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
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 21, 2021
Last action Jul 21, 2021
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Committee
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Jul 21, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Jul 21, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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District
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Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Stabenow
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Gary C. Peters
DDemocratic
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