[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2390. 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. COMPLIANCE WITH DFARS RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTOR 
                   USE OF MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall brief the congressional defense committees on steps the 
     Department of Defense has taken to ensure compliance with the 
     provisions of subpart 222.74 of the Defense Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation Supplement, which provides 
     restrictions on the use of mandatory arbitration agreements.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a description of steps taken to ensure that the 
     Department does not award contracts in excess of $1,000,000 
     to contractors that require as a condition of employment that 
     employees enter an agreement to resolve certain claims and 
     torts through arbitration; and
       (2) a description of the extent to which the Secretary of 
     Defense has waived the requirements of subpart 222.74.
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