[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2558. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe 
(for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill 
H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 823. MODIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT THROUGH COMMERCIAL E-
                   COMMERCE PORTALS.

       (a) In General.--Section 846 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 41 
     U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections 
     (m) and (n), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(j) Micro-purchase Threshold.--Notwithstanding section 
     2338 of title 10, United States Code, and section 1902 of 
     title 41, United States Code, the micro-purchase threshold 
     for a procurement of a product through a commercial e-
     commerce portal used under the program established under 
     subsection (a) is $25,000.
       ``(k) Competitive Procedures.--Procedures established by 
     the Administrator for a procurement through a commercial e-
     commerce portal used under the program established pursuant 
     to subsection (a) shall be considered use of competitive 
     procedures for purposes of division C of subtitle I of title 
     41, United States Code (as defined in section 152 of such 
     title).
       ``(l) Exceptions for Government-wide Indefinite Delivery, 
     Indefinite Quantity Multiple-award Contracts.--Pursuant to 
     subsection (a), if the Administrator issues a solicitation 
     for one or more contracts under the authority of sections 
     4103 and 4106 of title 41, United States Code (multiple award 
     task or delivery order contracts), or section 152(3) of such 
     title and section 501(b) of title 40, United States Code 
     (Federal Supply Schedule contracts), then--
       ``(1) the requirements at section 3306(c)(1)(B) and (C) of 
     title 41, United States Code, shall not apply; and
       ``(2) cost or price to the Federal Government shall be 
     considered in conjunction with the issuance pursuant to 
     section 4106(c) of title 41, United States Code, of a task or 
     delivery order under any contract resulting from the 
     solicitation.''.
       (b) Definitions.--Subsection (n)(3) of such section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by 
     striking ``agencies.'' and inserting ``agencies, unless such 
     portal is designed for the purpose of accessing multiple 
     other e-commerce portals, including commercial portals, via a 
     single view for the purchase of commercial products.''.
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