Corporate Code of Conduct Act

Bill: 109-hr-5377
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Affiliated corporations
Air pollution control
American investments
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological diversity
Bribery
Business and politics
Business ethics
Chemical warfare
Child labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Competition
Congressional reporting requirements
Contractors
Contracts
Corporate accountability
Corporate governance
Corporate management
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of State
Developing countries
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Employee training
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Export finance
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal advisory bodies
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hazardous wastes
Health
Hours of labor
Human rights
International corporations
International law
Investment guaranty insurance
Joint ventures
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Liability (Law)
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Minorities
Occupational health and safety
Oil pollution
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Ozone
Partnerships
Pregnant women
Punishment
Racial discrimination
Radioactive pollution
Radioactive wastes
Reinsurance
Religion
Religious liberty
Sex discrimination
Slavery
Social Welfare
Standards
Subcontractors
Subsidiary corporations
Torture
Trade and Development Agency
Transboundary pollution
Wages
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water pollution control
Whistle blowing
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: 
Corporate Code of Conduct Act - Requires U.S. nationals that employ more than 20 persons in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries, subcontractors, affiliates, joint ventures, partners, or licensees, including any security forces, to take necessary steps to implement a specified Corporate Code of Conduct regarding a safe and healthy workplace and internationally recognized environmental, human rights, worker rights, and core labor standards.
 
Requires executive agencies to grant preference in awarding contracts, or in providing certain foreign trade and investment assistance, to those entities that have adopted and are enforcing the Code.
 
Prescribes guidelines for investigations of allegations of noncompliance with the Code.
 
Requires termination of contracts or assistance, and withdrawal, suspension, or limitation of such preference, for any violations determined based on such investigations.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Introduced in House