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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4988 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to require the observance of certain 

labor standards by companies that enter into licensing agreements with 

the United States Olympic Committee. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2004 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. EVANS, Mr. OWENS, 

Ms. LEE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. DEFAZIO, and 

Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 36, United States Code, to require the observance of certain labor standards by companies that enter 

into licensing agreements with the United States Olympic 

Committee. 

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 ‘‘Play Fair at the Olym5 pics Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. LABOR STANDARDS AND OBSERVANCE. 

2 (a) LABOR STANDARDS AND OBSERVANCE.—Sub3 chapter I of chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘§ 220513. Labor standards and observance 

6 ‘‘The corporation shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) require, as a condition of a licensing agree8 ment, that a company licensed by the corporation, 

9 including a subcontractor or supplier of such com10 pany— 

11 ‘‘(A) observe internationally recognized 

12 worker rights; and 

13 ‘‘(B) submit to arbitration for the resolu14 tion of an allegation of a violation of such 

15 rights that is alleged to have occurred in such 

16 company, or in a subcontractor or supplier of 

17 such company; 

18 ‘‘(2) include the following language in licensing 

19 agreements with companies to which the corporation 

20 is a party: ‘The licensee agrees not to take any ac21 tion to prevent employees of the licensee from exer22 cising their internationally recognized worker rights 

23 or to interfere with, coerce, or restrain employees in 

24 the exercise of such rights. The licensee further 

25 agrees to observe applicable domestic laws and Inter26 national Labor Organization declarations and con-
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1 ventions relating to internationally recognized work2 er rights, including rights relating to the freedom of 

3 association and to collective bargaining, a minimum 

4 age for employment of children, minimum wages and 

5 maximum hours of work, occupational health and 

6 safety standards, and prohibitions against forced 

7 labor and workplace discrimination. The licensee fur8 ther agrees to submit to arbitration for the resolu9 tion of an allegation of a violation of internationally 

10 recognized worker rights that is alleged to have oc11 curred in such licensee. For purposes of this licens12 ing agreement, the term ‘licensee’ includes a subcon13 tractor or supplier of the licensee.’; 

14 ‘‘(3) publish quarterly the names of all compa15 nies, including subcontractors and suppliers of such 

16 companies, that produce goods pursuant to licensing 

17 agreements with the corporation; 

18 ‘‘(4) establish a fund to which one percent of all 

19 fees earned pursuant to licensing agreements with 

20 companies to which the corporation is a party shall 

21 be contributed for the creation and maintenance of 

22 an independent body to expeditiously investigate 

23 and, if necessary, to expeditiously arbitrate, allega24 tions of violations of internationally recognized work25 er rights that are alleged to have occurred in such 
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1 companies, or in subcontractors or suppliers of such 

2 companies; and 

3 ‘‘(5) cancel a licensing agreement with a com4 pany if such company, or a subcontractor or supplier 

5 of such company, violates an arbitration ruling made 

6 pursuant to paragraph (4) against such company, or 

7 against a subcontractor or supplier of such company, 

8 relating to a violation of internationally recognized 

9 worker rights.’’. 

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220501(b) of such title 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

13 (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9) respectively; and 

14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol15 lowing new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(6) ‘internationally recognized worker rights’ 

17 means the rights of workers specified in Inter18 national Labor Organization declarations and con19 ventions, including the Declaration on Fundamental 

20 Principles and Rights at Work, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) the freedom of association and the 

22 right to collective bargaining; 

23 ‘‘(B) the elimination of forced and compul24 sory labor; 

25 ‘‘(C) the abolition of child labor; 
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1 ‘‘(D) the elimination of discrimination in 

2 the workplace; and 

3 ‘‘(E) the establishment of and adherence 

4 to— 

5 ‘‘(i) a minimum age for employment 

6 of children; 

7 ‘‘(ii) minimum wages and maximum 

8 hours of work; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) occupational health and safety 

10 standards.’’. 

11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

12 this section shall apply to licensing agreements with com13 panies that are entered into by the United States Olympic 

14 Committee on or after the date that is 30 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF SEC17 TIONS.—The table of sections at the beginning of such 

18 subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following 

19 new item: 

‘‘220513. Labor standards and observance.’’. 

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