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HR 4603 117th Congress House Commerce

United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2021

Introduced: September 13, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jul 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Jul 21, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
Jul 21, 2021
Introduced in House
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United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2021

This bill establishes restrictions on businesses that relocate call centers or redirect customer service calls to locations outside the United States.

Specifically, a business must notify the Department of Labor that it intends to move its customer service call center overseas and Labor must maintain a publicly available list of such businesses. Subject to narrow exceptions, a business appearing on such list is ineligible to receive federal grants or guaranteed loans for five years after the business is added to the list. Further, agencies must condition the awarding of government contracts on the requirement that any call center activity pursuant to the contract must be performed in the United States.

Additionally, the bill requires call center employees to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each call initiated or received, unless all employees of the business participating in the communication are located in the United States, among other exceptions.

What's happening now July 22, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 78
Sarbanes, John
· Dec 7, 2022
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 28, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Sep 13, 2022
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 9, 2022
D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Sep 2, 2022
D
Harder, Josh
California · Sep 2, 2022
D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Aug 30, 2022
Spanberger, Abigail
· Aug 30, 2022
DOYLE, MIKE
· Aug 26, 2022
D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Aug 26, 2022
D
Levin, Mike
California · Aug 26, 2022
Luria, Elaine
· Aug 26, 2022
RYAN, TIM
· Aug 26, 2022
Wexton, Jennifer
· Aug 26, 2022
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Aug 19, 2022
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Aug 12, 2022
Demings, Val
· Aug 12, 2022
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Aug 12, 2022
D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Aug 12, 2022
D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Aug 12, 2022
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Aug 9, 2022
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Aug 5, 2022
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jul 27, 2022
D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Jul 26, 2022
D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 26, 2022
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 26, 2022
Kildee, Daniel
· Jul 26, 2022
D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 26, 2022
Crist, Charlie
· Jul 12, 2022
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jul 11, 2022
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 1, 2022
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jul 1, 2022
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 22, 2022
D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Jun 22, 2022
D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Jun 21, 2022
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 21, 2022
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jun 16, 2022
Pascrell, Bill
· Jun 16, 2022
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 15, 2022
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jun 15, 2022
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 15, 2022
Malinowski, Tom
· Jun 15, 2022
O'Halleran, Tom
· Jun 15, 2022
D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Jun 15, 2022
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 15, 2022
D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Jun 15, 2022
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 14, 2022
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 14, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Jun 13, 2022
Maloney, Sean
· Jun 3, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4603: United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4603/
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