[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1991. Mr. WYDEN 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:

        At the end of title III of division C, add the following:

     SEC. 3314. INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGATIONS OF GOODS PRODUCED BY 
                   FORCED LABOR.

       Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``All'' and inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--All'';
       (2) by striking `` `Forced labor', as herein used, shall 
     mean'' and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Forced Labor Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `forced labor' means''; and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a), as designated by 
     paragraph (1), the following:
       ``(b) Forced Labor Division.--
       ``(1) In general.--There is established in the Office of 
     Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection a Forced Labor 
     Division, which shall--
       ``(A) receive and investigate allegations of goods, wares, 
     articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured 
     using forced labor; and
       ``(B) coordinate with other agencies to enforce the 
     prohibition under subsection (a).
       ``(2) Prioritization of investigations.--In prioritizing 
     investigations under paragraph (1)(A), the Forced Labor 
     Division shall--
       ``(A) consult closely with the Bureau of International 
     Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor and the Office to 
     Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department 
     of State; and
       ``(B) take into account--
       ``(i) the complicity of--

       ``(I) the government of the foreign county in which the 
     instance of forced labor is alleged to have occurred; and
       ``(II) the government of any other country that has 
     facilitated the use of forced labor in the country described 
     in subclause (I);

       ``(ii) the ranking of the governments described in clause 
     (i) in the most recent report on trafficking in persons 
     required by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1));
       ``(iii) whether the good involved in the alleged instance 
     of forced labor is included in the most recent list of goods 
     produced by child labor or forced labor required by section 
     105(b)(1)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
     Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)); and
       ``(iv) the effect taking action with respect to the alleged 
     instance of forced labor would have in eradicating forced 
     labor from the supply chain of the United States.
       ``(3) Quarterly briefings required.--Not less frequently 
     than every 90 days, the Forced Labor Division shall provide 
     briefings to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
     regarding--
       ``(A) allegations received under paragraph (1);
       ``(B) the prioritization of investigations of such 
     allegations under paragraph (2); and
       ``(C) progress made toward--
       ``(i) issuing withhold release orders for goods, wares, 
     articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured 
     using forced labor; and
       ``(ii) making findings in and closing investigations 
     conducted under paragraph (1).''.
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