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H.R. 3344 113th Congress House

Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

Official title: To ensure that the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and to combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in the recruitment of foreign workers.

Introduced: December 11, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Jan 9, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Oct 28, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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.
Oct 28, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 9, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State to incorporate anti-trafficking and anti-slavery priorities into other aspects of foreign assistance to ensure that assistance programs do not contribute to vulnerability to, or the prevalence of, human trafficking and slavery.

Requires a foreign labor contractor to disclose in writing in English and in the primary language of the worker being recruited specified information, including the identity of the employer and the recruiter, worker protections, and a signed copy of the work contract. Prohibits a foreign labor contractor from providing related false or misleading information.

Prohibits certain recruitment fees.

Requires a foreign labor contractor to obtain from the Secretary of Labor a certificate of registration which shall be valid for two years. Provides for a registration fee.

Exempts from such certificate requirement an employer who engages in foreign labor contracting solely to find workers for the employer's own use without the participation of any other foreign labor contractor.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) maintain a list of all registered foreign labor contractors and a list of all such ontractors whose registration has been revoked; and (2) establish a process for receipt, investigation, and disposition of complaints.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a consular officer, before issuing specified work visas, to: (1) provide the alien with certain trafficking information, and (2) review and include in the alien's visa file the foreign labor recruiter's disclosures.

Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that: (1) each U.S. diplomatic mission has a person responsible for receiving information from any worker who has been subject to violations of this Act, and (2) consulates maintain and make public any information regarding the identities of foreign labor contractors and the employers to whom those contractors supply workers.

Sets forth administrative and civil action enforcement requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 56
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jul 22, 2014
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 19, 2014
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 19, 2014
Meehan, Patrick
· May 19, 2014
R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · May 8, 2014
Bustos, Cheri
· May 6, 2014
D
Sherman, Brad
California · May 6, 2014
Brooks, Susan
· May 2, 2014
Esty, Elizabeth
· May 1, 2014
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Apr 30, 2014
LEVIN, SANDER
· Apr 30, 2014
R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Apr 29, 2014
Black, Diane
· Apr 28, 2014
O'Rourke, Beto
· Apr 28, 2014
Yoho, Ted
· Apr 28, 2014
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Apr 10, 2014
Walorski, Jackie
· Apr 10, 2014
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 8, 2014
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 3, 2014
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Apr 1, 2014
Holding, George
· Mar 26, 2014
R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 5, 2014
Pittenger, Robert
· Mar 5, 2014
Schock, Aaron
· Mar 5, 2014
BROWN, CORRINE
· Feb 25, 2014
Meadows, Mark
· Feb 25, 2014
D
Bera, Ami
California · Feb 11, 2014
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2014
D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 11, 2014
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Feb 10, 2014
Franks, Trent
· Feb 10, 2014
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 28, 2014
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Jan 27, 2014
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 27, 2014
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Jan 27, 2014
MORAN, JAMES
· Jan 27, 2014
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jan 17, 2014
Coffman, Mike
· Jan 17, 2014
R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 17, 2014
R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jan 17, 2014
R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 2014
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Jan 17, 2014
Poe, Ted
· Jan 15, 2014
R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Jan 15, 2014
D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jan 14, 2014
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 14, 2014
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 10, 2014
Edwards, Donna
· Jan 9, 2014
D
Green, Al
Texas · Jan 9, 2014
Messer, Luke
· Jan 9, 2014
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