[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 461. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 866. BRIEFING ON THE REDESIGNATION OF NATIONAL SERIAL 
                   NUMBER (NSN) PARTS AS PROPRIETARY.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing 
     to the congressional defense committees identifying which 
     National Serial Number (NSN) parts in the Defense Logistics 
     Agency system have had their designation changed to 
     proprietary over the previous 5 years, including a 
     description of which parts were, or continue to be, produced 
     by small businesses before the proprietary designation was 
     applied, and the justification for the changes in 
     designation.
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