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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6289. Mr. LANKFORD 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 G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. SOCIOECONOMIC LABOR THRESHOLD FOR THE SERVICE
CONTRACT ACT.
(a) Socioeconomic Labor Threshold.—
(1) In general.—For purposes of this section, the
socioeconomic labor threshold is—
(A) for the period beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act and ending on October
1 following such date of enactment, the amount determined by
the Secretary of Labor under paragraph (2)(A); and
(B) for each 1-year period beginning on October 1 following
such date of enactment, the amount determined by the
Secretary of Labor under paragraph (2)(B).
(2) Inflation adjustments.—
(A) Initial period.—The amount determined under this
paragraph for the period described in paragraph (1)(A) shall
be $2,500 as—
(i) increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States
city average), as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, comparing—
(I) such Consumer Price Index for October of 1965; and
(II) such Consumer Price Index for the most recent month as
of the date of enactment of this Act for which such Consumer
Price Index is available; and
(ii) (if applicable), rounded to the nearest multiple of
$100.
(B) Subsequent periods.—
(i) In general.—The amount determined under this
subparagraph for the applicable period described in paragraph
(1)(B) shall be the amount in effect on the date of such
determination as—
(I) increased (if applicable) from such amount by the
annual percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States city
average), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
from the preceding year as calculated in accordance with
clause (ii); and
(II) (if applicable) rounded to the nearest multiple of
$100.
(ii) Consumer price index.—In making the determination
under clause (i) and calculating the percentage increase in
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers under clause
(i)(I), the Secretary of Labor shall compare the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States
city average), as determined by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for June of the calendar year in which such
determination is made with the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average), as
determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for June of the
preceding calendar year.
(iii) Rule of construction.—With respect to a
determination under clause (i) of the amount in effect under
this paragraph for an applicable period under paragraph
(1)(B), if there is not an annual percentage increase in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items;
United States city average) from the preceding year as
described in clause (i)(I), the amount in effect under this
paragraph for such applicable period shall be the amount in
effect under paragraph (1) on the date of such determination.
(b) Amendments to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract
Act.—
(1) Definition.—Section 6701 of title 41, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) Socioeconomic labor threshold.—The term
`socioeconomic labor threshold' means the socioeconomic labor
threshold established under section 1094(a) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.”.
(2) Applicability threshold.—Section 6702(a)(2) of title
41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(2) involves an amount exceeding—
“(A) for contracts and bid specifications made prior to
the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2027, $2,500; and
“(B) for contracts and bid specifications made on or after
such date of enactment, the socioeconomic labor threshold.”.