Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 17.11.1999

Forced or Indentured Child Labor

This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to provide for the seizure and forfeiture of merchandise that is found to be a prohibited importation under applicable Customs law concerning products of convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions. Furthermore, this document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to make clear that nothing in those regulations precludes Customs from seizing for forfeiture merchandise imported in violation of applicable Federal criminal law dealing with prison-labor goods. The proposed amendments are intended to stop illegal shipments of products of forced or indentured child labor and to punish violators.