[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5225]
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  SA 2950. Mr. REED 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 end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 891. REVISION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR 
                   CERTAIN PURCHASES.

        Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 
     41 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) prohibit the Secretary of Defense from procuring with 
     an entity to provide vital supplies, equipment, services, 
     food, clothing, transportation, care, or support for U.S. 
     forces outside of the United States.''; and
       (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(3) Secretary of defense.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     provide a waiver with respect to the prohibition under 
     subsection (a)(1)(B) on a date later than the effective dates 
     described in subsection (c) if the Secretary determines the 
     waiver is in the national security interests of the United 
     States. The waiver shall not take effect until 15 days after 
     the Secretary provides to the appropriate congressional 
     defense committees written notification of intent to exercise 
     the waiver.''.
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