[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32977-32978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12894]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Notice of Update to the Department of Labor's List of Goods 
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

AGENCY: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs, United States 
Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice: Announcement of public availability of updated list of 
goods produced by child labor or forced labor.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the publication of an update to the list 
of goods--along with countries of origin--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 
(the List). ILAB is required to develop and make available to the 
public the List pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act (TVPRA of 2005), amended.

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) or [email protected]. Individuals with hearing or speech 
impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling 
the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-5627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs 
(ILAB) announces an update to the ninth edition of the List of Goods 
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (List), pursuant to the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, as 
amended (TVPRA). ILAB published the initial List on September 10, 2009, 
and has since published nine updated editions. This 2021 update to the 
ninth edition contains one additional good (polysilicon) from one 
country (China).
    Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (``TVPRA of 2005''), Public Law

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109-164 (2006), 22 U.S.C 7112(b), as amended by Section 133 of the 
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-425, directs the Secretary 
of Labor, acting through ILAB, to ``develop and make available to the 
public a list of goods from countries that ILAB has reason to believe 
are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of 
international standards, including, to the extent practicable, goods 
that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced labor or 
child labor.'' (TVPRA List).
    The primary purposes of the List are to raise public awareness 
about the incidence of child labor and forced labor in the production 
of goods in the countries listed and to promote efforts to eliminate 
such practices. The 2020 report, including a discussion of the List's 
methodology, the updated List, and an updated bibliography of sources, 
are available on the Department of Labor website at: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C))

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14 day of June, 2021.
Thea Lee,
Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-12894 Filed 6-22-21; 8:45 am]
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