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HR 357 115th Congress House

Overseas Outsourcing Accountability Act

Official title: To require the President to develop and release a comprehensive national strategy to prevent United States employers from overseas outsourcing and offshoring p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the President to develop and release a comprehensive national strategy to prevent United States employers from overseas outsourcing and offshoring practices that impact the United States workforce.

Introduced: January 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightEconomic performance and conditionsUnemployment
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Jan 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 6, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Overseas Outsourcing Accountability Act

This bill requires the President to develop a comprehensive national strategy to prevent U.S. employers from overseas outsourcing and offshoring practices that impact the U.S. workforce.

The strategy shall:

  • delineate quantifiable short-term and long-term goals for preventing such practices;
  • describe specific actions and means to achieve such goals; and
  • identify necessary new authorities or changes in existing authorities.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 15
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 16, 2017
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 10, 2017
VISCLOSKY, PETER
· Jan 9, 2017
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 6, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jan 6, 2017
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 6, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 357: Overseas Outsourcing Accountability Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-357/
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"H.R. 357: Overseas Outsourcing Accountability Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-357/.
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H.R. 357, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-357/.
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