[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21486]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Bureau of International Labor Affairs; Notice of Publication of
the Department of Labor's List of Goods From Countries Produced by
Child Labor or Forced Labor
AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of public availability of initial list of goods
and report of implementation.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the publication of an initial list of
goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs
(``ILAB'') has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced
labor in violation of international standards (``List''). ILAB is
required to develop and make available to the public the List pursuant
to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005
(``TVPRA'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Child Labor,
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor at (202) 693-4843 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ILAB's Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor,
and Human Trafficking (OCFT) carries out the mandates of the TVPRA. For
complete information on OCFT's TVPRA activities, please visit the Web
site listed below. Previous Federal Register notices issued on this
subject include: Notice of Proposed Procedural Guidelines for the
Development and Maintenance of the List of Goods From Countries
Pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of
2005 (72 FR 55808, Oct. 1, 2007); Notice of Procedural Guidelines for
the Development and Maintenance of the List of Goods from Countries
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor; Request for Information (72 FR
73375, Dec. 27, 2007); and Notice of Public Hearing to Collect
Information to Assist in the Development of the List of Goods From
Countries Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (73 FR 21985, Apr.
23, 2008).
The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, is mandated by the TVPRA to ``carry out additional
activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor in
foreign countries.'' Section 105(b)(2) of the TVPRA of 2005, 22 U.S.C.
7112(b)(2), listed these activities as:
(A) Monitor the use of forced labor and child labor in violation of
international standards;
(B) Provide information regarding trafficking in persons for the
purpose of forced labor to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
of the Department of State for inclusion in [the] trafficking in
persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b));
(C) Develop and make available to the public a list of goods from
countries that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs has reason to
believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of
international standards;
(D) Work with persons who are involved in the production of goods
on the list described in subparagraph (C) to create a standard set of
practices that will reduce the likelihood that such persons will
produce goods using the labor described in such subparagraph; and
(E) Consult with other departments and agencies of the United
States Government to reduce forced and child labor internationally and
ensure that products made by forced labor and child labor in violation
of international standards are not imported into the United States.
On December 23, 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008, 22 U.S.C. 7101 came into force, setting a
deadline of January 15, 2010 by which ILAB must produce an initial List
and a report of ILAB's implementation of its TVPRA mandates.
ILAB announces the publication of the initial List in a new report,
The Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or
Forced Labor. The full report, including the List, implementation
update, Frequently Asked Questions and a discussion of the List's
context, scope, methodology, and limitations, is available at http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/tvpra.htm.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of September 2009.
Sandra Polaski,
Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-21486 Filed 9-9-09; 8:45 am]
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