[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4752]
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  SA 2429. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. 891. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENTS PRODUCED BY CHILD 
                   LABOR.

       (a) Prohibition on the Availability of Funds for 
     Procurements Produced by Child Labor.--None of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
     available for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Defense 
     may be obligated or expended to knowingly procure any 
     products produced or manufactured wholly or in part by 
     oppressive child labor.
       (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue 
     rules, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to 
     require a certification from offerors for contracts with the 
     Department of Defense stating the offeror has made a good 
     faith effort to determine that oppressive child labor was not 
     or will not be used in the performance of such contract.
       (c) Oppressive Child Labor Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``oppressive child labor'' has the same meaning as 29 
     USC 203(l).
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