To create a system of background checks for certain workers who enter people's homes, and for other purposes.

January 29, 2003

Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

To create a system of background checks for certain workers who enter people's homes, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Domestic Consumer Safety Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK IN HOMES.

The Federal Trade Commission shall make rules, on the record after opportunity for an agency hearing, to assure that businesses in commerce that send employees into people's homes perform adequate and appropriate background checks on those employees.

SEC. 3. SANCTIONS.

Whoever violates a rule made by the Federal Trade Commission under section 2 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

As used in this Act, the term `business in commerce' means a business that is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce.

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