I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4842 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require certain companies 
to disclose information describing any measures the company has taken 
to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human traf-
ficking, and the worst forms of child labor within the company’s supply 
chains. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2014 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 
certain companies to disclose information describing any 
measures the company has taken to identify and address 
conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, 
and the worst forms of child labor within the company’s 
supply chains. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Business Supply Chain 
Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2012, the Department of Labor identi-
fied 134 goods from 74 countries around the world 
made by forced labor and child labor. 
(2) The United States is the world’s largest im-
porter, and in the 21st century, investors, con-
sumers, and broader civil society increasingly de-
mand information about the human rights impact of 
products in the United States market. 
(3) Courts have also ruled that consumers do 
not have standing to bring a civil action in United 
States courts for enforcement of this provision of the 
Tariff Act, because the legislative intent was to pro-
tect American manufacturers from unfairly priced 
goods, not to protect consumers from tainted goods, 
consequently, there are fewer than 40 enforcement 
actions on record in the past 80 years. 
(4) Mechanisms under Federal law related to 
forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and the 
worst forms of child labor in the stream of com-
merce suffer from similar problems of limited scope, 
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broad expectations, and inability to provide informa-
tion about specific supplies whose goods are tainted. 
(5) The United Nations Guiding Principles on 
Business and Human Rights affirm that business 
enterprises have a responsibility to respect human 
rights, and that States have a duty to ensure these 
rights are protected. Such Guiding Principles also 
clarify that the duty to protect against business-re-
lated human rights abuses requires States to take 
the necessary steps to prevent and address human 
rights abuses to workers through effective policies 
and regulation. 
(6) The Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-
thorization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–193) to-
gether with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109–164) provide for the ter-
mination of Federal contracts where a Federal con-
tractor or subcontractor engages in severe forms of 
trafficking in persons or has procured a commercial 
sex act during the period of time that the grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement is in effect, or 
uses forced labor in the performance of the grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement. The Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2005 also provide United 
States courts with criminal jurisdiction abroad over 
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