SEC. 834. [6 U.S.C. 394] UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS.

(a) Regulations Required.--Within 1 year of the date of

enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall

be revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited

proposals.

(b) Content of Regulations.--The regulations prescribed

under subsection (a) shall require that before initiating a

comprehensive evaluation, an agency contact point shall

consider, among other factors, that the proposal--

(1) is not submitted in response to a previously

published agency requirement; and

(2) contains technical and cost information for

evaluation and overall scientific, technical or

socioeconomic merit, or cost-related or price-related

factors.

SEC. 835. [6 U.S.C. 395] PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATE

EXPATRIATES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary may not enter into any

contract with a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as

an inverted domestic corporation under subsection (b), or any

subsidiary of such an entity.

(b) Inverted Domestic Corporation.--For purposes of this

section, a foreign incorporated entity shall be treated as an

inverted domestic corporation if, pursuant to a plan (or a

series of related transactions)--

(1) the entity completes before, on, or after the

date of enactment of this Act, the direct or indirect

acquisition of substantially all of the properties held

directly or indirectly by a domestic corporation or

substantially all of the properties constituting a

trade or business of a domestic partnership;

(2) after the acquisition at least 80 percent of

the stock (by vote or value) of the entity is held--

(A) in the case of an acquisition with

respect to a domestic corporation, by former

shareholders of the domestic corporation by

reason of holding stock in the domestic

corporation; or

(B) in the case of an acquisition with

respect to a domestic partnership, by former

partners of the domestic partnership by reason

of holding a capital or profits interest in the

domestic partnership; and

(3) the expanded affiliated group which after the

acquisition includes the entity does not have

substantial business activities in the foreign country

in which or under the law of which the entity is

created or organized when compared to the total

business activities of such expanded affiliated group.

(c) Definitions and Special Rules.--

(1) Rules for application of subsection (b).--In

applying subsection (b) for purposes of subsection (a),

the following rules shall apply:

(A) Certain stock disregarded.--There shall

not be taken into account in determining

ownership for purposes of subsection (b)(2)--

(i) stock held by members of the

expanded affiliated group which

includes the foreign incorporated

entity; or

(ii) stock of such entity which is

sold in a public offering related to

the acquisition described in subsection

(b)(1).

(B) Plan deemed in certain cases.--If a

foreign incorporated entity acquires directly

or indirectly substantially all of the

properties of a domestic corporation or

partnership during the 4-year period beginning

on the date which is 2 years before the

ownership requirements of subsection (b)(2) are

met, such actions shall be treated as pursuant

to a plan.

(C) Certain transfers disregarded.--The

transfer of properties or liabilities

(including by contribution or distribution)

shall be disregarded if such transfers are part

of a plan a principal purpose of which is to

avoid the purposes of this section.

(D) Special rule for related

partnerships.--For purposes of applying

subsection (b) to the acquisition of a domestic

partnership, except as provided in regulations,

all domestic partnerships which are under

common control (within the meaning of section

482 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall

be treated as I partnership.

(E) Treatment of certain rights.--The

Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as

may be necessary to--

(i) treat warrants, options,

contracts to acquire stock, convertible

debt instruments, and other similar

interests as stock; and

(ii) treat stock as not stock.

(2) Expanded affiliated group.--The term ``expanded

affiliated group'' means an affiliated group as defined

in section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

(without regard to section 1504(b) of such Code),

except that section 1504 of such Code shall be applied

by substituting ``more than 50 percent'' for ``at least

80 percent'' each place it appears.

(3) Foreign incorporated entity.--The term

``foreign incorporated entity'' means any entity which

is, or but for subsection (b) would be, treated as a

foreign corporation for purposes of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986.

(4) Other definitions.--The terms ``person'',

``domestic'', and ``foreign'' have the meanings given

such terms by paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of section

7701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

respectively.

(d) Waivers.--The Secretary shall waive subsection (a) with

respect to any specific contract if the Secretary determines

that the waiver is required in the interest of national

security.

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