[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1962. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Tillis) 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 832. PROCUREMENTS INVOLVING SMALL PURCHASES.

       (a) Procurements of Certain Articles.--Subsection (h) of 
     section 2533a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(h) Exception for Certain Purchases.--Subsection (a) does 
     not apply to purchases for amounts not greater than 
     $150,000.''.
       (b) Procurements of Strategic Materials.--Subsection (f) of 
     section 2533b of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(f) Exception for Certain Purchases.--Subsection (a) does 
     not apply to purchases for amounts not greater than 
     $150,000.''.
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