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American Jobs Protection Act

Introduced: November 22, 1991 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 24, 1992

Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California.

Mar 30, 1992

Field Hearings Held in Columbus, Ohio.

Mar 28, 1992

Field Hearings Held in Flint, Michigan.

Feb 4, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

Jan 17, 1992

Field Hearings Held in Westland, MI.

Jan 3, 1992

Executive Comment Requested from Labor.

Nov 22, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Nov 22, 1991

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Jobs Protection Act - Requires employers to provide specified notice and employee benefits (including severance pay, continuation of health care benefits, reimbursement for retraining, and accelerated eligibility for early retirement) to employees who are subject to a plant closing or mass layoff because their work is transferred to another country which has specified levels of lower wages or less effective employment standards for overtime compensation, child labor, and employee safety.

Provides for enforcement of this Act by investigative and administrative actions by the Secretary of Labor, civil actions by employees and the Secretary, and actions for injunctions.

Provides for application under this Act of definitions under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, with exceptions for the terms employer, plant closing, mass layoff, and employment loss.

What's happening now April 24, 1992

Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California.

Committees of jurisdiction 2