§ 7112. Additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and 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.

1. 2006

   Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005

   Pub. L. 109–164 title I § 105 · 119 Stat. 3558

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7112

   Pub. L. 109–164, title I, § 105, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3566

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 109–164, title I, § 105, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3566

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO MONITOR AND COMBAT FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR. (a) Activities of the Department of State.— (1) Finding.— Congress finds that in the report submitted to Congress by the Secretary of State in June 2005 pursuant to section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the list of countries whose governments do not comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and are not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance was composed of a large number of countries in which the trafficking involved forced labor, including the trafficking of women into domestic servitude. (2) Sense of congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State should intensify the focus of the Office on forced labor in the countries described in paragraph (1) and other countries in which forced labor continues to be a serious human rights concern. (b) Activities of the Department of Labor.— (1) In general.— The Secretary of Labor, acting through the head of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor, shall carry out additional activities to monitor and combat forced labor and child labor in foreign countries as described in paragraph (2). (2) Additional activities described.— The additional activities referred to in paragraph (1) are— (A) to monitor the use of forced labor and child labor in violation of international standards; (B) to 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 trafficking in persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)); (C) Public information. to 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) Standards. to 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) to 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.

2. 2013

   Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

   Pub. L. 113–4 § 1233 · 127 Stat. 54

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 7112(a)(3)

   Pub. L. 113–4, § 1233, added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 113–4, § 1233, added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1233. INFORMATION SHARING TO COMBAT CHILD LABOR AND SLAVE LABOR.   Section 105(a) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Information sharing.— The Secretary of State shall, on a regular basis, provide information relating to child labor and forced labor in the production of goods in violation of international standards to the Department of Labor to be used in developing the list described in subsection (b)(2)(C).” .

3. 2013

   Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

   Pub. L. 113–4 § 1232 · 127 Stat. 54

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 7112(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 113–4, § 1232, added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 113–4, § 1232, added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1232. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.   Section 105(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Submission to congress.— Not later than December 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall submit the list developed under paragraph (2)(C) to Congress.” .

4. 2019

   Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–425 title I § 133(a) · 132 Stat. 5472

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 7112(b)(2)(C)

   Pub. L. 115–425 inserted “, including, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child labor” after “international standards”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–425 inserted “, including, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child labor” after “international standards”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 105(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting “, including, to the extent practicable, goods that are produced with inputs that are produced with forced labor or child labor” after “international standards”.

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