HR 4613
109th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Administrative procedure
Business records
Child labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Clothing
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer organizations
Contractors
Corporation directors
Damages
Data banks
Department of Labor
Discrimination in employment
Employee benefit plans
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2005
Introduced: December 16, 2005
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Dec 16, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Dec 16, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require apparel manufacturers to: (1) maintain, for at least three years, certain records and information with respect to the employees and homeworkers of each contractor they engage; (2) enter contracts that require such contractors to provide them with such information about working conditions; and (3) submit copies of such records and contracts to the Secretary of Labor, who shall make such information fully and freely available to the public, through printed and electronic databases searchable on the Internet. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such requirements.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Committees of jurisdiction
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