[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5755 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5755

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide authority to restrict 
competition to businesses within States that fund projects at military 
                             installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2010

 Mr. Courtney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide authority to restrict 
competition to businesses within States that fund projects at military 
                             installations.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT COMPETITION TO BUSINESSES WITHIN 
              STATES THAT FUND PROJECTS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    Section 2304(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) the contract is for a military construction project 
        at a military installation in a State, the State provided all 
        funding for the project, and the head of the agency--
                    ``(A) determines that it is in the best interest of 
                the agency concerned to limit the sources from which it 
                solicits bids or proposals to prospective contractors 
                that have a physical presence in the State that 
                provided the funding; and
                    ``(B) notifies the congressional defense committees 
                in writing of such determination not less than 30 days 
                before the award of the contract.''.
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