[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3591-S3592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 583. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 843. SENSE OF SENATE ON IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A 
                   STABLE DEFENSE SUPPLY INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS 
                   SUPPLIERS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) it is in the national security interest of the United 
     States to maintain a stable defense supply base that includes 
     small business suppliers;
       (2) small businesses within the defense supply base are 
     especially vulnerable to significant changes in funding for 
     acquisition programs; and
       (3) the Department of Defense should avoid, to the extent 
     possible, drastic acquisition program changes in order to 
     provide more predictability and opportunities for defense 
     suppliers, particularly small businesses, to adapt.

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