[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2963-S2964]
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  SA 5870. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 III add the following:

     SEC. 358. ADVANCED NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON USE OF 
                   PROPRIETARY LABELS.

       (a) In General.--The Director of the Defense Logistics 
     Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     notification--
       (1) before procuring a new item with a national stock 
     number having an original listing as proprietary, which shall 
     include--
       (A) a justification as to why the labeling of the item as 
     proprietary is warranted; and
       (B) the price point for the item and a comparison to a 
     similar item that is not proprietary; and
       (2) before a national stock number has its characteristics 
     data updated to proprietary, which shall include--
       (A) a justification as to why such update is warranted;
       (B) the price point for the item and a comparison to a 
     similar item that is not proprietary; and
       (C) the change in cost per unit for procurement of the 
     proprietary item.

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       (b) Annual Report.--Not less frequently than annually, the 
     Director shall submit to Congress a report on the year over 
     year use of proprietary labels by the Department of Defense 
     and the associated price increases for use of such labels.
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