[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3452]
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  SA 4416. Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 XII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF SOLE SOURCE 
                   CONTRACTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2017, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a 
     review and submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the use by the Department of Defense of sole source 
     contracts.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) An assessment of the extent to which the Department of 
     Defense used the various source selection approaches in 
     fiscal year 2015 in comparison to what the Government 
     Accountability Office found in its 2014 report.
       (2) A description of the factors considered by Department 
     of Defense personnel when determining which source selection 
     approach to use.
       (3) An assessment of the extent to which these approaches 
     resulted in effective competition.
       (4) A description of whether the resulting contract awards 
     were protested and the results of those protests.
       (5) An analysis of whether the use of a particular source 
     selection approach contributed to successful acquisition 
     outcomes, such as the delivery of timely, high quality, and 
     cost-effective goods and services that met the warfighter's 
     needs or contributed to cost overruns, schedule delays, 
     performance shortfalls, or the need to award follow-on 
     contracts to address these shortfalls.
       (6) Any recommendations to improve the Department's source 
     selection procedures.
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