,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bcjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1  
#bjah,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,brown7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require countries to comply with  
certain labor standards to be eligible  
for the ,generalized ,system of         
,preferences1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,labor ,rights for ,development 
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,labor standards for
 beneficiary developing countries  7a7  
,in general ,section #ejb7;b77#b77;,g7  
of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai        
,u4,s4,c4 #bdfb7;b77#b77;,g77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7,g7 7i7 7,i7     
,such country has not established1 in   
law and in practice1 the following      
rights as defined by the ,international 
,labour ,organization3  7aa7 ,freedom of
 association4  7bb7 ,the effective      
recognition of the right to collective  

bargaining4  7cc7 ,the elimination of   
all forms of compulsory or forced labor4
  7dd7 ,the effective abolition of child
 labor and the prohibition on the worst 
forms of child labor4  7ee7 ,the        
elimination of discrimination in respect
 of employment and occupation4  7ff7    
,acceptable conditions of work with     
respect to minimum wages1 hours of work1
 and occupational safety and health4    
7,,ii7 ,such country does not provide   
reasonable access to the appropriate    
,united ,states officials to investigate
 and monitor compliance with the rights 
specified in subclause 7,i71 including  
by ensuring full1 independent access to 
work sites1 workers1 and managers for   
the completion of monitoring visits4    
7ii7 ,during the #e-year period         
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of the ,labor ,rights for ,development  
,act of #bjah1 clause 7i7 shall not     
apply to any country that-- 7,i7 is     
making continual progress toward        
establishing laws that are fully        

consistent with the rights specified in 
subclause 7,i7 of that clause2 and      
7,,ii7 does not have in effect laws that
 prohibit the exercise of any of those  
rights4  4  7b7 ,publication of         
information on labor standards ,the     
,president shall publish1 on a publicly 
available ,internet website--  7#a7     
annually until the end of the #e-year   
period described in clause 7ii7 of      
section #ejb7;b77#b77;,g7 of the ,trade 
,act of #aigd1 as amended by subsection 
7a71 a description of the continual     
progress made by each country toward    
meeting the requirements of that        
section2 and  7#b7 at the end of that   
#e-year period1 a certification with    
respect to whether or not each country  
has met such requirements4  7c7         
,conforming amendments ,section #ejb7;c7
 of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai       
,u4,s4,c4 #bdfb7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#e71 by striking the      
semicolon and inserting 2 and2  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#f77;,b71 by striking 2 and  

and inserting a period2 and  7#c7 by    
striking paragraph 7#g74  #c4           
,authorization of appropriations for    
labor capacity building ,there are      
authorized to be appropriated to the    
,department of ,labor1 for each of the  
fiscal years #bjah through #bjbj1       
#bj1jjj1jjj for the ,bureau of          
,international ,labor ,affairs1 to be   
available to assist countries in meeting
 the labor obligations described in     
section #ejb7;b77,g77i77,i7 of the      
,trade ,act of #aigd1 as amended by     
section #b4  #d4 ,regulations ,the      
,united ,states ,trade ,representative1 
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,labor1 shall prescribe such regulations
 as may be necessary--  7#a7 to provide 
for the receipt of public petitions from
 any person at any time with respect to 
the compliance of countries with the    
labor obligations described in section  
#ejb7;b77,g77i77,i7 of the ,trade ,act  
of #aigd1 as amended by section #b2     
7#b7 to provide for a thorough and      

expeditious review of such petitions by 
the ,bureau of ,international ,labor    
,affairs of the ,department of ,labor2  
7#c7 to provide a written rationale in  
the ,federal ,register supporting any   
decisions made with respect to such     
petitions2 and  7#d7 to provide for the 
timely withdrawal1 suspension1 or       
limitation of duty-free treatment1 at a 
national or industry level1 as          
appropriate1 under title ,v of the      
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdfa et seq47 for violations of the    
labor obligations described in section  
#ejb7;b77,g77i77,i7 of the ,trade ,act  
of #aigd1 as amended by section #b1 by a
 beneficiary developing country under   
that title4