[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 259. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. DOCUMENTATION OF MARKET RESEARCH RELATED TO 
                   COMMERCIAL ITEM DETERMINATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2377(c) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4) The head of an agency shall document the results of 
     market research in a manner appropriate to the size and 
     complexity of the acquisition.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment Related to Prospective 
     Amendment.--Section 836(d)(3)(C)(ii) of the John S. McCain 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
     (Public Law 115-232) is amended by striking ``in paragraph 
     (4)'' and inserting ``in paragraph (5)''.
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