[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2740-S2741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 648. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Hirono) 
submitted an amendment intended to be

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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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO AWARD OF 
                   CONSTRUCTION SUBCONTRACTS WITHIN COUNTY OR 
                   STATE OF PERFORMANCE.

       Paragraph (11) of section 8(a) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) is repealed.
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