America Star Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 14, 2015

America Star Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor a voluntary America Star program under which the Secretary annually shall designate certain companies, based on specified performance categories, as America Star companies for their support for the U.S. workforce.

Companies are ineligible to participate in the program if they commit serious, repeated, or willful violations of specified federal labor law.

The Secretary shall: (1) market the America Star program annually to the public through the Department's website, and (2) design a label for designated America Star companies to use by displaying it next to the company's logo.

The Federal Trade Commission shall treat as an unfair or deceptive practice the use of a label by a company not designated as an America Star company in violation with the requirements of this Act.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D–NJ

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Apr 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 14, 2015
Introduced in Senate

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