[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4929-S4930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5547. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. SOCIOECONOMIC LABOR THRESHOLD FOR THE SERVICE 
                   CONTRACT ACT.

       (a) Socioeconomic Labor Threshold.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the 
     socioeconomic labor threshold is--
       (A) for the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
     this Act and ending on October

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     1 following such date of enactment, the amount determined by 
     the Secretary of Labor under paragraph (2)(A); and
       (B) for each 1-year period beginning on October 1 following 
     such date of enactment, the amount determined by the 
     Secretary of Labor under paragraph (2)(B).
       (2) Inflation adjustments.--
       (A) Initial period.--The amount determined under this 
     paragraph for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) shall 
     be $2,500 as--
       (i) increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer 
     Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States 
     city average), as published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics, comparing--

       (I) such Consumer Price Index for October of 1965; and
       (II) such Consumer Price Index for the most recent month as 
     of the date of enactment of this Act for which such Consumer 
     Price Index is available; and

       (ii) (if applicable), rounded to the nearest multiple of 
     $100.
       (B) Subsequent periods.--
       (i) In general.--The amount determined under this 
     subparagraph for the applicable period described in paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall be the amount in effect on the date of such 
     determination as--

       (I) increased (if applicable) from such amount by the 
     annual percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price 
     Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States city 
     average), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
     from the preceding year as calculated in accordance with 
     clause (ii); and
       (II) (if applicable) rounded to the nearest multiple of 
     $100.

       (ii) Consumer price index.--In making the determination 
     under clause (i) and calculating the percentage increase in 
     the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers under clause 
     (i)(I), the Secretary of Labor shall compare the Consumer 
     Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States 
     city average), as determined by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics, for June of the calendar year in which such 
     determination is made with the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average), as 
     determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for June of the 
     preceding calendar year.
       (iii) Rule of construction.--With respect to a 
     determination under clause (i) of the amount in effect under 
     this paragraph for an applicable period under paragraph 
     (1)(B), if there is not an annual percentage increase in the 
     Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; 
     United States city average) from the preceding year as 
     described in clause (i)(I), the amount in effect under this 
     paragraph for such applicable period shall be the amount in 
     effect under paragraph (1) on the date of such determination.
       (b) Amendments to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract 
     Act.--
       (1) Definition.--Section 6701 of title 41, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) Socioeconomic labor threshold.--The term 
     `socioeconomic labor threshold' means the socioeconomic labor 
     threshold established under section 1077(a) of the James M. 
     Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2023.''.
       (2) Applicability threshold.--Section 6702(a)(2) of title 
     41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) involves an amount exceeding--
       ``(A) for contracts and bid specifications made prior to 
     the date of enactment of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, $2,500; and
       ``(B) for contracts and bid specifications made on or after 
     such date of enactment, the socioeconomic labor threshold.''.
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