HCONRES 308 106th Congress House International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Forced labor Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Human rights Import restrictions International agencies Labor and Employment

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government, including government officials outside of the United States, should not purchase any goods made by forced labor, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 13, 2000 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 3, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

May 3, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

May 3, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

Apr 28, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.

Apr 24, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Apr 13, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, International Relations, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 13, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

Apr 13, 2000

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Federal Government, including government officials outside of the United States, should not purchase any goods made by forced labor; (2) the President should instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce strictly the prohibition on the importation of such goods; and (3) the President should urge each international body to which the United States belongs to adopt a policy prohibiting the purchase by that body of such goods.

What's happening now May 3, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

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