[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3741]
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  SA 4639. Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Cardin) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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:

       On page 308 strike line 16 and insert the following:

     complies with the requirements of this subsection.
       ``(4) This subsection does not apply to the furnishing of 
     athletic footwear to the members of the Army, the Navy, the 
     Air Force, or the Marine Corps upon their initial entry into 
     the armed forces, or prohibit the provision of a cash 
     allowance to such members for such purpose, if--
       ``(A) the Secretary of Defense determines that compliance 
     with paragraph (2) would result in a sole source contract for 
     procurement of athletic footwear for the purpose stated in 
     paragraph (1) because there would be limited qualified or 
     approved sources of supply for such footwear; or
       ``(B) the Secretary of the military department concerned 
     determines, with respect to members in initial entry and 
     recruit training under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, 
     that providing athletic footwear as otherwise required by 
     this subsection would have the potential to cause unnecessary 
     harm and risk to the safety and wellbeing of members in 
     initial entry training.''.
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