Understanding Off-shoring and Outsourcing Act of 2006
Latest action · Nov 2, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Understanding Off-shoring and Outsourcing Act of 2006 - Requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to revise its requirements for mandatory industry reporting of international services transactions to lower by 50% the per-company monetary thresholds above which companies must report import and export services transactions.
Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to make specified revisions to the procedures and methodologies related to its collection and disaggregation of data relating to mass layoffs, relocations, and employment.
Requires the Bureaus to study and report jointly to Congress on whether linking or coordinating their independent data relating to mass layoffs and import and export services transactions would improve the quality of information available about outsourcing and off-shoring of private sector business operations and services.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Business records
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economic statistics
- Economics and Public Finance
- Exports
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Imports
- International corporations
- Labor and Employment
- Labor statistics
- Layoffs
- Relocation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2006Introduced in House
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