Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020
Latest action · Jul 21, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020
This bill requires businesses with annual revenue greater than $500 million to audit their supply chains for labor practices or human trafficking activities that violate specified national or international standards and report the results to the Department of Labor.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 21, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7824 | Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Jul 29, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business ethics
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Department of Labor
- Employment and training programs
- Human trafficking
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Licensing and registrations
- Personnel records
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2020Introduced in Senate
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