Bill > HR3344

Introduced Session

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maintain a list of all registered foreign labor contractors and a list of all such ontractors whose registration has been revoked; and (2) establish a process for receipt, investigation, and disposition of complaints.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

Committee Categories

Edward Royce (R)*,  Karen Bass (D),  Ami Bera (D),  Gus Bilirakis (R),  Diane Black (R),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Madeleine Bordallo (D),  Susan Brooks (R),  Corrine Brown (D),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Ken Calvert (R),  David Cicilline (D),  Mike Coffman (R),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Joe Courtney (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  John Culberson (R),  Rodney Davis (R),  Susan Davis (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Donna Edwards (D),  Elizabeth Esty (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Lois Frankel (D),  Trent Franks (R),  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),  Al Green (D),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Alcee Hastings (D),  George Holding (R),  Michael Honda (D),  Bill Huizenga (R),  Randy Hultgren (R),  Darrell Issa (R),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  David Jolly (R),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Adam Kinzinger (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Bob Latta (R),  Barbara Lee (D),  Sander Levin (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Mark Meadows (R),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Luke Messer (R),  James Moran (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Scott Perry (R),  Robert Pittenger (R),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ted Poe (R),  Charles Rangel (D),  Peter Roskam (R),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Aaron Schock (R),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Ann Wagner (R),  Jackie Walorski (R),  Randy Weber (R),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Ted Yoho (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (on 01/09/2014)

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