Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part I · Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930
§ 1307. Convict-made goods; importation prohibited
Statutory text
All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.
“Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily. For purposes of this section, the term “forced labor or/and indentured labor” includes forced or indentured child labor.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 71–497 · 46 Stat. 590
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1307
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689Pub. L. 106–200 title IV § 411(a) · 114 Stat. 251
Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 1307
Pub. L. 106–200 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘forced labor or/and indentured labor’ includes forced or indentured child labor.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 106–200 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘forced labor or/and indentured labor’ includes forced or indentured child labor.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) is amended 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.”.Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
Pub. L. 114–125 title IX § 910(a)(1) · 130 Stat. 122
Struck · 19 U.S.C. § 1307
Pub. L. 114–125 struck out “The provisions of this section relating to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced labor or/and indentured labor, shall take effect on January 1, 1932; but in no case shall such provisions be applicable to goods, wares, articles, or merchandise so mined, produced, or manufactured which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in such quantities in the United States as to meet the consumptive demands of the United States.” after “enforcement of this provision.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 114–125 struck out “The provisions of this section relating to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced labor or/and indentured labor, shall take effect on January 1, 1932; but in no case shall such provisions be applicable to goods, wares, articles, or merchandise so mined, produced, or manufactured which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in such quantities in the United States as to meet the consumptive demands of the United States.” after “enforcement of this provision.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In general.— Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) is amended by striking “The provisions of this section” and all that follows through “of the United States.”.Effective date note
Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 239, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 24, 2016].”
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions in the same language as the provisions in this section were made by act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, § IV, I, 38 Stat. 195, superseding similar provisions of previous tariff acts. That subdivision was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 307, 42 Stat. 937, and repealed by section 321 of that act. Section 307 of act , was superseded by section 307 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.
Amendments2000–2016 · 2 rounds
2016
Pub. L. 114–125 struck out “The provisions of this section relating to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced labor or/and indentured labor, shall take effect on ; but in no case shall such provisions be applicable to goods, wares, articles, or merchandise so mined, produced, or manufactured which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in such quantities in the United States as to meet the consumptive demands of the United States.” after “enforcement of this provision.”
2000
Pub. L. 106–200 inserted at end “For purposes of this section, the term ‘forced labor or/and indentured labor’ includes forced or indentured child labor.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2016 Amendment
Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(2), , 130 Stat. 239, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(b), , 114 Stat. 298, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Prohibition on Use of Funds To Prevent Enforcement of Ban on Importation of Convict-Made Goods
Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 514, , 117 Stat. 1154, provided that: “For fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a determination, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).”
Prohibition on Use of Funds To Allow Importation of Forced or Indentured Child Labor
Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 515, , 117 Stat. 1154, provided that:
“For fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security may be used to allow—
“(1) the importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as determined under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or
“(2) the release into the United States of any good, ware, article, or merchandise on which there is in effect a detention order under such section 307 on the basis that the good, ware, article, or merchandise may have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.”
Reporting Requirement on Forced Labor Products Destined for United States Market
Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXVII, § 3702, , 112 Stat. 2275, required the Commissioner of Customs, by 1 year after , to prepare and transmit to Congress a report, with specified information, on products made with forced labor that are destined for the United States market.
Sense of Congress Requesting President To Instruct Secretary of the Treasury To Enforce Section 1307 Without Delay
Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1906, , 102 Stat. 1313, related to Congressional findings of deplorable forced labor conditions in former Soviet Union and request of President to instruct Secretary of the Treasury to enforce this section without delay, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–199, title II, § 204(a), , 107 Stat. 2322.
Credits
1930–2016 · 3 acts
- 1930June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689
- 2000Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a), , 114 Stat. 298
- 2016Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(1), , 130 Stat. 239.
Show as published
(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 307, 46 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a), , 114 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(1), , 130 Stat. 239.)