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Understanding Off-shoring and Outsourcing Act of 2006

Introduced: September 29, 2006 Introduced by: DeLauro, Rosa L. Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Nov 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Sep 29, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 29, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Understanding Off-shoring and Outsourcing Act of 2006 - Requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce to revise its requirements for mandatory industry reporting of international services transactions to lower by 50% the per-company monetary thresholds above which companies must report import and export services transactions.

Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to make specified revisions to the procedures and methodologies related to its collection and disaggregation of data relating to mass layoffs, relocations, and employment.

Requires the Bureaus to study and report jointly to Congress on whether linking or coordinating their independent data relating to mass layoffs and import and export services transactions would improve the quality of information available about outsourcing and off-shoring of private sector business operations and services.

What's happening now November 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6279: Understanding Off-shoring and Outsourcing Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6279/
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