[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5181 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5181

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the preservation of 
               the small arms production industrial base.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2010

    Mr. Arcuri (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Jones) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the preservation of 
               the small arms production industrial base.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Arms Competition and 
Innovation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL BASE.

    Section 2473 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Small Arms Production Industrial Base.--In this section, the 
term `small arms production industrial base' means the persons and 
organizations that are engaged in the production or maintenance of 
small arms within the United States.'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(6) Pistols.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Competitive Procedures.--If the Secretary determines under 
subsection (a) that the requirement to procure property or services 
described in subsection (b) for the Department of Defense from a firm 
in the small arms production industrial base is not necessary to 
preserve such industrial base, any such procurement shall be awarded 
through the use of competitive procedures that afford such industrial 
base a fair opportunity to be considered for such procurement.''.
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