,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,young of ,alaska 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,hanabusa7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend section #haa of ,public ,law      
#aaa-hd to apply that section to all    
contractors for all sole-source         
contracts exceeding #bj1jjj1jjj4  #a4   
,amendments to justification and        
approval requirements related to certain
 sole-source contracts  7a7 ,expansion  
of sole-,source contracts covered       
,paragraph 7#a7 of section #haa7;c7 of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjaj 7,public   

,law #aaa-hd2 #abc ,stat4 #bdje2 #da    
,u4,s4,c4 #ccjd note7 is amended to read
 as follows3  7#a7 ,covered procurement 
,the term covered procurement means     
either of the following3  7,a7 ,a       
procurement covered by chapter #acg of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7,b7 
,a procurement covered by division ,c of
 subtitle ,i of title #da1 ,united      
,states ,code4  4  7b7 ,treatment of    
other justification and approval actions
 ,section #haa of such ,act is further  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7          
,treatment of other justification and   
approval actions ,in the case of any    
contract for which a justification and  
approval is required under section      
#bcjd7;f7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 or section #ccjd7;e7 of title    
#da1 ,united ,states ,code1 a           
justification and approval meeting the  
requirements of such section shall be   
treated as meeting the requirements of  
this section for purposes of the award  

of a sole-source contract4  4  7c7      
,technical and conforming amendments    
,section #haa of such ,act is further   
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
striking ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,federal ,acquisition ,regulation  
shall be revised to provide that the and
 inserting ,the2  7#b7 in subsection    
7a77#c71 by striking sections           
#cjc7;f77#a77;,c7 and #cjc7;j7 of the   
,federal ,property and ,administrative  
,services ,act of #aidi 7#da ,u4,s4,c4  
#bec7;f77#a77;,c7 and #bec7;j77 and     
inserting sections #ccjd7;e77#a77;,c7   
and #ccjd7;f7 of title #da1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7#c7 in subsection 7c7--
  7,a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by       
striking section #cji7;a7 and all that  
follows through the period at the end   
and inserting section #aea of title #da1
 ,united ,states ,code42 and  7,b7 in   
paragraph 7#c77;,b71 by striking section
 #cjc7;f77#a77;,b7 and all that follows 
through the period at the end and       

inserting section #ccjd7;e77#a77;,b7 of 
title #da1 ,united ,states ,code42 and  
7#d7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7e7 ,regulations ,the  
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation shall 
be revised to implement this section4  4