[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5247 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5247

  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand 
  exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict 
   labor, forced labor, or indentured labor, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2014

   Mr. Kind introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand 
  exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict 
   labor, forced labor, or indentured labor, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF CONSUMPTIVE DEMAND EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION 
              ON IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE WITH CONVICT LABOR, FORCED 
              LABOR, OR INDENTURED LABOR; REPORT.

    (a) Elimination of Consumptive Demand Exception.--
            (1) In general.--Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
        U.S.C. 1307) is amended by striking ``The provisions of this 
        section'' and all that follows through ``of the United 
        States.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives a report on compliance with section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) that includes the following:
            (1) The number of instances in which merchandise was denied 
        entry pursuant to that section during the 1-year period 
        preceding the submission of the report.
            (2) A description of the merchandise denied entry pursuant 
        to that section.
            (3) Such other information as the Commissioner considers 
        appropriate with respect to monitoring and enforcing compliance 
        with that section.
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