Introduced
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Require "Corporate Responsibility" standards for state contracts to require before entering any contract with a private company the state to consider whether the work will be performed or goods produced outside the country and if this is in the best interests of the state and its people; whether the firm, its managers and owners (with at least a 20 percent share) have been guilty of a criminal offense incident to a state contract; been held liable in a criminal or civil proceeding for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, or violation of state or federal antitrust statutes. The company would have to affirm whether it is incorporated in a "tax haven country" and whether it is to the violation of "internationally recognized workers rights".
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
