,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bche  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjae ,mr4 
,vargas introduced the following bill2  
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 labor4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,blood ,tomatoes ,act4  #b4 ,audit of   
supply chain required  7a7 ,required    
audit ,each public or private company   
that produces or sells products in      
interstate commerce that has gross      
annual revenues in excess of            
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj 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 labor4  7b7 ,timing of audit ,the
 audit required by subsection 7a7 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 year4
  7c7 ,determination by auditor ,in     
addition to any specific information    
regarding a company's supply chain1 the 
independent auditor shall make a        
determination in each audit that--  7#a7
 the company's products are produced    
without the use of child labor or forced
 labor2 or  7#b7 if the independent     
auditor cannot be certain that child    
labor or forced labor was used1 that the
 company's products may have been       
produced with the use of child labor or 
forced labor4  7d7 ,reporting of audit  
determination ,each company required to 
submit to an audit under this section   
shall1 within #fj days of the completion
 of the audit--  7#a7 report the        
determination made pursuant to          
subsection 7c7 to the ,department of    
,labor and the ,securities and ,exchange
 ,commission2 and  7#b7 post a clear and

 conspicuous notice on the primary      
homepage of the company's ,internet     
website1 based on such determination1   
that states either of the following3    
7,a7 ,products are free of child labor  
and forced labor44  7,b7 ,products may  
have been produced using child labor or 
forced labor44  7e7 ,definitions ,as    
used in this ,act and for purposes of   
the audit required under this ,act--    
7#a7 the term child labor means any     
labor practice relating to work         
performed by a minor in violation of    
national and international standards1   
including ,international ,labor         
,organization ,convention ,no4 #ahb2    
7#b7 the term forced labor means any    
forced labor practice in violation of   
national and international standards1   
including ,international ,labor         
,organization ,convention ,no4 #bi2     
7#c7 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 standards2  7#d7 the
 term product includes a manufactured   
product1 agricultural commodity1 and    
oil1 natural gas1 and minerals2 and     
7#e7 the term supply chain means all    
labor recruiters1 suppliers of products1
 component parts of products1 and raw   
materials used by a company and its     
subsidiary and suppliers in the         
manufacturing of such company's         
products1 whether or not such company   
has a direct relationship with the      
supplier4