II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3425 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 24, 2012 Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide a notice requirement regarding offshoring.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Offshoring Notification Act.

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Definition

Section 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101) is amended— (1)in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (9)the term United States includes each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, and each territory or possession of the United States. .

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Notice

Section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(a)) is amended— (1)by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and (2)by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b)

Offshoring information

The notice shall contain information stating— (1)whether the employer plans to continue producing the good or providing the service that the affected employees have been producing or providing; and (2)if so, whether the production or provision will be performed for the employer, by employees or contractors outside the United States. .