[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3942]
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SA 1901. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 884. ANNUAL REPORT ON FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 2338. Reporting on foreign purchases
``(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the end of
fiscal year 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional defense committees a report listing specific
procurements by the Department of Defense in that fiscal year
of articles, materials, or supplies valued greater than
$5,000,000, indexed to inflation, using the exception under
section 8302(a)(2)(A) of title 41. This report may be
submitted as part of the report required under section 8305
of such title.
``(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In
this section, the term `appropriate congressional committees'
means the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House
of Representatives.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2337
the following new item:
``2338. Reporting on foreign purchases.''.
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