[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3366-S3367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1952. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In division B, insert after section 2510 the following:
SEC. 2511. MARKING OF ARTICLES THAT ORIGINATE IN COUNTRIES
BELIEVED TO PRODUCE GOODS MADE BY FORCED LABOR
OR CHILD LABOR.
(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for an article that
is required to be marked under section 304 of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) and originates in a source country
to be introduced, sold, advertised, or offered for sale in
commerce in the United States unless that article is legibly,
indelibly, and permanently marked, in addition to being
marked with the English name of the country of origin of the
article as required by such section 304, as follows: ``The
United States Department of Labor has reason to believe that
goods from this country are produced by child labor or forced
labor in violation of international standards.''.
(b) Additional Duties; Delivery Withheld; Penalties.--The
provisions of subsections (i), (j), and (l) of section 304 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) apply with respect to
an article that is not marked as required by subsection (a)
to the same extent
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and in the same manner as such provisions apply to an article
that is not marked as required by such section 304.
(c) Regulations.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection shall prescribe regulations that--
(1) ensure the requirement under subsection (a) is
appropriately applied to articles introduced, sold,
advertised, or offered for sale in commerce on an internet
website such that the internet description of the article
indicates in a conspicuous place the marking required by
subsection (a); and
(2) provide for enforcement of the requirement under
subsection (a).
(d) Source Country Defined.--In this section, the term
``source country'' means a country identified by the Bureau
of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor
pursuant to section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C.
7112(b)(2)(C)) as a source country of goods that are believed
to be produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of
international standards.
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