To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other purposes.

Summary

Extends coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to certain foreign vessels which: (1) regularly engage in transporting passengers from and to a place in the United States, with or without intervening stops at foreign ports, including a vessel regularly engaged in transporting passengers only from or to a place in the United States if such transport is so arranged for the purposes of avoiding certain consequences that would otherwise result; (2) (if nonliners) regularly engage in transporting cargo in the foreign trade of the United States; and (3) produce or process goods or services for sale or distribution in the United States, and a vessel that engages in transporting cargo between vessels in international waters and a vessel, port, or place in the United States regardless of the vessel's ownership or control. Excludes any such vessel that can demonstrate that citizens of the country of registry: (1) compose at least one-half of the crew; and (2) hold legal title and beneficial ownership and control.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 3 October 1994

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 3 October 1994

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 March 1993

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  Introduced in House · EN · 30 March 1993

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 March 1993

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