H.R. 1992 - Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
- Sponsor:
- Michael H. Michaud
- Summary:
- To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
H.R. 1992 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Sponsor
- Michael H. Michaud
- Co-Sponsors
- Grace F. Napolitano
- Gwen Moore
- Edward J. Markey
- Bob Filner
- John Salazar
- Timothy H. Bishop
- Zachary Space
- Donna M. Christensen
- Brad Miller
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Silvestre Reyes
- Dennis J. Kucinich
- Baron Hill
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Tom Udall
- G. K. Butterfield
- Paul Kanjorski
- Gene Green
- Barton Gordon
- James P. McGovern
- John F. Tierney
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Tim Holden
- William Delahunt
- Michael Arcuri
- Christopher Carney
- Heath Shuler
- Solomon Ortiz
- Christopher H. Smith
- Eliot L. Engel
- Nita M. Lowey
- Mark Souder
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Lincoln Davis
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Melvin L. Watt
- Allyson Y. Schwartz
- Keith Ellison
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
- Michael McNulty
- Michael E. Capuano
- Ed Perlmutter
- Daniel Lipinski
- Gary L. Ackerman
- Thaddeus McCotter
- Jason Altmire
- David Obey
- Jerry McNerney
- James Marshall
- Timothy J. Walz
- Edolphus Towns
- John McHugh
- Diana DeGette
- Hilda Solis
- Rush Holt
- Tim Murphy
- Charles A. Gonzalez
- Mark Udall
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Bruce L. Braley
- Dale E. Kildee
- Chaka Fattah
- Stephen F. Lynch
- David Wu
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Donald Payne
- Ron Klein
- Thomas Allen
- Zoe Lofgren
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Peter J. Visclosky
- Steven C. LaTourette
- Doris O. Matsui
- Tim Ryan
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Fortney Pete Stark
- Nick J. Rahall II
- Jerry F. Costello
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- James R. Langevin
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Robert E. Andrews
- Charles Wilson
- Loretta Sanchez
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Corrine Brown
- David Loebsack
- Ben Chandler
- Joe Courtney
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Joe Donnelly
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- John D. Dingell
- John A. Yarmuth
- Betty McCollum
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Steven R. Rothman
- Barney Frank
- Travis Childers
- Tammy Baldwin
- Steve Kagen
- John Hall
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Steve Israel
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- Maurice D. Hinchey
- Robert Berry
- Louise McIntosh Slaughter
- Joe Sestak
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- José E. Serrano
- Peter Welch
- Alan Mollohan
- Marcy Kaptur
- James Oberstar
- Wm. Lacy Clay
- Thomas Edwards
- John Barrow
- Russ Carnahan
- Jim Cooper
- Mike McIntyre
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- Steve Cohen
- Joe Baca
- Albio Sires
- Danny K. Davis
- David E. Price
- Betty Sutton
- John P. Sarbanes
- William Jefferson
- Frederick Boucher
- Bart Stupak
- Michael M. Honda
- Brian Higgins
- Robert A. Brady
- Paul Hodes
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Susan A. Davis
- Ed Pastor
- John Murtha
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Leonard L. Boswell
- Stephanie Jones
- John Lewis
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Patrick Kennedy
- Shelley Berkley
- David Scott
- John W. Olver
- Mike Ross
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Michael F. Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Christopher Murphy
- Brian Baird
- Henry A. Waxman
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter A. DeFazio
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
- George Miller
- Julia Carson
- Patrick Murphy
- Subjects
- Trade
- Actions and defenses
- Administrative procedure
- Business
- Child labor
- Children
- Civil liberties
- Civil rights
- Collective bargaining
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Criminal justice
- Damages
- Directories
- Employee rights
- Executive departments
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Export controls
- Federal Trade Commission
- Forced labor
- Foreign policy
- Freedom of association
- Government contractors
- Government information
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Hours of labor
- House rules and procedure
- Human rights
- Import restrictions
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Injunctions
- International affairs
- Investors
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Law
- Legal fees
- Legislative resolutions
- Medical care
- Medicine
- Minimum wages
- Occupational health and safety
- Parties to actions
- President and foreign policy
- Presidents
- Prison labor
- Public contracts
- Restrictive trade practices
- Retail trade
- Senate rules and procedure
- Slavery
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- Major Actions
Introduced 4/23/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 4/23/2007 4/23/2007 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 4/23/2007 Referred to House Ways and Means 4/23/2007 Referred to House Armed Services 4/23/2007 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform 4/23/2007 Referred to House Rules 4/23/2007 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 4/23/2007 Referred to House Foreign Affairs 4/24/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. 5/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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