S.Amdt. 557

SA 557. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 in title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. OVERSIGHT OF THE PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT BY STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.

Section 281 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsections:
``(d) Limitations on Purchases.--(1) The Secretary shall
require, as a condition of any purchase of equipment under
this section, that if the Department of Justice opens an
investigation into a State or unit of local government under
section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), the Secretary
shall pause all pending or future purchases by that State or
unit of local government.
``(2) The Secretary shall prohibit the purchase of
equipment by a State or unit of local government for a period
of 5 years upon a finding that equipment purchased under this
section by the State or unit of local government was used as
part of a violation under section 210401 of the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601).
``(e) Publicly Accessible Website on Purchased Equipment.--
(1) The Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of
General Services, shall create and maintain a publicly
available internet website that provides in searchable format
information on the purchase of equipment under this section
and the recipients of such equipment.
``(2) The internet website required under paragraph (1)
shall include all publicly accessible unclassified
information pertaining to the purchase of equipment under
this section, including--
``(A) the catalog of equipment available for purchase under
subsection (c);
``(B) the recipient state or unit of local government;
``(C) the purpose of the purchase under subsection (a)(1);
``(D) the type of equipment;
``(E) the cost of the equipment;
``(F) the administrative costs under subsection (b); and
``(G) other information the Secretary determines is
necessary.
``(3) The Secretary shall update on a quarterly basis
information included on the internet website required under
paragraph (1).''.
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