1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Labor, Human, and Civil Rights Trade Policy Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has played a leading role in developing global human rights standards since the inception of the country. (2) The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are among the guiding principles that helped develop the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (3) First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt led the United States delegation and the United Nations in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (4) December 10, 2016, marked the 68th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (5) The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1966. (6) The United Kingdom implemented the Slave Trade Act of 1807, setting a global precedent towards the eventual abolishment of slavery in the Americas that the United States eventually followed. (7) The world celebrated the 210th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade on May 1, 2017. (8) On January 1, 2017, the United States recognized the 154th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. (9) The United States has continuously enacted legislation and ratified amendments to the Constitution to improve the protections of the rights of all persons in the United States, including— (A) the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1865; (B) the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27); (C) the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868; (D) the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1920; (E) the Social Security Act of 1935 ( 42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); (F) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); (G) the Housing Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 413); (H) the Equal Pay Act of 1963 ( Public Law 88–38 ; 77 Stat. 56); (I) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( Public Law 88–352 ; 78 Stat. 241)