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H.R. 4604 (114th): United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2016

To require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

Gene Green

Sponsor. Representative for Texas's 29th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Feb 24, 2016
Length: 11 pages
Introduced
Feb 24, 2016
114th Congress (2015–2017)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on February 24, 2016, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Cosponsors

4 Cosponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

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History

Feb 24, 2016
 
Introduced

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H.R. 4604 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4604. This is the one from the 114th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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