[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3308]
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SA 2387. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 823. TRAINING ON CONTRACTOR WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
PRACTICES.
The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a
training program for Department of Defense contracting
officers on contractor workplace safety and health practices.
The training shall cover--
(1) how to review publicly available Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) databases and identify and
evaluate prospective contractors' violations of workplace
safety and health regulations during the contract evaluation
phase, including whether measures to avoid further violations
are warranted;
(2) how to evaluate and understand prospective contractors'
Accident Prevention Programs, as required by section 36.513
of the Federal Acquisition Regulation during the contractor
evaluation phase;
(3) how to evaluate workplace safety incidents and
violations of workplace safety and heath regulations by the
contractor during contract performance; and
(4) any other information or processes that the Secretary
of Defense determines relevant for purposes of evaluating the
workplace safety records, plans, and performance of
contractors and prospective contractors.
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