[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3003-S3004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 822. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Cardin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 1083. GLOBAL COOPERATIVE FRAMEWORK TO END HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   ABUSES IN SOURCING CRITICAL MINERALS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall seek to 
     convene a meeting of foreign leaders to establish a 
     multilateral framework to end human rights abuses, including 
     the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to 
     the mining and sourcing of critical minerals.
       (b) Certification Scheme.--The Secretary shall seek to 
     ensure that the framework under subsection (a) includes a 
     certification scheme, comprised of--
       (1) minimum requirements for national legislation, 
     institutions, and import and export controls related to the 
     sourcing of critical minerals;
       (2) measures to enforce transparency in the exchange of 
     production, transportation, and end-use manufacturing data 
     related to critical minerals, including through the use of 
     blockchain technology, if feasible;
       (3) prohibitions on the purchase or trade in critical 
     minerals unless parties to the purchase or trade are 
     certified under and in compliance with the framework; and
       (4) measures to certify shipments as in compliance with the 
     framework, including

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     requiring the provision of supporting documentation.
       (c) Implementation Report.--The Secretary shall lead the 
     development of an annual global report on the implementation 
     of the framework under subsection (a), including progress and 
     recommendations to fully end human rights abuses, including 
     the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to 
     the extraction of critical minerals around the world.
       (d) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and 
     Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act.--Nothing in this section shall--
       (1) affect the authority of the President to take any 
     action to join and subsequently comply with the terms and 
     obligations of the Extractive Industries Transparency 
     Initiative (EITI); or
       (2) affect section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
     Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 78m note), or 
     subsection (q) of section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act 
     of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m), as added by section 1504 of the 
     Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
     (Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat. 2220), or any rule prescribed 
     under either such section.
       (e) Critical Mineral Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``critical mineral'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
     1606(a)).
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