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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2385 

To require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual 

audit of their supply chains to verify that their supply chains are free 

of child and forced labor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2015 

Mr. VARGAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual audit of their supply chains to verify 

that their supply chains are free of child and forced 

labor. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Blood Tomatoes 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUDIT OF SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIRED. 

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1 merce that has gross annual revenues in excess of 

2 $1,000,000,000 shall annually submit to an audit of its 

3 supply chains by an independent auditor for the purpose 

4 of determining if such company’s supply chains are free 

5 of child labor and forced labor. 

6 (b) TIMING OF AUDIT.—The audit required by sub7 section (a) shall be conducted during the first quarter of 

8 the company’s fiscal year and shall be a complete audit 

9 of the companies supply chains during the previous fiscal 

10 year. 

11 (c) DETERMINATION BY AUDITOR.—In addition to 

12 any specific information regarding a company’s supply 

13 chain, the independent auditor shall make a determination 

14 in each audit that— 

15 (1) the company’s products are produced with16 out the use of child labor or forced labor; or 

17 (2) if the independent auditor cannot be certain 

18 that child labor or forced labor was used, that the 

19 company’s products may have been produced with 

20 the use of child labor or forced labor. 

21 (d) REPORTING OF AUDIT DETERMINATION.—Each 

22 company required to submit to an audit under this section 

23 shall, within 60 days of the completion of the audit— 


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1 (1) report the determination made pursuant to 

2 subsection (c) to the Department of Labor and the 

3 Securities and Exchange Commission; and 

4 (2) post a clear and conspicuous notice on the 

5 primary homepage of the company’s Internet 

6 website, based on such determination, that states ei7 ther of the following: 

8 (A) ‘‘Products are free of child labor and 

9 forced labor.’’. 

10 (B) ‘‘Products may have been produced 

11 using child labor or forced labor.’’. 

12 (e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act and for pur13 poses of the audit required under this Act— 

14 (1) the term ‘‘child labor’’ means any labor 

15 practice relating to work performed by a minor in 

16 violation of national and international standards, in17 cluding International Labor Organization Conven18 tion No. 182; 

19 (2) the term ‘‘forced labor’’ means any forced 

20 labor practice in violation of national and inter21 national standards, including International Labor 

22 Organization Convention No. 29; 

23 (3) the term ‘‘independent auditor’’ means an 

24 entity that is unrelated to and fully independent of 

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1 quired by this Act that has demonstrated experience 

2 with examining international supply chains and fa3 miliarity with international labor standards; 

4 (4) the term ‘‘product’’ includes a manufac5 tured product, agricultural commodity, and oil, nat6 ural gas, and minerals; and 

7 (5) the term ‘‘supply chain’’ means all labor re8 cruiters, suppliers of products, component parts of 

9 products, and raw materials used by a company and 

10 its subsidiary and suppliers in the manufacturing of 

11 such company’s products, whether or not such com12 pany has a direct relationship with the supplier. 

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