[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4662]
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  SA 2323. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 829. MODIFICATION OF JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL 
                   REQUIREMENT FOR SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 811(a) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 41 
     U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$100,000,000''.
       (b) Comptroller General Review.--
       (1) Data tracking and collection.--The head of an agency 
     shall track the use of the authority under such section 
     811(a), as modified by subsection (a), and make the data 
     available to the Comptroller General for purposes of the 
     report required under paragraph (2).
       (2) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2027, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall submit a report to the 
     congressional defense committees on the use of the authority 
     under such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a), 
     through the end of fiscal year 2026. The report shall 
     include--
       (A) a review of the financial effect of the authority under 
     such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a), on the 
     native corporations and businesses and associated native 
     communities;
       (B) a description of the nature and extent of contracts 
     excluded from the justification and approval requirement of 
     such section 811(a), as modified by subsection (a); and
       (C) any other matter the Comptroller General deems 
     appropriate.
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