[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 92 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3798]
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  SA 4671. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Gardner) 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:

       Strike sections 1036 and 1037 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1036. COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND PHASE OUT OF ROCKET 
                   ENGINES FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE 
                   EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM FOR 
                   SPACE LAUNCH OF NATIONAL SECURITY SATELLITES.

       (a) In General.--Any competition for a contract for the 
     provision of launch services for the evolved expendable 
     launch vehicle program shall be open for award to all 
     certified providers of evolved expendable launch vehicle-
     class systems.
       (b) Award of Contracts.--In awarding a contract under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense--
       (1) subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, may, during the 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
     ending on December 31, 2022, award the contract to a provider 
     of launch services that intends to use any certified launch 
     vehicle in its inventory without regard to the country of 
     origin of the rocket engine that will be used on that launch 
     vehicle; and
       (2) may only award countracts utilizing an engine designed 
     or manufactured in the Russian Federation for phase 1(a) and 
     phase 2 evolved expendable launch vehicle procurements.
       (c) Limitation.--The total number of rocket engines 
     designed or manufactured in the Russian Federation and used 
     on launch vehicles for the evolved expendable launch vehicle 
     program shall not exceed 18.
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