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HR 1517 103th Congress House Labor and Employment Collective bargaining Flags of convenience Foreign Trade and International Finance Hours of labor Industrial relations Merchant marine Merchant seamen Merchant ships Minimum wages Passenger ships Transportation and Public Works Unfair labor practices

To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 30, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 3, 1994
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
Oct 3, 1994
Reported by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 103-818.
Apr 13, 1994
Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations Discharged.
Apr 13, 1994
Ordered to be Reported.
Apr 13, 1994
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 28, 1993
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Oct 28, 1993
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 13, 1993
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 7, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
Apr 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.
Apr 16, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Mar 30, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 30, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Extends 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 such transport is so arranged for the purposes of avoiding certain consequences that would otherwise result; (2) (if nonliners) regularly engage in transporting cargo in the foreign trade of the United States; 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. Excludes any such vessel that can demonstrate that citizens of the country of registry: (1) compose at least one-half of the crew; and (2) hold legal title and beneficial ownership and control.

What's happening now October 3, 1994

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1855 Identical bill A bill to extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes.
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jul 1, 1993
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 15, 1993
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 27, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 17, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1517: To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1517/
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