3.0.0 3002 2022-10-28T01:46:01Z 2022-10-28T01:46:01Z Senate S 2019-12-09 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-09T23:27:50Z 2019-12-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-12-11 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Advisory bodies Canada Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employment discrimination and employee rights Foreign aid and international relief Free trade and trade barriers Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Human rights Human trafficking International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Labor standards Labor-management relations Latin America Lawyers and legal services Mexico Rule of law and government transparency Trade agreements and negotiations Youth employment and child labor Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2019-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-28T19:52:16Z United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019

This bill requires an increase in the amounts transferred to the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund and the use of such amounts to implement labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico.

Specifically, for the implementation and monitoring of labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico, the bill designates certain funds be provided (1) to the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor; (2) to the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking at Labor; and (3) for three permanent Labor Attachés at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico or consulates of the United States in Mexico.

For international development, the bill designates certain amounts to be transferred to the U.S. Agency for International Development to monitor trade agreement obligations related to anti-corruption and the promotion of rule of law.

]]> United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 Display Title United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 to increase amounts transferred to the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund and to require the use of certain amounts in the fund to implement labor obligations in a free trade agreement with Mexico, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3002is/xml/BILLS-116s3002is.xml 2019-12-09 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.