[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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