[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that information 
    relating to United States policy to establish and encourage an 
  international strategy to reduce violations of the human rights of 
 working children be included in the annual human rights report of the 
                          Department of State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1997

    Mr. Moran  of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that information 
    relating to United States policy to establish and encourage an 
  international strategy to reduce violations of the human rights of 
 working children be included in the annual human rights report of the 
                          Department of State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 116(d) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) the United States policy to establish and encourage 
        an international strategy to reduce violations of the human 
        rights of working children, including--
                    ``(A) a description of the policies adopted, 
                agreements concluded, and programs implemented by the 
                Department of State and Department of Labor in pursuit 
                of their delegated responsibilities for reducing 
                worldwide violations of the human rights of working 
                children, for the fiscal year just ended, for the 
                current fiscal year, and for the next fiscal year, 
                including policy development, bilateral and 
                multilateral funding, and other support for projects 
                designed to reduce violations of the human rights of 
                working children; and
                    ``(B) for each country that receives assistance 
                under this part, the report shall include--
                            ``(i) a detailed status report on the use 
                        of child labor within such country, noting 
                        significant changes in conditions, such as 
                        increases or decreases in the use of child 
                        labor, and changes in the policy of such 
                        country toward the use of child labor;
                            ``(ii) a description of United States 
                        assistance provided or proposed to be provided 
                        to such country for the preceding fiscal year, 
                        the current fiscal year, and for the next 
                        fiscal year, with an analysis of the impact 
                        that the furnishing of each kind of assistance 
                        has had or is expected to have on the use of 
                        child labor in the country;
                            ``(iii) a description of the plans, 
                        programs, and timetables adopted by such 
                        country for the progressive elimination of the 
                        use of child labor and a discussion of the 
                        legal and law enforcement measures taken and 
                        the accomplishments achieved in accord with 
                        these plans; and
                            ``(iv) a description of bribery of public 
                        officials and other forms of public corruption 
                        that facilitate violations of the human rights 
                        of working children.''.
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