S.Amdt. 4539

SA 4539. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, and Ms.
Mikulski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,

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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 B of title VIII of division A,
insert the following:

SEC. 829K. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS THAT
ENGAGE IN WAGE THEFT BY STEALING EMPLOYEES'
WAGES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 829H, the
Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contract
described in subsection (b) with any person or business that
the Labor Compliance Advisor of the Department of Defense
determines to have owed, during the 3-year period preceding
the request for proposals for the contract, employees, or
individuals who are former employees, a cumulative amount of
more than $100,000 in unpaid wages and associated damages
resulting from violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) as determined by the Secretary
of Labor or a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Applicable Contract.--A contract described in this
subsection is any procurement contract for goods and
services, including construction, in which the estimated
value of the supplies acquired and services required exceeds
$500,000.
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