•HRES 682 IH 
Whereas there are reports of further violation of workers’ 
rights in Qatar, including false promises on the nature 
and type of work by recruiters and sponsors, employer 
obligations on wages and working conditions not being 
met, workers being forced to live in squalid overcrowded 
labor camps, and denial of the right to form unions or 
bargain collectively; and 
Whereas the United States Department of State has des-
ignated Qatar as not meeting the minimum standards 
outlined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2013, but recognizes that they are making 
significant efforts to comply with those standards: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls on the United States to prioritize the 
rights of migrant workers in their relations with 
Qatar by offering technical assistance and expertise 
in combating human trafficking and the provision of 
victim-centered services including a linguistically ap-
propriate and well publicized 24-hour hotline service; 
(2) calls on the United States corporations in-
volved in constructing stadiums and other World 
Cup related infrastructure in Qatar to ensure work-
ing conditions are in compliance with international 
human rights standards and norms by holding sub-
contractors accountable for labor violations at every 
level of the supply chain and incorporating mecha-
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•HRES 682 IH 
nisms for enforcement of these contractual obliga-
tions; 
(3) calls on the Qatari authorities to effectively 
implement existing legislation and enact new legisla-
tion to prevent human rights violations by— 
(A) enforcing the prohibition against the 
confiscation of passports; 
(B) prosecuting violations and imposing 
meaningful sanctions on companies and individ-
uals who violate laws designed to protect mi-
grants’ rights; 
(C) adopting legislation on domestic work-
ers that include meaningful labour rights’ pro-
tection consistent with International Labour 
Organization Convention 189 and effective com-
pliance mechanisms and establishing a min-
imum wage for all workers; 
(D) abolishing the sponsorship system 
(‘‘kafala-system’’) including by repealing the 
need for an ‘‘exit permit’’ (to leave the country) 
or a ‘‘No Objection Certificate’’ to change em-
ployer, and replace it by a regulated labor mar-
ket; 
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(E) allowing migrant workers to fully exer-
cise the right to freedom of association, to orga-
nize, and bargain collectively; 
(F) ending the prosecution of migrant 
workers for the sole purpose of having ‘‘run 
away’’ from their employer, and calling on the 
Qatari authorities to stop such practices; and 
(G) providing all migrants deprived of 
their liberty a means of contacting their family, 
consular services, access to a lawyer and inter-
preter, and the right to promptly challenge 
their detention; 
(4) calls on the migrant laborers countries of 
origin, notably Bangladesh, India, Nepal, the Phil-
ippines, and Sri Lanka, to assume their responsi-
bility to protect their own nationals from deceptive 
recruitment agencies in their countries and intervene 
on behalf of their nationals whose rights are abused 
when working in Qatar and other Persian Gulf 
States by— 
(A) promulgating and enforcing laws 
against unscrupulous recruitment practices; and 
(B) informing migrant workers of their 
rights before they leave the country; and 
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(5) urges the Fe´de´ration Internationale de 
Football Association (FIFA) that the World Cup be 
a symbol of global cooperation and deliver a strong 
message to Qatar to make sure that the 2022 World 
Cup is not staged with the assistance of modern 
slavery by continuing the organizations involvement 
in Qatar and advocate for fair labor practices on all 
World Cup related projects. 
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