HR 4603 United States House · 117th Congress

United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2021

Summary
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2021 This bill establishes restrictions on businesses that relocate call centers or redirect customer service calls to locations outside the United States. Specifically, a business must notify the Department of Labor that it intends to move its customer service call center overseas and Labor must maintain a publicly available list of such businesses. Subject to narrow exceptions, a business appearing on such list is ineligible to receive federal grants or guaranteed loans for five years after the business is added to the list. Further, agencies must condition the awarding of government contracts on the requirement that any call center activity pursuant to the contract must be performed in the United States. Additionally, the bill requires call center employees to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each call initiated or received, unless all employees of the business participating in the communication are located in the United States, among other exceptions.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
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President
Introduced Jul 21, 2021 Last action Jul 22, 2021
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Jul 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
lower
Jul 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jul 21, 2021
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 82 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of David B. McKinley
David B. McKinley
RRepublican
WV
1
Co
Photo of Abigail Davis Spanberger
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
VA
7
Co
Photo of Adam B. Schiff
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
CA
n/a
Co
Photo of Alma S. Adams
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
NC
12
Co
Photo of Andy Kim
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
NJ
n/a
Co
Photo of Angie Craig
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
MN
2
Co
Photo of Ann M. Kuster
Ann M. Kuster
DDemocratic
NH
2
Co
Photo of Anthony G. Brown
Anthony G. Brown
DDemocratic
MD
4
Co
Photo of Antonio Delgado
Antonio Delgado
DDemocratic
NY
19
Co
Photo of Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
DDemocratic
NJ
9
Co
Photo of Brad Sherman
Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
CA
32