[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1684 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1684

  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand 
 exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor 
   and to clarify that forced or indentured labor includes forced or 
                        indentured child labor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 1999

  Mr. Harkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand 
 exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor 
   and to clarify that forced or indentured labor includes forced or 
                        indentured child labor.

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

SECTION 1. GOODS MADE WITH FORCED OR INDENTURED LABOR.

    (a) In General.--Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307) is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``; but in no 
        case'' and all that follows to the end period; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For 
        purposes of this section, the term `forced labor or/and 
        indentured labor' includes forced or indentured child labor.''.
    (b) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) 
        applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Child labor.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) 
        takes effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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