Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act
This bill establishes a Labor Secretariat to (1) address transnational issues relating to labor, (2) monitor and enforce labor-related trade agreement provisions, and (3) provide research relating to the effects of trade agreements on jobs and communities in countries covered by such agreements.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2019 to Jul 24, 2019; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 17, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 24, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5926)
- Jul 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5926 | Marcy Kaptur D-OH | Jul 17, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 120, July 17, 2019, page H6000.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that any trade agreement eligible for expedited consideration by Congress include enforceable labor standards and protections, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Independent Labor Secretariat for Fair Trade Deals Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Sanctions
- Temporary and part-time employment
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- Violent crime
- Wages and earnings
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
