[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5211 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5211

To amend section 811 of Public Law 111-84 to apply that section to all 
    contractors for all sole-source contracts exceeding $20,000,000.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2014

   Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Ms. Hanabusa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 811 of Public Law 111-84 to apply that section to all 
    contractors for all sole-source contracts exceeding $20,000,000.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS 
              RELATED TO CERTAIN SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Expansion of Sole-Source Contracts Covered.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 811(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2405; 41 U.S.C. 3304 note) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Covered procurement.--The term `covered procurement' 
        means either of the following:
                    ``(A) A procurement covered by chapter 137 of title 
                10, United States Code.
                    ``(B) A procurement covered by division C of 
                subtitle I of title 41, United States Code.''.
    (b) Treatment of Other Justification and Approval Actions.--Section 
811 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(d) Treatment of Other Justification and Approval Actions.--In 
the case of any contract for which a justification and approval is 
required under section 2304(f) of title 10, United States Code, or 
section 3304(e) of title 41, United States Code, a justification and 
approval meeting the requirements of such section shall be treated as 
meeting the requirements of this section for purposes of the award of a 
sole-source contract.''.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 811 of such Act 
is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Not later than 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
        Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to provide that the'' 
        and inserting ``The'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``sections 
        303(f)(1)(C) and 303(j) of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(f)(1)(C) and 
        253(j))'' and inserting ``sections 3304(e)(1)(C) and 3304(f) of 
        title 41, United States Code'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``section 
                309(a)'' and all that follows through the period at the 
                end and inserting ``section 151 of title 41, United 
                States Code.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``section 
                303(f)(1)(B)'' and all that follows through the period 
                at the end and inserting ``section 3304(e)(1)(B) of 
                title 41, United States Code.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be 
revised to implement this section.''.
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