[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2142. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 VIII, insert the following:

     SEC. 8____. MODIFICATION OF EVALUATION FACTORS FOR DEFENSE 
                   CONTRACTS TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF COST-
                   SAVING POTENTIAL.

       Section 3206(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``Federal Government'' 
     and inserting ``Federal Government, including the potential 
     for the product to provide future cost savings, enable 
     reduced maintenance, or permit more effective use of 
     personnel,''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``Restriction on implementing regulations'' 
     and inserting ``Restrictions on implementation'';
       (B) by striking ``The regulations'' and inserting ``(A) The 
     regulations''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) In implementing paragraph (1)(B), the head of an 
     agency may not condition or evaluate cost savings based on an 
     assertion of government purpose rights.''.
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