1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Offshoring Notification Act”.
Offshoring Notification Act
A BILL
To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to provide a notice requirement regarding offshoring.
2. Definition
Section 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101) is amended—
in paragraph (7), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(9) the term United States includes each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, and each territory or possession of the United States.”
3. Notice
Section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(a)) is amended—
by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
“(b) Offshoring information—The notice shall contain information stating—
“(1) whether the employer plans to continue producing the good or providing the service that the affected employees have been producing or providing; and
“(2) if so, whether the production or provision will be performed for the employer, by employees or contractors outside the United States.”