curement and Nonprocurement Programs maintained by 
the Administrator under part 9 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation each contractor that is debarred, suspended, 
proposed for debarment or suspension, or declared ineli-
gible by the head of an agency on the basis that the con-
tractor has committed a violation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) This section shall not be construed to limit the 
use of other remedies available to the head of an agency 
or any other official of the Federal Government on the 
basis of a finding under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered contract’ means a con-
tract for a total amount in excess of the micro-pur-
chase threshold, as that term is defined in section 
32(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 428(f)). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘sweatshop good’ means all 
goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured wholly or in part in violation 
of core labor standards, as defined in section 3 of 
the Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competi-
tion Act.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2334. Prohibition on procurement of sweatshop goods.’’. 
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH THE FEDERAL AC-
QUISITION REGULATION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation issued under sections 6 and 25 of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405 
and 421) to provide for the implementation of the require-
ments of section 318 of the Federal Property of Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 and section 2334 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsections (a) and (b), 
respectively. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the re-
quirements of this section and of section 318 of the Fed-
eral Property of Administrative Services Act of 1949 and 
section 2334 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsections (a) and (b), respectively, are implemented 
through the amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation pursuant to subsection (c), the Administrator of 
General Services, with the assistance of other executive 
agencies, shall submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget a report on the actions taken under such sections. 
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TITLE IV—EFFECT ON STATE 
LAW 
SEC. 401. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to preempt any law of a State or 
political subdivision of a State relating to labor standards 
required in the mining, production, or manufacture of any 
good, ware, article, or merchandise purchased by the State 
or political subdivision. 
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