[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3310-S3311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4259. Mr. PORTMAN 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 H of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. STRATEGIC SOURCING IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``Department'' means the Department of 
     Defense;
       (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense; 
     and
       (3) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning 
     given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 632).
       (b) Findings and Purposes.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (A) Congress supports efforts by agencies to achieve 
     efficiencies in the procurement of goods and services.
       (B) The Government Accountability Office has reported that 
     efficiencies and savings

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     may be possible through the use of strategic sourcing, which 
     is a process that moves an organization away from numerous 
     individual procurements toward a broader, more aggregate 
     approach.
       (C) At the same time, Congress is concerned that strategic 
     sourcing could have a negative impact on some small business 
     concerns.
       (D) The Department has taken steps to consider this 
     potential impact, but the Government Accountability Office 
     has found that more could be done.
       (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to require the 
     Department implement strategic sourcing in a manner 
     consistent with the recommendations of Government 
     Accountability Office, which are intended to maximize the 
     benefits derived through strategic sourcing while minimizing 
     any undue negative impacts on small business concerns.
       (c) Improving the Use of Strategic Sourcing.--Not later 
     than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act--
       (1) the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall 
     establish performance measures for the inclusion of small 
     business concerns in Department-wide strategic sourcing 
     initiatives, including efforts being conducted through the 
     Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative and the Category 
     Management Initiative;
       (2) the Secretary shall submit to the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services 
     of the House of Representatives baseline data on, and 
     performance measures for, the participation of small business 
     concerns in strategic sourcing initiatives established by the 
     Department, which shall include participation as 
     subcontractors to the extent feasible and that data is 
     available; and
       (3) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall 
     begin monitoring the inclusion of small business concerns in 
     strategic sourcing initiatives by the Department, including 
     evaluating whether the Department is meeting the performance 
     measures described in paragraph (2).
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