Sec. 307. Investigations of allegations of goods produced with forced labor
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Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1307 ) is amended— by striking All and inserting the following: All ; by striking and inserting the following: Forced labor , as herein used, In this section, the term forced labor ; and by inserting after subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), the following: There is established in the Office of Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection a Forced Labor Division, which shall— receive and investigate allegations of goods, wares, articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured using forced labor; and coordinate with other agencies to enforce the prohibition under subsection (a).
In prioritizing investigations under paragraph (1)(A), the Forced Labor Division shall— consult closely with the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor and the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State; and take into account— the complicity of— the government of the foreign county in which the instance of forced labor is alleged to have occurred; and the government of any other country that has facilitated the use of forced labor in the country described in subclause (I); the ranking of the governments described in clause
(i)in the most recent report on trafficking in persons required by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1) ); whether the good involved in the alleged instance of forced labor is included in the most recent list of goods produced by child labor or forced labor required by section 105(b)(1)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 ( 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C) ); and the effect taking action with respect to the alleged instance of forced labor would have in eradicating forced labor from the supply chain of the United States. .
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