1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018 . 2. Labor standards for beneficiary developing countries (a) In general Section 502(b)(2)(G) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(2)(G) ) is amended to read as follows: (G) (i) (I) Such country has not established, in law and in practice, the following rights as defined by the International Labour Organization: (aa) Freedom of association. (bb) The effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining. (cc) The elimination of all forms of compulsory or forced labor. (dd) The effective abolition of child labor and the prohibition on the worst forms of child labor. (ee) The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. (ff) Acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health. (II) Such country does not provide reasonable access to the appropriate United States officials to investigate and monitor compliance with the rights specified in subclause (I), including by ensuring full, independent access to work sites, workers, and managers for the completion of monitoring visits. (ii) During the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018 , clause (i) shall not apply to any country that— (I) is making continual progress toward establishing laws that are fully consistent with the rights specified in subclause (I) of that clause; and (II) does not have in effect laws that prohibit the exercise of any of those rights. . (b) Publication of information on labor standards The President shall publish, on a publicly available Internet website— (1) annually until the end of the 5-year period described in clause (ii) of section 502(b)(2)(G) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by subsection (a), a description of the continual progress made by each country toward meeting the requirements of that section