S.Amdt. 1882

SA 1882. Mr. CRUZ 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. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF CLEAN AND ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES FROM SOURCES USING FORCED OR
CHILD LABOR.

No Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the
procurement of clean or zero-emission vehicles for Federal,
State, local, or Tribal government fleets, including vehicles
of the United States Postal Service, until 45 days after the
President certifies to Congress that the vehicles so procured
do not contain materials that were sourced, processed, or
produced--
(1) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or in
facilities located outside Xinjiang that use labor or goods
from Xinjiang;
(2) with child labor, as such term is defined in Article 3
of the International Labor Organization Convention concerning
the prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of
the worst forms of child labor (December 2, 2000), or in
violation of human rights; or
(3) with forced labor, as such term is defined section 307
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
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