HR 3530 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Labor Recruiter Accountability Act of 2003

Introduced Nov 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor George Miller D-CA

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Latest action · Jan 30, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedNov 19, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Labor Recruiter Accountability Act of 2003 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to accurately inform foreign workers of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited.

Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment.

Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence.

Requires employers to notify the Secretary of Labor of the identity of: (1) any recruiter involved in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer; and (2) any such recruiter whose activities do not comply with this Act. Subjects employers to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such recruiters to the same extent as if the employers had committed the violations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain a public list of recruiters whom the Secretary knows or believes have been involved in violations of this Act; and (2) provide a procedure for removal of a recruiter's name from the list upon demonstration that such recruiter has not been in violation in the previous five years.

Provides for criminal fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) assess civil fines; and (2) seek injunctive relief and specific performance of contractual obligations to assure employer compliance.

Provides that rights and remedies under this Act are in addition to any other contractual or statutory rights and remedies of workers who are subject to foreign labor contracting activity.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2003 to Dec 8, 2003; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABarney FrankOriginalNov 19, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-TXGene GreenOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-OHTim RyanOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-CATom LantosOriginalNov 19, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenDec 8, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanDec 8, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Nov 19, 2003
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Jan 30, 2004

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Nov 20, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2341)
  3. Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Nov 19, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2341George Miller D-CANov 20, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for labor recruiter accountability, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Labor Recruiter Accountability Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House

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