Text of Senate Amendment 5870

On 2026-06-18, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5870" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 5870

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2963-S2964] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5870. Mr. DAINES 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 E of title III add the following: SEC. 358. ADVANCED NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS ON USE OF PROPRIETARY LABELS. (a) In General.--The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification-- (1) before procuring a new item with a national stock number having an original listing as proprietary, which shall include-- (A) a justification as to why the labeling of the item as proprietary is warranted; and (B) the price point for the item and a comparison to a similar item that is not proprietary; and (2) before a national stock number has its characteristics data updated to proprietary, which shall include-- (A) a justification as to why such update is warranted; (B) the price point for the item and a comparison to a similar item that is not proprietary; and (C) the change in cost per unit for procurement of the proprietary item. [[Page S2964]] (b) Annual Report.--Not less frequently than annually, the Director shall submit to Congress a report on the year over year use of proprietary labels by the Department of Defense and the associated price increases for use of such labels. ______