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  SA 3741. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report estimating 
     the portion of the of the Department of Defense's advertising 
     budget that is spent on advertising and public relations 
     contracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small 
     businesses and women, low-income, veteran (as that term is 
     defined in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     632(q)), and minority entrepreneurs and business owners at 
     the prime and subcontracting levels.
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