US Congress House Bill 4842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) legislation is necessary to provide consumers information on products that are free of child labor, forced labor, slavery, and human trafficking; and (2) businesses and consumers, by means of publicly available disclosures, can avoid inadvertently promoting or sanctioning these crimes through production and purchase of goods and products that have been tainted in the supply chains. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within one year after enactment of the Global Supply Chain Transparency for Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Child Labor Eradication Act, to promulgate regulations requiring that mandatory annual reports include a disclosure whether the covered issuer has taken any measures during the year to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the worst forms of child labor within the issuer's supply chains. Requires any business entity filing such disclosures to make them available on its Internet website. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and publish annually on the Internet website of the Department of Labor a list of top 100 companies adhering to supply chain labor standards, as established under federal and international guidelines.

Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]

Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]

Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]

Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2014-06-11	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2014-06-11	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2014-06-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2014-06-11	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E960)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4842/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4842/BILLS-113hr4842ih.pdf