S.Amdt. 822

SA 822. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Cardin) 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1083. 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

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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) Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and
Certain Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act.--Nothing in this section shall--
(1) affect the authority of the President to take any
action to join and subsequently comply with the terms and
obligations of the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI); or
(2) affect section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 78m note), or
subsection (q) of section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m), as added by section 1504 of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(Public Law 111-203; 124 Stat. 2220), or any rule prescribed
under either such section.
(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 (30 U.S.C.
1606(a)).
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