[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7185-7186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   ENSURING OBJECTIVE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF TASK AND DELIVERY ORDERS

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 
41, S. 498.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 498) to ensure objective independent review of 
     task and delivery orders.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment.

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                                 S. 498

     SEC. 3. USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES TO PROCESS TASK AND 
                   DELIVERY ORDER PROTESTS.

       No amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
     specific purpose of processing protests authorized under 
     section 4106(f) of title 41, United States Code, as amended 
     by section 2, and all such protests shall be processed using 
     the existing resources of the Government Accountability 
     Office and executive agencies.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the committee-reported amendment be 
agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action 
or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read 
the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 498

         Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
     of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

         This Act may be cited as the ``Independent Task and 
     Delivery Order Review Extension Act of 2011''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SUNSET DATE FOR CERTAIN PROTESTS OF TASK 
                   AND DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACTS.

         Section 4106(f)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
         ``(3) Effective period.--Paragraph 1(B) and paragraph (2) 
     of this subsection shall not be in effect after September 30, 
     2016.''.

     SEC. 3. USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES TO PROCESS TASK AND 
                   DELIVERY ORDER PROTESTS.

         No amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
     specific purpose of processing protests authorized under 
     section 4106(f) of title 41, United States Code, as amended 
     by section 2, and all such protests shall be processed using 
     the existing resources of the Government Accountability 
     Office and executive agencies.

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