[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4110. Mr. PERDUE 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 341. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT 
                   AGENCY.

       (a) Prohibition.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2017 for operation and maintenance for the 
     Defense Contract Management Agency, $10,000,000 may not be 
     obligated or expended until a period of 30 days has elapsed 
     following the date on which the Director of the Defense 
     Contract Management Agency submits to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the Defense Contract 
     Management Agency's plan to foster the adoption, 
     implementation, and verification of the Department of 
     Defense's revised Item Unique Identification policy across 
     the Department and the defense industrial base.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Contract 
     Management Agency shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report that provides a detailed plan on the 
     Agency's new policies, procedures, staff training, and 
     equipment--
       (1) to ensure contract compliance with the Item Unique 
     Identification policy for all items that require unique item 
     level traceability at any time in their lifecycle;
       (2) to support counterfeit material risk reduction; and
       (3) to provide for systematic assessment and accuracy of 
     item unique identification marks as set forth by Department 
     of Defense Instruction 8320.04.
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