United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act

Bill: 109-hr-5550
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2006-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Airports
Alien labor
Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Deceptive advertising
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Diversification in industry
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Ethics
Families
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Free trade
Government contractors
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Human rights
Immigrants
Immigration
Import restrictions
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Local laws
Maintenance and repair
Marine terminals
Married people
Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands
Occupational health and safety
Organized crime
Prostitution
Recruiting of employees
Residence requirements
Restrictive trade practices
Risk
Searches and seizures
Security measures
Ships
Signs and signboards
Slavery
Subcontractors
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Transportation and Public Works
Unfair labor practices
Victims of crimes
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: 
United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act - Prohibits the affixation of the &quot;Made in the USA&quot; label to a product (including a textile fiber product) leaving the Northern Mariana Islands for shipment to any place in the United States or abroad unless: (1) each worker producing such product was paid a minimum wage equal to or greater than the wage set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) the product was manufactured in compliance with all federal laws relating to labor rights and working conditions; and (3) the factory or other business producing the product does not employ individuals under conditions of indentured servitude.
 
Applies to the Northern Mariana Islands: (1) the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
Prohibits any product of the Northern Mariana Islands from entering U.S. customs territory duty-free or quota-free as a product of an insular possession, unless specified requirements relating to fair labor practices and country of origin are met.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize inspection by the Customs Service of any vessel from a foreign port or from a place in any U.S. territory or possession arriving at a port or place in the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
Prohibits the use of federal assistance for public buildings or public works projects in the Northern Mariana Islands which involve the employment of mechanics or laborers unless the project is subject to a contract containing specified provisions on the rate of wages for such laborers and mechanics.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop technical assistance programs for economic diversification, job creation, and job training in the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
Requires studies of: (1) the extent of human and labor rights violations in the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) security and immigration vulnerabilities there.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Introduced in House