[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3441]
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  SA 4395. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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. REPORT ON DELAY IN ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE ON 
                   ENDING TRAFFICKING IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING.

       Section 1708(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104d(c)(1)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C)(i) If the final rule on defining `recruitment fees' 
     (FAR Case 2015-017), which would further amend the amended 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
     (FAR Case 2013-001, final rule issued January 22, 2015), has 
     not been issued by October 31, 2016, the Secretary of 
     Defense, the Administrator for General Services, and the 
     Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space shall, not 
     later than November 30, 2016, jointly submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the reasons 
     for the delay.
       ``(ii) In this subparagraph, the term `appropriate 
     congressional committees' means--
       ``(I) the congressional defense committees;
       ``(II) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
     and
       ``(III) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
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