[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 1960. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) 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. PREFERENCE FOR FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS FOR 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.

       (a) Establishment of Preference.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement shall be revised to 
     establish a preference for firm fixed price contracts for 
     foreign military sales.
       (b) Waiver Authority.--The preference established pursuant 
     to subsection (a) shall include a waiver that may be 
     exercised by the military service's acquisition executive 
     responsible or the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics if such official or 
     the Under Secretary certifies that a different contract type 
     is more appropriate and in the best interest of the United 
     States.
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