[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 836. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS THAT 
                   ENGAGE IN WAGE THEFT BY STEALING EMPLOYEES' 
                   WAGES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter 
     into any contract described in subsection (b) with any person 
     or business that the Secretary of Labor determines to have 
     owed, during the 3-year period preceding the request for 
     proposals for the contract, employees, or individuals who are 
     former employees, a cumulative amount of more than $100,000 
     in unpaid wages and associated damages resulting from 
     violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     201 et seq.) as determined by the Secretary of Labor or a 
     court of competent jurisdiction.
       (b) Applicable Contract.--A contract described in this 
     subsection is any procurement contract for goods or services, 
     including construction, in which the estimated value of the 
     supplies acquired and services required exceeds $500,000.
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