,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,grayson introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require cost or price 
to the ,federal ,government be given at 
least equal importance as technical or  
other criteria in evaluating competitive
 proposals for defense contracts4  #a4  
,requirement that cost or price to the  
,federal ,government be given at least  
equal importance as technical or other  
criteria in evaluating competitive      
proposals for defense contracts  7a7    
,requirement ,subparagraph 7,a7 of      
section #bcje7;a77#c7 of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking proposals2 and at the end of   
clause 7ii7 and all that follows through
 the end of the subparagraph and        
inserting the following3 proposals and  
that must be assigned importance at     

least equal to all evaluation factors   
other than cost or price when combined44
  7b7 ,waiver ,section #bcje7;a77#c7 of 
such title is further amended by        
striking subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting
 the following3  7,b7 ,the requirement  
of subparagraph 7,a77ii7 relating to    
assigning at least equal importance to  
evaluation factors of cost or price may 
be waived by the head of the agency4    
,the authority to issue a waiver under  
this subparagraph may not be delegated4 
4  7c7 ,report ,section #bcje7;a77#c7 of
 such title is further amended by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,c7 ,not later than #ahj
 days after the end of each fiscal year1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit
 to ,congress1 and post on a publicly   
available website of the ,department of 
,defense1 a report containing a list of 
each waiver issued by the head of an    
agency under subparagraph 7,b7 during   
the preceding fiscal year4  4