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HR 2661 107th Congress House

United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act

Official title: To provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products of, and to implement minimum wage an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products of, and to implement minimum wage and immigration requirements in, the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2001 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Alien laborAliensBuy AmericanCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 26, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 26, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 6, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Amends Federal law to prohibit the affixation of the "Made in the USA" label to a product (including textile fiber product) from the Northern Mariana Islands unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than the wage set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) the product was manufactured in compliance with all Federal laws relating to labor rights and working conditions; and (3) the factory or other business producing the product does not employ individuals under conditions of indentured servitude.

Applies to the Northern Mariana Islands: (1) the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Prohibits any product of the Northern Mariana Islands from entering the customs territory of the United States duty-free or not subject to quota as a product of an insular possession unless specified requirements relating to fair labor practices and country of origin are met.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the inspection by the Customs Service of any vessel from a foreign port or from a place in any U.S. territory or possession arriving at a port or place in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Requires a study of the extent of human and labor rights violations in the Northern Mariana Islands.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 7 Independent 1
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 22, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 2, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 26, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Jul 26, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 26, 2001
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Jul 26, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 26, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 26, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 26, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 26, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 26, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2661: United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2661/
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"H.R. 2661: United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2661/.
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H.R. 2661, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2661/.
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