Text of Senate Amendment 6258

On 2026-06-24, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6258" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6258

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3419] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6258. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 B of title VIII, add the following: SEC. 823. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENTS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR. (a) Prohibition on the Availability of Funds for Procurements Produced by Child Labor.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to knowingly procure any products produced or manufactured wholly or in part by oppressive child labor. (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue rules, in consultation with the Department of Labor, to require a certification from offerors for contracts with the Department of Defense stating the offeror has made a good faith effort to determine that oppressive child labor was not or will not be used in the performance of such contract. (c) Oppressive Child Labor Defined.--In this section, the term ``oppressive child labor'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). ______