[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3107-S3108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4094. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Markey) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 II, add the following:

     SEC. 221. MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD FOR UNIVERSITIES, 
                   INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AND NON-PROFIT 
                   RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 1902 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), as amended by section 215(b)--

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       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Except as provided'';
       (B) by inserting ``and paragraph (2)'' after ``section 2338 
     of title 10''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) For purposes of this section, the micro-purchase 
     threshold for procurement activities administered under 
     sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31, United States Code, 
     by institutions of higher education (as defined in section 
     101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001(a)), or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, or by 
     nonprofit research organizations or independent research 
     institutes is--
       ``(A) $10,000; or
       ``(B) such higher threshold as determined appropriate by 
     the head of the relevant executive agency and consistent with 
     clean audit findings under chapter 75 of title 31, United 
     States Code, internal institutional risk assessment, or State 
     law.''; and
       (2) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking ``not greater 
     than $3,000'' and inserting ``with a price not greater than 
     the micro-purchase threshold''.
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