19 U.S.C. § 1307 | Convict-made goods; importation prohibited

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.

June 17, 1930, ch. 497 46 Stat. 689 Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(a)May 18, 2000114 Stat. 298 Pub. L. 114–125, title IX, § 910(a)(1)Feb. 24, 2016130 Stat. 239(, title III, § 307, ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16 38 Stat. 195 act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, § 307 42 Stat. 937Sept. 21, 1922June 17, 1930Provisions in the same language as the provisions in this section were made by , § IV, I, , superseding similar provisions of previous tariff acts. That subdivision was superseded by , , and repealed by section 321 of that act. Section 307 of act , was superseded by section 307 of act , comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 act.

Amendments

Pub. L. 114–125January 1, 19322016— 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.”

Pub. L. 106–2002000— 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)Feb. 24, 2016130 Stat. 239

Feb. 24, 2016“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 [].”

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Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 411(b)May 18, 2000114 Stat. 298

May 18, 2000“The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

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Prohibition on Use of Funds To Prevent Enforcement of Ban on Importation of Convict-Made Goods

Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 514Oct. 1, 2003117 Stat. 1154

19 U.S.C. 1307“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 ().”

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Prohibition on Use of Funds To Allow Importation of Forced or Indentured Child Labor

Pub. L. 108–90, title V, § 515Oct. 1, 2003117 Stat. 1154

“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)

19 U.S.C. 1307 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 (); 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.”

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Reporting Requirement on Forced Labor Products Destined for United States Market

Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXVII, § 3702Oct. 17, 1998112 Stat. 2275Oct. 17, 1998, , , 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, § 1906Aug. 23, 1988102 Stat. 1313 Pub. L. 103–199, title II, § 204(a)Dec. 17, 1993107 Stat. 2322, , , 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 , , .