Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3344
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2013-10-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Contracts and agency
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Human rights
Human trafficking
Labor standards
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: 
Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to require the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State to incorporate anti-trafficking and anti-slavery priorities into other aspects of foreign assistance to ensure that assistance programs do not contribute to vulnerability to, or the prevalence of, human trafficking and slavery. 
 
Requires a foreign labor contractor to disclose in writing in English and in the primary language of the worker being recruited specified information, including the identity of the employer and the recruiter, worker protections, and a signed copy of the work contract. Prohibits a foreign labor contractor from providing related false or misleading information.
 
 Prohibits certain recruitment fees. 
 
 Requires a foreign labor contractor to obtain from the Secretary of Labor a certificate of registration which shall be valid for two years. Provides for a registration fee.
 
Exempts from such certificate requirement an employer who engages in foreign labor contracting solely to find workers for the employer's own use without the participation of any other foreign labor contractor.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) maintain a list of all registered foreign labor contractors and a list of all such ontractors whose registration has been revoked; and (2) establish a process for receipt, investigation, and disposition of complaints. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a consular officer, before issuing specified work visas, to: (1) provide the alien with certain trafficking information, and (2) review and include in the alien's visa file the foreign labor recruiter's disclosures.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that: (1) each U.S. diplomatic mission has a person responsible for receiving information from any worker who has been subject to violations of this Act, and (2) consulates maintain and make public any information regarding the identities of foreign labor contractors and the employers to whom those contractors supply workers. 
 
Sets forth administrative and civil action enforcement requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, 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: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-28
text: Introduced in House