S.Amdt. 836

SA 836. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

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

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter
into any contract described in subsection (b) with any person
or business that the Secretary of Labor 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 or services,
including construction, in which the estimated value of the
supplies acquired and services required exceeds $500,000.
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