S. 2307 · 115th Congress
Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018
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This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a developing country, as a condition for eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences, to establish in its law and practice:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 16, 2018
Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018
This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a developing country, as a condition for eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences, to establish in its law and practice:
- freedom of association;
- recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
- elimination of all forms of compulsory or forced labor;
- abolition of, and the prohibition of the worst forms of, child labor;
- elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation; and
- acceptable conditions of work regarding minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health.
The Generalized System of Preferences is a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in developing countries by providing preferential duty-free entry for certain products from designated beneficiary countries.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shall prescribe regulations necessary for the implementation of this bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018
Latest action (Jan 16, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 16, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.