United 
        States.
    (c) Definition.--As used in subsection (a), the term ``micro-
purchase threshold'' has the meaning provided by 32(f) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(f)).
    (d) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2000, the Inspector 
General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the results of the audit performed under subsection (a).
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