S.Amdt. 2390

SA 2390. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 823. COMPLIANCE WITH DFARS RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTOR
USE OF MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.

(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall brief the congressional defense committees on steps the
Department of Defense has taken to ensure compliance with the
provisions of subpart 222.74 of the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement, which provides
restrictions on the use of mandatory arbitration agreements.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) a description of steps taken to ensure that the
Department does not award contracts in excess of $1,000,000
to contractors that require as a condition of employment that
employees enter an agreement to resolve certain claims and
torts through arbitration; and
(2) a description of the extent to which the Secretary of
Defense has waived the requirements of subpart 222.74.
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