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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 357 
To require the President to develop and release a comprehensive national 
strategy to prevent United States employers from overseas outsourcing 
and offshoring practices that impact the United States workforce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2017 
Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. POCAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, and Mr. CARSON of 
Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To require the President to develop and release a comprehen-
sive national strategy to prevent United States employers 
from overseas outsourcing and offshoring practices that 
impact the United States workforce. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Overseas Outsourcing 
Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PREVENT OVERSEAS OUT-
SOURCING. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT
OF STRATEGY.—Beginning on 
January 20, 2017, the President, in coordination with ap-
propriate agencies as necessary, shall develop a com-
prehensive national strategy to prevent United States em-
ployers from overseas outsourcing and offshoring practices 
that impact the United States workforce. Such strategy 
shall— 
(1) delineate quantifiable short-term and long- 
term goals for preventing such overseas outsourcing 
and offshoring practices; 
(2) describe specific actions to be taken to 
achieve such goals and the means necessary to do so; 
and 
(3) identify new authorities or changes in exist-
ing authorities, including recommendations for nec-
essary legislation. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.—Not 
later than April 20, 2017, the President shall submit 
the strategy and any accompanying report materials 
to Congress. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—Not less than 
once every 2 years after the date on which the Presi-
dent submits the strategy pursuant to paragraph 
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(1), the President shall submit a report to Congress 
which shall include— 
(A) a description of the progress toward 
the goals described in subsection (a)(1), includ-
ing the status of the implementation or comple-
tion of the actions described in subsection 
(a)(2); and 
(B) an assessment of the impact of these 
actions and policies on— 
(i) the retention of United States em-
ployers in the United States; 
(ii) the retention of jobs for workers 
in the United States; and 
(iii) the United States economy as a 
whole. 
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