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H.R. 3344: Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

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H.R. 3344: Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-28 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

Plain summary

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maintain a list of all registered foreign labor contractors and a list of all such ontractors whose registration has been revoked; and (2) establish a process for receipt, investigation, and disposition of complaints.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.

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Official text

Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · 74 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ami Bera (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert E. Latta (R-OH) and 14 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3344 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113