I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6764 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve congressional oversight 
and public transparency of military construction contract awards, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mr. KIM (for himself, Mr. COOK, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. NORCROSS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve congres-
sional oversight and public transparency of military con-
struction contract awards, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Put Our Neighbors 
to Work Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
SUPERVISION 
OF 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS. 
Section 2851 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or appropriated’’ after 
‘‘funds authorized’’ each place such term ap-
pears; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘, 
Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Mod-
ernization (FSRM) project,’’ after ‘‘military 
construction project’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, deadline for bid submis-
sions,’’ after ‘‘solicitation date’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including the address of 
such recipient)’’ after ‘‘contract recipient’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(H) Any subcontracting plan required under 
paragraph (4) or (5) of section 8(d) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) for the project sub-
mitted by the contract recipient to the Secretary of 
Defense. 
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‘‘(I) A detailed written statement describing 
and justifying any exception applied or waiver grant-
ed under— 
‘‘(i) chapter 83 of title 41; 
‘‘(ii) section 2533a of this title; or 
‘‘(iii) section 2533b of this title.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The information required to be published on the 
Internet website under subsection (c) shall constitute a 
record for the purposes of Chapter 21, 29, 31, and 33 
of title 44.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AWARD OF COV-
ERED 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR COVERED MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 2851 the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘§ 2851a. Requirements relating to the award of cov-
ered military construction contracts 
‘‘(a) PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RE-
LATING
TO COVERED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CON-
TRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONTRACTOR
REQUIREMENTS.—A con-
tractor that has been awarded a covered military 
construction contract shall— 
‘‘(A) make publicly available on a website 
of the General Services Administration or the 
Small Business Administration, as applicable, 
any solicitation under that covered military con-
struction contract for a subcontract of an esti-
mated value of $250,000 or more; and 
‘‘(B) submit written notification of the 
award of the covered military construction con-
tract, and of any subcontract awarded under 
the covered military construction contract, to 
the relevant agency of a covered State that en-
forces workers’ compensation or minimum wage 
laws in such covered State. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Upon award of a covered mili-
tary construction contract with an estimated value 
greater than or equal to $2,000,000, the Secretary 
concerned shall notify any applicable Member of 
Congress representing the covered State in which 
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