text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Workers' Rights Principles for 
  United States Businesses in China Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES.
  
      (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish principles 
  on workers' rights for United States companies that do business in the 
  People's Republic of China and in Tibet.
      (b) Principles.--It is the sense of Congress that any United States 
  company doing business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet 
  shall, within its facilities and those of its suppliers in the People's 
  Republic of China or Tibet, do the following:
              (1) Prohibit the manufacture of goods or products by bonded 
          labor or forced labor within prison camps or as part of reform-
          through-labor or reeducation-through-labor programs.
              (2) Provide wages that meet workers' basic needs and 
          provide fair and decent working hours, including at a minimum, 
          adhering to the wage and hour guidelines under the national 
          labor laws and policies of the People's Republic of China.
              (3) Use production methods that do not negatively affect 
          the occupational safety and health of workers.
              (4) Prohibit the use of corporal punishment, as well as any 
          physical, sexual, or verbal abuse or harassment, of workers.
              (5) Refrain from seeking police or military intervention to 
          prevent workers from exercising their rights.
              (6) Promote the following freedoms among their employees 
          and the employees of their suppliers: freedom of association 
          and assembly (including the right to form unions and to bargain 
          collectively); freedom of expression; and freedom from 
          arbitrary arrest or detention.
              (7) Prohibit discrimination in hiring, remuneration, or 
          promotion based on age, gender, marital status, pregnancy, 
          ethnicity, or region of origin.
              (8) Prohibit discrimination in hiring, remuneration, or 
          promotion based on labor, political, or religious activity, on 
          involvement in demonstrations, past records of arrests or 
          internal exile for peaceful protest, or on membership in 
          organizations committed to nonviolent social or political 
          change.
              (9) Use environmentally responsible methods of production 
          that have minimal adverse impact on land, air, and water 
          quality.
              (10) Prohibit child labor, including at a minimum, 
          complying with guidelines on minimum age for employment under 
          the national labor laws of the People's Republic of China.
      (c) Promotion of Principles by Other Nations.--The Secretary of 
  State shall forward a copy of the principles set forth in subsection 
  (b) to each member nation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation 
  and Development and encourage such nation to promote principles similar 
  to such principles.
  
  SEC. 3. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.
  
      (a) Requirement.--
              (1) In general.--Each United States company conducting 
          business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet shall 
          register with the Secretary of State and indicate whether such 
          company agrees to implement the principles set forth in section 
          2(b).
              (2) Prohibition on fee.--No fee shall be required for 
          purposes of registration under paragraph (1).
      (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days 
  after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
  
      (a) Reports by United States Companies.--
              (1) In general.--Each United States company conducting 
          business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet shall 
          submit to the Secretary of State a report describing such 
          company's adherence to the principles set forth in section 2(b) 
          during the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
              (2) Form.--The report shall be submitted on a form 
          furnished by the Secretary.
              (3) Submittal dates.--A United States company shall submit 
          the report required by paragraph (1) not later than one year 
          after the date on which the company registers under section 3 
          and annually thereafter.
      (b) Review of Reports.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary shall review each report 
          submitted under subsection (a) to determine whether the United 
          States company submitting such report is adhering to the 
          principles set forth in section 2(b).
              (2) Additional information.--The Secretary may request 
          additional information from a United States company for 
          purposes of the review of its report under this subsection, and 
          may use other sources of information to verify the information 
          contained in such report.
      (c) Annual Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
  submit to Congress and to the Secretariat of the Organization for 
  Economic Cooperation and Development a report assessing the adherence 
  of United States companies subject to the reporting requirement in 
  subsection (a) to the principles set forth in section 2(b). Each report 
  shall cover the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
  
  SEC. 5. EXPORT MARKETING SUPPORT.
  
      (a) Support.--A department or agency of the United States 
  Government may intercede with a foreign government or foreign national 
  regarding export marketing activity in the People's Republic of China 
  or Tibet on behalf of a United States company subject to the reporting 
  requirement in section 4(a) only if the United States company adheres 
  to the principles set forth in section 2(b).
      (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect two years 
  after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 6. ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON ADHERENCE OF UNITED STATES COMPANIES 
                TO PRINCIPLES.
  
      (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State 
  shall conduct a public hearing on the adherence of United States 
  companies doing business in the People's Republic of China or Tibet to 
  the principles set forth in section 2(b).
      (b) Hearing Requirements.--The Secretary shall conduct each hearing 
  under subsection (a) in an appropriate forum and in a manner intended 
  to facilitate widespread public participation in the hearing.
  
  SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Adhere.--The terms ``adhere to'', ``adhering to'', and 
          ``adherence to'', in the case of the principles set forth in 
          section 2(b), mean--
                      (A) agreeing to implement the principles;
                      (B) implementing the principles by taking good 
                  faith measures with respect to each principle; and
                      (C) reporting accurately to the Secretary of State 
                  on the measures taken to implement the principles.
              (2) Intercede with a foreign government or foreign 
          national.--
                      (A) In general.--The term ``intercede with a 
                  foreign government or foreign national'' includes any 
                  contact by an officer or employee of the United States 
                  with officials of any foreign government or foreign 
                  national involving or contemplating any effort to 
                  assist in selling a good, service, or technology in the 
                  People's Republic of China or Tibet.
                      (B) Exclusion.--The term does not include 
                  multilateral or bilateral government-to-government 
                  trade negotiations intended to resolve trade issues 
                  which may affect United States parent companies which 
                  do not adhere to the principles set forth in section 
                  2(b).
              (3) Organized under the laws of the united states.--The 
          term ``organized under the laws of the United States'' means 
          organized under the laws of the United States, any State of the 
          United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
          Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
          or any other territory or possession of the United States.
              (4) United states company.--The term ``United States 
          company'' means a corporation, partnership, or other business 
          association organized under the laws of the United States.
target: Sets forth certain registration and reporting requirements with respect to U.S. companies doing business in China or Tibet.
feat_title: Workers' Rights Principles for United States Businesses in China Act