[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 829. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 J of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. __. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PROVIDING FOR DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING PERSONNEL CONSULTATION 
                   WITH MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP WHEN 
                   CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH ON PROCUREMENTS.

       The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce 
     shall develop a memorandum of understanding allowing 
     Department of Defense contracting personnel to consult with 
     the Manufacturing Extension Partnership when conducting 
     market research on procurements that are subject to 
     requirements under chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code 
     (commonly referred to as the ``Buy American Act'').
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