[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2385 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2385

 To require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual 
  audit of their supply chains to verify that their supply chains are 
                    free of child and forced labor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2015

  Mr. Vargas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual 
  audit of their supply chains to verify that their supply chains are 
                    free of child and forced labor.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Blood Tomatoes Act''.

SEC. 2. AUDIT OF SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIRED.

    (a) Required Audit.--Each public or private company that produces 
or sells products in interstate commerce that has gross annual revenues 
in excess of $1,000,000,000 shall annually submit to an audit of its 
supply chains by an independent auditor for the purpose of determining 
if such company's supply chains are free of child labor and forced 
labor.
    (b) Timing of Audit.--The audit required by subsection (a) shall be 
conducted during the first quarter of the company's fiscal year and 
shall be a complete audit of the companies supply chains during the 
previous fiscal year.
    (c) Determination by Auditor.--In addition to any specific 
information regarding a company's supply chain, the independent auditor 
shall make a determination in each audit that--
            (1) the company's products are produced without the use of 
        child labor or forced labor; or
            (2) if the independent auditor cannot be certain that child 
        labor or forced labor was used, that the company's products may 
        have been produced with the use of child labor or forced labor.
    (d) Reporting of Audit Determination.--Each company required to 
submit to an audit under this section shall, within 60 days of the 
completion of the audit--
            (1) report the determination made pursuant to subsection 
        (c) to the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange 
        Commission; and
            (2) post a clear and conspicuous notice on the primary 
        homepage of the company's Internet website, based on such 
        determination, that states either of the following:
                    (A) ``Products are free of child labor and forced 
                labor.''.
                    (B) ``Products may have been produced using child 
                labor or forced labor.''.
    (e) Definitions.--As used in this Act and for purposes of the audit 
required under this Act--
            (1) the term ``child labor'' means any labor practice 
        relating to work performed by a minor in violation of national 
        and international standards, including International Labor 
        Organization Convention No. 182;
            (2) the term ``forced labor'' means any forced labor 
        practice in violation of national and international standards, 
        including International Labor Organization Convention No. 29;
            (3) the term ``independent auditor'' means an entity that 
        is unrelated to and fully independent of any company for which 
        it performs audit services required by this Act that has 
        demonstrated experience with examining international supply 
        chains and familiarity with international labor standards;
            (4) the term ``product'' includes a manufactured product, 
        agricultural commodity, and oil, natural gas, and minerals; and
            (5) the term ``supply chain'' means all labor recruiters, 
        suppliers of products, component parts of products, and raw 
        materials used by a company and its subsidiary and suppliers in 
        the manufacturing of such company's products, whether or not 
        such company has a direct relationship with the supplier.
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