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An amendment to the Nichols amendment to establish criminal penalties for knowingly submitting claims for unallowable costs (five years and/or $250,000 for individuals; $500,000 for corporations). Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to the Nichols amendment, as amended to add make explicit the purposes of Title VIII (Procurement Reform). The purpose is to ensure that the Secretary monitors indirect costs included by a contractor or subcontractor to prevent abuse and waste of...
An amendment to the Nichols amendment, as amended, deleting the word "final" in referring to a proposal for settlement. The effect of the amendment is to subject all claims for overhead settlement costs to the requirements and not just the final ones. Amendmen...
An amendment to Title VIII (Procurement Policy Reform and other Procurement Matters), adding three new sections: 801) Allowable Costs, 802) Subpoenas of Defense Contractor Records, and 803) Limitation on Assignment of Principle Contracting Officers. Under sec....
An amendment to the Courter amendment. The amendment strikes language prohibiting obligation of funds until the quota for competitive bids is met and subsubstitutes that the Secretary of Defense must submit a report to the congressional defense committees if t...
An amendment to Title VIII (Procurement Reform) adding a new section, Requirement of Minimum Percentage of Competitive Procurements. The amendment requires that a certain percentage of the DOD contracts be made by competitive bidding. The percentage is to incr...
Amendments en bloc to Title VIII (Procurement Reform): 1) Requiring the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on policies and actions taken to implement the report of the DOD Inspector General, "Review of Suspension and Debarment Activities Within the Dep...
An amendment to the Bennett amendment to add former Congressmen to the revolving door prohibition. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to the Hartnett amendment to the Bennett substitute amendment to the Spratt amendment to add retired congressional staff to the revolving door prohibition. Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.
An amendment to the Bennett amendment to add the requirement that employees leaving the DOD who are prohibited from taking employment with defense contractors be provided a list of those contractors with whom they may not take employment for the time specified...
A substitute for the Spratt amendment. The amendment contains the same provisions of the Spratt amendment except that its prohibition against former contract officers and employees of DOD working for contractors after retirement where they did business as gove...
An amendment to Title VIII (Procurement Reform) adding a new section, Conflict of Interest in Defense Procurement. It prohibits former employees or officers of the DOD or a retired member of the Armed Forces who for two years prior to retirement served in proc...
An amendment to Title X, requiring that progress payments be based on actual progress. Progress payments may be made only after the work is accomplished and in accordance with a payment schedule commensurate with estimated cost of accomplished work of acceptab...
An amendment adding a new section: Specification of Core-Logistics Functions Subject to Contracting-Out Limitation. The amendment lists functions that are logistic functions and then lists current facilities where such functions are performed. It also excludes...
An amendment to add to the Operation and Maintenance Title (III) the following new section: Funds appropriated to or for the use of the Secretary of the Air Force may not be used to deactivate or divest of its flying mission any flying unit of the Air National...
An amendment to Title III (Operation and Maintenance) granting the Secretary of Defense permission to provide nonlethal assistance to displaced persons or refugees due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Secretary may use excess supplies or items given...
An amendment providing for a study of the use of the E-2 aircraft for drug interdiction purposes. The test is to be along the U.S. - Mexico border. Report is to be made by 9/30/86. Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
An amendment at the end of Title III, Operations and Maintenance, providing: None of the funds may be used to relocate the military entrance processing station in Wilkes Barre, PA, to a location outside the city. Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
An amendment to Title III, Operations and Maintenance, to prohibit the use of funds to dismantle Poseidon-class submarine until the President submits to Congress a report on feasibility of transferring ownership of such submarine to United Kingdom or the feasi...
An amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, authorizing award of Prisoner of War Medal. The medal may be given to persons serving in any capacity of the armed services who were taken prisoner after 4/6/17 if they were 1) engaged in action against a U.S....
An amendment to Title VI, Compensation and other Personnel Benefits, to provide Champus coverage of organ transplants. The transplant must take place in an approved facility and must not be experimental. It also must be approved by the Secretary of Defense aft...
An amendment to Title X, General Provisions, providing for a study on the use of E-2 aircraft for drug interdiction purposes. The test is to be along the U.S. - Mexico border. Report is to be made by 9/30/86. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice...
An amendment to the English amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, to limit the period affected to October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1988. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
An amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, to provide that the Director of the DOD Task Force on Drug Enforcement, if serving in grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, be in addition to the number authorized for his armed service in that grade. A...
An amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy. The amendment makes aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or aliens admitted as minor children of nonimmigrants eligible for Junior ROTC. Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.