,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #i1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,lankford introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a socioeconomic
 labor threshold and use that threshold 
for purposes of chapter #fg of title    
#da1 ,united ,states ,code4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,service ,contract ,modernization ,act4 
#b4 ,socioeconomic labor threshold  7a7 
,in general ,for purposes of this ,act1 
the socioeconomic labor threshold is--  
7#a7 for the period beginning on the    
date of enactment of this ,act and      
ending on ,october #a following such    
date of enactment1 the amount determined
 by the ,secretary of ,labor under      
subsection 7b77#a72 and  7#b7 for each  
#a-year period beginning on ,october #a 
following such date of enactment1 the   
amount determined by the ,secretary of  

,labor under subsection 7b77#b74  7b7   
,inflation adjustments  7#a7 ,initial   
period ,the amount determined under this
 paragraph for the period described in  
subsection 7a77#a7 shall be #b1ejj as-- 
7,a7 increased by the percentage        
increase in the ,consumer ,price ,index 
for ,all ,urban ,consumers 7all items2  
,united ,states city average71 as       
published by the ,bureau of ,labor      
,statistics1 comparing-- 7i7 such       
,consumer ,price ,index for ,october of 
#aife2 and  7ii7 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   
available2 and  7,b7 7if applicable71   
rounded to the nearest multiple of #ajj4
  7#b7 ,subsequent periods  7,a7 ,in    
general ,the amount determined under    
this paragraph for the applicable period
 described in subsection 7a77#b7 shall  
be the amount in effect on the date of  
such determination as-- 7i7 increased   
7if applicable7 from such amount by the 

annual percentage increase1 if any1 in  
the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all    
,urban ,consumers 7all items2 ,united   
,states city average71 as published by  
the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics1 from 
the preceding year as calculated in     
accordance with subparagraph 7,b72 and  
7ii7 7if applicable7 rounded to the     
nearest multiple of #ajj4  7,b7         
,consumer ,price ,index ,in making the  
determination under subparagraph 7,a7   
and calculating the percentage increase 
in the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all 
,urban ,consumers under subparagraph    
7,a77i71 the ,secretary of ,labor shall 
compare the ,consumer ,price ,index for 
,all ,urban ,consumers 7all items2      
,united ,states city average71 as       
determined by the ,bureau of ,labor     
,statistics1 for ,june of the calendar  
year in which such determination is made
 with the ,consumer ,price ,index for   
,all ,urban ,consumers 7all items2      
,united ,states city average71 as       
determined by the ,bureau of ,labor     

,statistics1 for ,june of the preceding 
calendar year4  7,c7 ,rule of           
construction ,with respect to a         
determination under subparagraph 7,a7 of
 the amount in effect under this        
paragraph for an applicable period under
 subsection 7a77#b71 if there is not an 
annual percentage increase in the       
,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 
,consumers 7all items2 ,united ,states  
city average7 from the preceding year as
 described in subparagraph 7,a77i71 the 
amount in effect under this subsection  
for such applicable period shall be the 
amount in effect under subsection 7a7 on
 the date of such determination4  #c4   
,amendments to the ,mc,namara-,o',hara  
,service ,contract ,act  7a7 ,definition
 ,section #fgja of title #da1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
redesignating paragraph 7#d7 as         
paragraph 7#e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     
7#d7 ,socioeconomic labor threshold ,the
 term socioeconomic labor threshold     

means the socioeconomic labor threshold 
established under section #b of the     
,service ,contract ,modernization ,act4 
4  7b7 ,applicability threshold ,section
 #fgjb7;a77#b7 of title #da1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  7#b7 involves an amount       
exceeding-- 7,a7 for contracts and bid  
specifications made prior to the date of
 enactment of the ,service ,contract    
,modernization ,act1 #b1ejj2 and  7,b7  
for contracts and bid specifications    
made on or after such date of enactment1
 the socioeconomic labor threshold4  4