S.Amdt. 2332
What it does: Adds SEC. 864. EXCHANGE STORE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCORD ON FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH at the end of subtitle D of title VIII
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 864. EXCHANGE STORE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCORD ON FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH at the end of subtitle D of title VIII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: SEC. 864. EXCHANGE STORE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCORD ON FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH.
Inserted: (a) Special Procurement Guidance for Garments Manufactured in Bangladesh.--The senior official of the Department of Defense designated pursuant to section 2481(c) of title 10, United States Code, to oversee the defense commissary system and the exchange store system shall require, consistent with applicable international agreements, that the exchange store system--
Inserted: (1) for the purchase of garments manufactured in Bangladesh for the private label brands of the exchange store system, either becomes a signatory of, or otherwise abides by the applicable requirements and terms set forth in, the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh without becoming a signatory;
Inserted: (2) for the purchase of licensed apparel manufactured in Bangladesh, gives a preference to licensees that are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh; and
Inserted: (3) for the purchase of garments manufactured in Bangladesh from retail suppliers, gives a preference to retail suppliers that are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
Inserted: (b) Notice of Exceptions.--If garments manufactured in Bangladesh are purchased from suppliers that are not signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the Department of Defense official referred to in subsection (a) shall notify Congress of the purchase and the reasons therefor.
Inserted: (c) Effective Date.--The requirements imposed by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or as soon after that date as the Secretary of Defense determines to be practicable so as to avoid disruption in garment supplies for the exchange store system.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2332. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Harkin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 D of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 864. EXCHANGE STORE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCORD ON FIRE AND BUILDING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH.
(a) Special Procurement Guidance for Garments Manufactured in Bangladesh.--The senior official of the Department of Defense designated pursuant to section 2481(c) of title 10, United States Code, to oversee the defense commissary system and the exchange store system shall require, consistent with applicable international agreements, that the exchange store system--
(1) for the purchase of garments manufactured in Bangladesh for the private label brands of the exchange store system, either becomes a signatory of, or otherwise abides by the applicable requirements and terms set forth in, the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh without becoming a signatory;
(2) for the purchase of licensed apparel manufactured in Bangladesh, gives a preference to licensees that are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh; and
(3) for the purchase of garments manufactured in Bangladesh from retail suppliers, gives a preference to retail suppliers that are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
(b) Notice of Exceptions.--If garments manufactured in Bangladesh are purchased from suppliers that are not signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the Department of Defense official referred to in subsection (a) shall notify Congress of the purchase and the reasons therefor.
(c) Effective Date.--The requirements imposed by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or as soon after that date as the Secretary of Defense determines to be practicable so as to avoid disruption in garment supplies for the exchange store system.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013