,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #f1         
#bjag,mrs4 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,gutirrez1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1    
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4   
,pocan1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 
,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mrs4    
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,brady of        
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4
 ,schneider1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice       
,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,mr4   
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4   
,foster1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 
,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4       
,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1   
and ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,education and the 
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,president to develop and release a     
comprehensive national strategy to      
prevent ,united ,states employers from  
overseas outsourcing and offshoring     
practices that impact the ,united       

,states workforce4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,overseas
 ,outsourcing ,accountability ,act4  #b4
 ,national ,strategy to ,prevent        
,overseas ,outsourcing  7a7 ,development
 of strategy ,beginning on ,january #bj1
 #bjag1 the ,president1 in coordination 
with appropriate agencies as necessary1 
shall develop a comprehensive national  
strategy to prevent ,united ,states     
employers from overseas outsourcing and 
offshoring practices that impact the    
,united ,states workforce4 ,such        
strategy shall--  7#a7 delineate        
quantifiable short-term and long-term   
goals for preventing such overseas      
outsourcing and offshoring practices2   
7#b7 describe specific actions to be    
taken to achieve such goals and the     
means necessary to do so2 and  7#c7     
identify new authorities or changes in  
existing authorities1 including         
recommendations for necessary           
legislation4  7b7 ,reports  7#a7        
,initial submission of strategy ,not    

later than ,april #bj1 #bjag1 the       
,president shall submit the strategy and
 any accompanying report materials to   
,congress4  7#b7 ,subsequent reports    
,not less than once every #b years after
 the date on which the ,president       
submits the strategy pursuant to        
paragraph 7#a71 the ,president shall    
submit a report to ,congress which shall
 include--  7,a7 a description of the   
progress toward the goals described in  
subsection 7a77#a71 including the status
 of the implementation or completion of 
the actions described in subsection     
7a77#b72 and  7,b7 an assessment of the 
impact of these actions and policies    
on-- 7i7 the retention of ,united       
,states employers in the ,united        
,states2  7ii7 the retention of jobs for
 workers in the ,united ,states2 and    
7iii7 the ,united ,states economy as a  
whole4