[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1908. Mr. ENZI 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. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT OMBUDSMAN.

       (a) In General.--The small business offices in the Office 
     of the Secretary of Defense and the military departments 
     shall serve as intermediaries between small businesses and 
     contracting officials prior to the award of contracts in 
     cases where a small business prospective contractor notifies 
     the small business office that it has reason to believe that 
     the contracting process has been modified to preclude a small 
     business from bidding on the contract or would give another 
     contractor an unfair competitive advantage.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to preclude a contractor from exercising the right 
     to initiate a bid protest under a contract.
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