[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3785]
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  SA 6591. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. _____. AGREEMENT OR AWARD FALLING UNDER THE CONVENTION.

       (a) In General.--Section 202 of title 9, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by adding ``as modified by section 1 of this title,'' 
     after ``title,''; and
       (2) by adding after the period at the end of the third 
     sentence the following: ``The entirety of section 1 of this 
     title, including all of the exemptions listed in section 1, 
     shall apply to this chapter as if specifically set forth 
     herein.''.
       (b) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress that 
     the definition of commercial in section 202 of title 9, 
     United States Code, be limited by limiting the relationships 
     described in section 2 of that title to those as modified by 
     section 1 of that title, and incorporating the entirety of 
     such section 1, including all of the exemptions in that 
     section, into section 202 of that title.
       (c) Retroactive Effect.--This section shall apply to any 
     action or proceeding that is pending on the date of enactment 
     of this Act and any action or proceeding initiated on or 
     after such date of enactment.
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