[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7545]
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  SA 4075. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 857. COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States Government should have a zero tolerance 
     policy for human trafficking, and it is of vital importance 
     that Government contractors who engage in human trafficking 
     be held accountable.
       (b) Analysis Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     review the recommendations contained in the report of the 
     Comptroller General of the United States titled ``Human 
     Trafficking: DOD Should Address Weaknesses in Oversight of 
     Contractors and Reporting of Investigations Related to 
     Contracts'' (dated August 2021; GAO-21-546) and develop the 
     following:
       (1) Policies and processes to ensure contracting officers 
     of the Department of Defense be informed of their 
     responsibilities relating to combating trafficking in persons 
     and to ensure that such contracting officers are accurately 
     and completely reporting trafficking in persons 
     investigations.
       (2) Policies and processes to specify--
       (A) the offices and individuals within the Department that 
     should be receiving and reporting on trafficking in persons 
     incidents involving contractors;
       (B) the elements of the Department and persons outside the 
     Department that are responsible for reporting trafficking in 
     persons investigations; and
       (C) requirements relating to reporting such incident in the 
     Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System 
     (or any other contractor performance rating system).
       (3) Policies and processes to ensure that combating 
     trafficking in persons monitoring is more effectively 
     implemented through, among other things, reviewing and 
     monitoring contractor compliance plans relating to combating 
     trafficking in persons.
       (4) Policies and processes to ensure the Secretary of 
     Defense has accurate and complete information about 
     compliance with acquisition-specific training requirements 
     relating to combating trafficking in persons by contractors.
       (5) A mechanism for ensuring completion of such training 
     within 30 days after a contractor begins performance on a 
     contract.
       (6) An assessment of the resources and staff required to 
     support oversight of combating trafficking in persons, 
     including resources and staff to validate annual combating 
     trafficking in persons self-assessments by elements of the 
     Department.
       (c) Interim Brief.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     brief the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Oversight of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate on 
     the preliminary findings of the analysis required by 
     subsection (b).
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee 
     on Oversight of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the 
     Senate the analysis required by subsection (b).
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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