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HR 1126 102th Congress House Labor and Employment Collective bargaining Employee rights Federal advisory bodies Flags of convenience Foreign Trade and International Finance Hours of labor Industrial relations Labor unions Merchant marine Merchant seamen Merchant ships Minimum wages Overtime Passenger ships Ships Standards Unfair labor practices Wages

To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign flagships.

Introduced: February 27, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 2, 1992
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-984, Part I.
Sep 23, 1992
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 10, 1992
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 10, 1992
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Feb 26, 1992
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 26, 1992
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Oct 10, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 9, 1991
Executive Comment Received from Justice.
Oct 3, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
Mar 21, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Mar 21, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards.
Mar 7, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from Justice, Labor, State, DOT.
Mar 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.
Feb 27, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Feb 27, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 27, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extends, for a five-year period, coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain foreign vessels which: (1) regularly engage in transporting passengers from and to a place in the United States, with or without intervening stops at foreign ports, including a vessel regularly engaged in transporting passengers only from or to a place in the United States if the Secretary of Labor determines that such transport is so arranged for the purposes of avoiding certain consequences that would otherwise result; (2) regularly engage in transporting liquid or dry bulk cargo in the foreign trade of the United States if it is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a U.S. corporation; and (3) produce or process goods or services for sale or distribution in the United States, and a vessel that engages in transporting cargo between vessels in international waters and a vessel, port, or place in the United States regardless of the vessel's ownership or control.

Establishes the Commission on Compliance and Enforcement to study and report to the Congress on specified effects of this Act and problems with compliance and enforcement, within 30 months after enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its report.

What's happening now October 2, 1992

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-984, Part I.

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