[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4552 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4552

 To extend the program for authority to acquire innovative commercial 
              items using general solicitation procedures.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2022

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the program for authority to acquire innovative commercial 
              items using general solicitation procedures.

    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 ``Extension of Authority to Acquire 
Innovative Commercial Items Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

    Section 880 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (41 U.S.C. 3301 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``$10,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$25,000,000'';
            (2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `commercial product'--
                    ``(A) has the meaning given the term `commercial 
                item' in section 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation; and
                    ``(B) includes a commercial product or a commercial 
                service, as those terms are defined in sections 103 and 
                103a, respectively, of this title; and
            ``(2) the term `innovative' means--
                    ``(A) any new technology, process, or method, 
                including research and development; or
                    ``(B) any new application of an existing 
                technology, process, or method.''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``2022'' and inserting 
        ``2027''.
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