[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4617. 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) 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; and
       (2) the Secretary shall begin collecting data, including 
     data relating to the performance measures established under 
     paragraph (1), on 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 in order to determine the effectiveness of these 
     contract vehicles and impact on the small business industrial 
     base.
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