[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 229. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 of division A, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 849. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.

       (a) Competitive Thresholds.--Section 8018 of title VIII of 
     division A of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2007 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is amended by striking ``with 
     agencies of the Department of Defense'' and inserting ``with 
     agencies and departments of the Federal Government''.
       (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, in order to carry out the amendments 
     made by subsection (a)--
       (1) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
     in consultation with the Administrator for Federal 
     Procurement Policy, shall promulgate regulations; and
       (2) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council established 
     under section 1302(a) of title 41, United States Code, shall 
     amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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