United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 This bill requires an increase in the amounts transferred to the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund and the use of such amounts to implement labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico. Specifically, for the implementation and monitoring of labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico, the bill designates certain funds be provided (1) to the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor; (2) to the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking at Labor; and (3) for three permanent Labor Attachés at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico or consulates of the United States in Mexico. For international development, the bill designates certain amounts to be transferred to the U.S. Agency for International Development to monitor trade agreement obligations related to anti-corruption and the promotion of rule of law.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Advisory bodiesCanadaCongressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEmployment discrimination and employee rightsForeign aid and international reliefFree trade and trade barriersGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational organizations and cooperationJudicial procedure and administrationLabor-management relationsLabor standardsLatin AmericaLawyers and legal servicesMexicoRule of law and government transparencyTrade agreements and negotiationsYouth employment and child labor
United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-3002| Senate
| Updated: 12/9/2019
United States Technical Assistance for Mexican Labor Capacity Building Act of 2019 This bill requires an increase in the amounts transferred to the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund and the use of such amounts to implement labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico. Specifically, for the implementation and monitoring of labor obligations in the free trade agreement with Mexico, the bill designates certain funds be provided (1) to the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor; (2) to the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking at Labor; and (3) for three permanent Labor Attachés at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico or consulates of the United States in Mexico. For international development, the bill designates certain amounts to be transferred to the U.S. Agency for International Development to monitor trade agreement obligations related to anti-corruption and the promotion of rule of law.
Advisory bodiesCanadaCongressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEmployment discrimination and employee rightsForeign aid and international reliefFree trade and trade barriersGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational organizations and cooperationJudicial procedure and administrationLabor-management relationsLabor standardsLatin AmericaLawyers and legal servicesMexicoRule of law and government transparencyTrade agreements and negotiationsYouth employment and child labor