S.Amdt. 1536

SA 1536. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Lummis)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502
proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new
Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research,
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division C, add the following:

SEC. 3314. GLOBAL COOPERATIVE FRAMEWORK TO END HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES IN SOURCING CRITICAL MINERALS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall seek to
convene a meeting of foreign leaders to establish a
multilateral framework to end human rights abuses, including
the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to
the mining and sourcing of critical minerals.
(b) Certification Scheme.--The Secretary shall seek to
ensure that the framework under subsection (a) includes a
certification scheme, comprised of--
(1) minimum requirements for national legislation,
institutions, and import and export controls related to the
sourcing of critical minerals;
(2) measures to enforce transparency in the exchange of
production, transportation, and end-use manufacturing data
related to critical minerals, including through the use of
blockchain technology, if feasible;
(3) prohibitions on the purchase or trade in critical
minerals unless parties to the purchase or trade are
certified under and in compliance with the framework; and
(4) measures to certify shipments as in compliance with the
framework, including requiring the provision of supporting
documentation.
(c) Implementation Report.--The Secretary shall lead the
development of an annual global report on the implementation
of the framework under subsection (a), including progress and
recommendations to fully end human rights abuses, including
the exploitation of forced labor and child labor, related to
the extraction of critical minerals around the world.
(d) Review of Conflict Minerals List.--The Secretary shall
review the list of conflict minerals under section 1502(e)(4)
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act (Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat. 228) to determine whether
certain critical minerals, such as cobalt, should be included
on the list.
(e) Critical Mineral Defined.--In this section, the term
``critical mineral'' has the meaning given the term in
section 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (division Z of
Public Law 116-260; 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
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