[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5940]
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  SA 3237. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Booker) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. CHILD LABOR PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION.

       (a) Treatment of Civil Penalties Under the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938.--Section 16(e)(5) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)(5)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Except for civil penalties collected for 
     violations of section 12, sums'' and inserting ``(A) Except 
     as provided in subparagraph (B), sums'';
       (2) by striking the second sentence; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Sums collected for a civil penalty for a violation of 
     section 12 shall--
       ``(i) for the amount of the penalty that equals the amount 
     that would have been assessed for such a violation under this 
     section on the day before the date of enactment of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, be 
     deposited in the general fund of the Treasury;
       ``(ii) for the amount of the penalty that equals half of 
     the amount of the penalty not deposited under clause (i), be 
     deposited in the general fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(iii) for the amount of the penalty not deposited in 
     accordance with clause (i) or (ii), be applied toward the 
     reimbursement described in subparagraph (A).''.
       (b) Civil Penalties Related to Child Labor Under the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938.--
       (1) In general.--Section 16(e)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (A) by aligning the left margins of clauses (i) and (ii) 
     with the left margin of clause (i) of section 16(e)(1)(B) of 
     the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938;
       (B) in clause (i), by striking ``$11,000'' and inserting 
     ``$78,145''; and
       (C) in clause (ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting 
     ``$355,155''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall be applicable to violations occurring on or after the 
     date of enactment of this section.
       (c) Child Labor Certification for Federal Contractors.--The 
     head of an executive agency (as that term is defined in 
     section 133 of title 41, United States Code) shall require 
     each person submitting an offer for a contract with the 
     agency for the procurement of goods to certify that such 
     person will not supply goods produced, manufactured, or 
     developed for which any oppressive child labor (as defined in 
     section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     203)) has been employed in the performance of such contract.
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