[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 797. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
Wicker) 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. __. ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM FOR THE COAST 
                   GUARD.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the department in which 
     the Coast Guard operating is authorized to procure an 
     electronic health records system for the Coast Guard that is 
     the same as the electronic health records system of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Competition in Contracting.--Procurement of an 
     electronic health records system under this section shall be 
     exempt from the competition requirements of section 2304 of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (c) Authorized Procurement Actions.--The authority of the 
     Secretary to procure an action to procure an electronic 
     health records system under this section includes the 
     following:
       (1) Authority for task orders under the Department of 
     Defense electronic health records contract.
       (2) Authority for a sole source contract award.
       (3) Authority for agreements made pursuant to sections 1535 
     and 1536 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 
     the ``Economy Act'').
       (4) Any other procurement authority the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (d) Support Services.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may procure, in addition to 
     the electronic health records system, such support services 
     for the system as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
     ensure the electronic health records system is fully 
     interoperable and integrated with the electronic health 
     records system of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Support service.--Support services procurable pursuant 
     to this subsection may include services for the following:
       (A) System integration support.
       (B) Hosting support.
       (C) Training, testing, technical, and data migration 
     support.
       (D) Hardware.
       (E) Any other support the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (3) Manner of procurement.--The Secretary may procure 
     support services pursuant to this subsection using the 
     authorities provided in subsection (c).
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