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01-HR0460 on Feb 6, 2001

EXCERPTS OF BILL:

Be it enacted:
• A national of the US that employs one or more individuals in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries or licensees (including any security forces of the national), shall take the necessary steps to provide transparency and disclosure in all its operations, including the full public disclosure of the following:
• Information relating to location, address, and corporate name of all facilities abroad
• Applicable financial agreements and investments of partners and subcontractors
• Worker rights practices and labor standards, including any complaints from employees and violations of local labor laws.
• Age, gender, and number of employees in each facility.
• Wages paid to employees, including policies on overtime pay.
• Working conditions based on current OSHA standards for similar operations.
• Environmental performance, including toxic release inventory.
• The human rights policy, any complaints received from local communities, and any human rights lawsuits filed.

  LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to House Committee on International Relations; never came to a vote.

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  • Topic: Jobs
  • Headline: Require full disclosure of outsourced employees
  • Headline 2: Sponsored bill requiring disclosure of outsourced employees
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  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 01-HR0460
  David Bonior	s1o	Michigan Democrat
  Sherrod Brown	s1o	OH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
  Julia Carson	s1o	Indiana Democrat
  Danny Davis	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat
  Lane Evans	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Bob Filner	s1o	California Democrat
  Maurice Hinchey	s1o	New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
  Marcy Kaptur	s1o	Ohio Democrat
  Dennis Kucinich	s1o	Ohio Democrat
  Tom Lantos	s1o	California Former Democrat (until 2008)
  Barbara Lee	s1o	California Democrat
  Cynthia McKinney	s2p	Georgia Democrat
  Gregory Meeks	s1o	New York Dem./Working-Families
  George Miller	s1o	California Democrat
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat
  Bill Pascrell	s1o	New Jersey Democrat
  Donald Payne	s1o	New Jersey Democrat
  Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1o	California Democrat
  Jan Schakowsky	s1o	Illinois Democrat
  Hilda Solis	s1o	California Democrat
  Peter Visclosky	s1o	Indiana Democrat
  Diane Watson	s1o	California Democrat
  Lynn Woolsey	s1o	California Democrat

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 01-HR0460

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 01-HR0460
  Donna Christensen	s1o	Virgin Islands -
  Bernie Sanders	s1o	Vermont Independent

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 24 Republicans: 0 Independents: 2