[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S2969]
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   ENSURING OBJECTIVE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF TASK AND DELIVERY ORDERS

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 
41, S. 498.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 498) to ensure objective independent review of 
     task and delivery orders.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment.

                                 S. 498

     SEC. 3. USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES TO PROCESS TASK AND 
                   DELIVERY ORDER PROTESTS.

       No amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
     specific purpose of processing protests authorized under 
     section 4106(f) of title 41, United States Code, as amended 
     by section 2, and all such protests shall be processed using 
     the existing resources of the Government Accountability 
     Office and executive agencies.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be 
agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action 
or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read 
the third time, and passed.

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