3.0.0 2307 2023-01-11T13:38:53Z 2023-01-11T13:38:53Z Senate S 2018-01-16 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-01-16T22:26:32Z 2018-01-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-01-16 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory procedures Employment discrimination and employee rights Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Human rights Labor standards Labor-management relations Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Public participation and lobbying Tariffs Wages and earnings Worker safety and health Youth employment and child labor Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2018-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-14T17:17:46Z Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018

This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a developing country, as a condition for eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences, to establish in its law and practice:

  • freedom of association;
  • recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
  • elimination of all forms of compulsory or forced labor;
  • abolition of, and the prohibition of the worst forms of, child labor;
  • elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation; and
  • acceptable conditions of work regarding minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health.

The Generalized System of Preferences is a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in developing countries by providing preferential duty-free entry for certain products from designated beneficiary countries.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shall prescribe regulations necessary for the implementation of this bill.

]]> Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018 Display Title Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require countries to comply with certain labor standards to be eligible for the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2307is/xml/BILLS-115s2307is.xml 2018-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.