[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 132 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S11880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. HARKIN:
  S. 1684. 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; to the Committee on Finance.


            goods made with forced or indentured child labor

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1684

       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     applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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