[20220419]IF11360_第307节和强迫劳动产生的进口 .pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 19, 2022Section 307 and Imports Produced by Forced Labor Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) prohibits importing any product that was mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor, including forced or indentured child labor. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforces the prohibition. Defining Forced Labor in Section 307 Forced Labor: “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.” 19 U.S.C. 1307; language modeled on the ILO Forced Labor Convention, 1930. U.S. customs law has prohibited importing goods produced by certain categories of labor since the end of the nineteenth century. Beginning in 1890, the United States prohibited imports of goods manufactured with convict labor. In 1930, Congress expanded this prohibition in Section 307 of the Tariff Act to include any (not just manufactured) products of forced labor. Although a few Members brought up humanitarian concerns during debate, the central legislative concern was protecting domestic producers from competing with