Stop Blood Tomatoes Act

Bill: 114-hr-2385
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2015-05-15
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Agricultural trade

Business ethics

Food industry and services

Fruit and vegetables

Government information and archives

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Labor standards

Manufacturing

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Blood Tomatoes Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires each public or private company that produces or sells products in interstate commerce and has gross annual revenues exceeding $1 million to submit to annual audits of its supply chains by an independent auditor to determine if the chains are free of child labor and forced labor.</p> <p>The independent auditor shall determine in each audit either that:</p> <ul> <li>the company's products are produced without the use of child labor or forced labor; or</li> <li>if the auditor cannot be certain that child labor or forced labor was used, that the company's products may have been produced with the use of such labor.</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2385 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2015 Mr. Vargas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require certain large companies to submit to an independent annual audit of their supply chains to verify that their supply chains are free of child and forced labor.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Blood Tomatoes Act . 2. Audit of supply chain required (a) Required audit Each public or private company that produces or sells products in interstate commerce that has gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000,000 shall annually submit to an audit of its supply chains by an independent auditor for the purpose of determining if such company’s supply chains are free of child labor and forced labor. (b) Timing of audit The audit required by subsection (a) shall be conducted during the first quarter of the company’s fiscal year and shall be a complete audit of the companies supply chains during the previous fiscal year. (c) Determination by auditor In addition to any specific information regarding a company’s supply chain, the independent auditor shall make a determination in each audit that— (1) the company’s products are produced without the use of child labor or forced labor; or (2) if the independent auditor cannot be certain that child labor or forced labor was used, that the company’s products may have been produced with the use of child labor or forced labor. (d) Reporting of audit determination Each company required to submit to an audit under this section shall, within 60 days of the completion of the audit— (1) report the determination made pursuant to subsection (c) to the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) post a clear and conspicuous notice on the primary homepage of the company’s Internet website, based on such determination, that states either of the following: (A) Products are free of child labor and forced labor. . (B) Products may have been produced using child labor or forced labor. . (e) Definitions As used in this Act and for purposes of the audit required under this Act— (1) the term child labor means any labor practice relating to work performed by a minor in violation of national and international standards, including International Labor Organization Convention No. 182; (2) the term forced labor means any forced labor practice in violation of national and international standards, including International Labor Organization Convention No. 29; (3) the term independent auditor means an entity that is unrelated to and fully independent of any company for which it performs audit services required by this Act that has demonstrated experience with examining international supply chains and familiarity with international labor standards; (4) the term product includes a manufactured product, agricultural commodity, and oil, natural gas, and minerals; and (5) the term supply chain means all labor recruiters, suppliers of products, component parts of products, and raw materials used by a company and its subsidiary and suppliers in the manufacturing of such company’s products, whether or not such company has a direct relationship with the supplier.