[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 564. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 447, strike lines 16 through 18 and insert the 
     following:
       (4) Expediting security clearances for certain small 
     business employees.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
     submit to Congress a plan for a process to expedite the 
     approval of security clearances for employees of small 
     business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) participating in the SBIR or 
     STTR program (as defined in section 9(e) of such Act (15 
     U.S.C. 638(e)).
       (5) Termination.--No briefing or report is required 
     pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) after December 31, 2020.
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