United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act
Latest action · Jun 7, 2006 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 7, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Prohibits the affixation of the "Made in the USA" label to a product (including a textile fiber product) leaving the Northern Mariana Islands for shipment to any place in the United States or abroad unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than the wage set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) the product was manufactured in compliance with all federal laws relating to labor rights and working conditions; and (3) the factory or other business producing the product does not employ individuals under conditions of indentured servitude.
Applies to the Northern Mariana Islands: (1) the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Prohibits any product of the Northern Mariana Islands from entering U.S. customs territory duty-free or quota-free as a product of an insular possession, unless specified requirements relating to fair labor practices and country of origin are met.
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize inspection by the Customs Service of any vessel from a foreign port or from a place in any U.S. territory or possession arriving at a port or place in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Prohibits the use of federal assistance for public buildings or public works projects in the Northern Mariana Islands which involve the employment of mechanics or laborers unless the project is subject to a contract containing specified provisions on the rate of wages for such laborers and mechanics.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop technical assistance programs for economic diversification, job creation, and job training in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Requires studies of: (1) the extent of human and labor rights violations in the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) security and immigration vulnerabilities there.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2006 to Dec 5, 2006; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Jun 7, 2006 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 19, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 10, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 5, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2006 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2006Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2006Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products of, and to implement minimum wage and immigration requirements in, the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Airports
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs administration
- Deceptive advertising
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Diversification in industry
- Economic growth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee rights
- Ethics
- Families
- Federal preemption
- Fines (Penalties)
- Forced labor
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Free trade
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Human rights
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Import restrictions
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Law
- Local laws
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine terminals
- Married people
- Minimum wages
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Occupational health and safety
- Organized crime
- Prostitution
- Recruiting of employees
- Residence requirements
- Restrictive trade practices
- Risk
- Searches and seizures
- Security measures
- Ships
- Signs and signboards
- Slavery
- Subcontractors
- Tariff
- Textile fabrics
- Transportation and Public Works
- Unfair labor practices
- Victims of crimes
- Visas
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2006Introduced in House
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