[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 597. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 title X, add the following:

                   Subtitle H--Outsourcing Prevention

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Defending American Jobs 
     Act''.

     SEC. 1092. WORKFORCE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFENSE 
                   CONTRACTS.

       (a) Information Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     require each contractor that enters into a contract with the 
     Department of Defense for the procurement of property or 
     services to provide to the Department, on an annual basis for 
     the duration of the contract, the following information:
       (1) The number of individuals employed by the contractor in 
     the United States.
       (2) The number of individuals employed by the contractor 
     outside the United States.
       (3) A description of the wages and employee benefits being 
     provided to the employees of the contractor in the United 
     States.
       (4) A description of the wages and employee benefits being 
     provided to the employees of the contractor outside the 
     United States.
       (b) Certification Regarding Layoffs.--Beginning on the date 
     that is one year after a contractor enters into a contract 
     described under subsection (a), and annually thereafter for 
     the duration of the contract, the contractor shall provide, 
     in addition to the information required under subsection (a), 
     a written certification that contains the following 
     information:
       (1) The percentage of the workforce of the contractor 
     employed in the United States that has been laid off or 
     induced to resign from the contractor during the 12-month 
     period preceding the submission of the certification.
       (2) The percentage of the total workforce of the contractor 
     that has been laid off or induced to resign from the 
     contractor during the 12-month period preceding the 
     submission of the certification.
       (c) Prohibition on Awarding Contracts to Defense 
     Contractors That Lay Off a Greater Percentage of Workers in 
     the United States Than in Other Countries.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, if, in the written certification 
     provided to the Department of Defense by a contractor under 
     subsection (b), the percentage described in paragraph (1) of 
     such subsection is greater than the percentage described in 
     paragraph (2) of such subsection, the contractor shall be 
     ineligible for further contracts with the Department of 
     Defense until the contractor provides to the Department a 
     written certification that the number of employees of the 
     contractor in the United States is in the same proportion as, 
     or has increased in proportion to, the number of the 
     employees of the contractor worldwide as of the later of--
       (1) the date the contractor last made a certification under 
     subsection (b) concerning the contract that did not cause the 
     contractor to become ineligible under this subsection for a 
     Department of Defense contract; or
       (2) the date on which the contractor entered into the 
     contract for which the certification is being made.
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