[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 2557. 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 G of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 873. REPORTING ON PROJECTS PERFORMED THROUGH 
                   TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN CONTRACTS, COOPERATIVE 
                   AGREEMENTS, AND GRANTS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than December 31, 2018, and 
     each December 31 thereafter through December 31, 2021, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report covering the preceding fiscal 
     year on projects described in subsection (b).
       (b) Contents.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) for each project performed through a transaction (other 
     than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) entered 
     into pursuant to section 2371 or 2371b of title 10, United 
     States Code, for which payments made by the Department of 
     Defense exceeded $5,000,000 for such transaction--
       (A) an identification of the element of the Department of 
     Defense and the person or entity outside of the Department of 
     Defense entering into such transaction;
       (B) the date of entry into such transaction;
       (C) the amount of the payments made by the Department of 
     Defense for such transaction;
       (D) the goals and status of each project carried out under 
     such transaction; and
       (E) the start date and anticipated end date of each project 
     carried out under such transaction; and
       (2) a description of the mechanisms, including any 
     policies, guidance, and reporting requirements, established 
     by the Secretary of Defense to regulate the use of authority 
     relating to a transaction (other than contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, and grants) entered into pursuant to section 2371 
     or 2371b of title 10, United States Code.
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