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HR 3216 115th Congress House

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number of a company's domestic and foreign employees.

Introduced: July 13, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017

This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities issuers to disclose annually to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to shareholders: (1) the total number of employees domiciled in the United States and listed by number in each state (including those of consolidated subsidiaries); (2) the total number of such employees physically working in and domiciled in any country other than the United States, listed by number in each country; and (3) the percentage increase or decrease in such numbers from the previous reporting year.

Certain new public companies and issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year shall be exempt from these requirements.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3811 Reintroduction of Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3216: Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3216/
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"H.R. 3216: Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3216/.
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H.R. 3216, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3216/.
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