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Commission conducted its hearing by 

video conference on November 5, 2020. 

All persons who requested the 

opportunity were permitted to 

participate. 

The Commission transmitted its 

determination in this investigation to 

the President on December 8, 2020. The 

views of the Commission are contained 

in USITC Publication 5144 (December 

2020), entitled Large Residential 

Washers: Extension of Action, 

Investigation No. TA–201–076 

(Extension). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 8, 2020. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27380 Filed 12–11–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1220] 

Certain Filament Light-Emitting Diodes 

and Products Containing Same (II); 

Commission Decision Not To Review 

an Initial Determination Granting a 

Motion To Intervene 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 15) of the presiding 

administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) 

granting a motion to intervene filed by 

non-party Global Value Lighting LLC 

(‘‘GVL’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Houda Morad, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

708–4716. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 5, 2020, the Commission 

instituted this investigation under 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (‘‘section 

337’’), based on a complaint filed by 

The Regents of the University of 

California (‘‘Complainant’’). See 85 FR 

62761–62 (Oct. 5, 2020). The complaint, 

as supplemented, alleges a violation of 

section 337 based upon the importation 

into the United States, the sale for 

importation, and the sale within the 

United States after importation of 

certain filament light-emitting diodes 

and products containing the same by 

reason of infringement of certain claims 

of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,240,529; 9,859,464; 

10,593,854; 10,644,213; and 10,658,557. 

See id. The notice of investigation 

names the following respondents: Home 

Depot Product Authority, LLC; Home 

Depot U.S.A., Inc.; and The Home 

Depot, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia 

(collectively, ‘‘Home Depot’’); General 

Electric Company of Boston, 

Massachusetts; Consumer Lighting 

(U.S.) LLC, d/b/a GE Lighting of 

Cleveland, Ohio; Savant Systems, Inc. of 

Hyannis, Massachusetts; Feit Electric 

Company, Inc. of Pico Rivera, 

California; Satco Products, Inc. of 

Brentwood, New York; IKEA Supply AG 

of Pratteln, Switzerland; IKEA U.S. 

Retail LLC of Conshohocken, 

Pennsylvania; and IKEA of Sweden AB 

of Almhult, Sweden. See id. The Office 

of Unfair Import Investigations (‘‘OUII’’) 

is also a party to the investigation. See 

id. 

On November 5, 2020, the ALJ issued 

an ID (Order No. 14) granting non-party 

Signify North America Corp.’s motion to 

intervene in this investigation. See 

Order No. 14 (Nov. 5, 2020), unreviewed 

by Comm’n Notice (Nov. 30, 2020). 

On November 4, 2020, GVL filed a 

motion to intervene in this investigation 

pursuant to Commission Rule 210.19 

(19 CFR 210.19). GVL argued that its 

motion is timely and that 

‘‘[i]ntervention is appropriate where, as 

here, the Complaint seeks to directly 

exclude the intervenor’s products.’’ See 

Mot. at 4–6. No party opposed the 

motion to intervene except that 

Complainant argued that GVL should 

coordinate all aspects of the 

investigation with the Home Depot 

respondents. See Complainant’s Resp. at 

2 (Nov. 9, 2020). On November 16, 2020, 

OUII filed a response in support of the 

motion to intervene. No other responses 

were received. 

On November 16, 2020, the ALJ 

issued the subject ID (Order No. 15) 

granting GVL’s motion to intervene. The 

ID notes that ‘‘[n]o party disputes that 

GVL should be allowed to intervene.’’ 

See ID at 1. The ID finds that ‘‘GVL may 

fully participate as a party in the 

investigation, including with respect to 

all claims and defenses at issue in the 

investigation.’’ See id. The ID also finds 

that ‘‘GVL shall coordinate to the extent 

possible with [Home Depot] and other 

respondents.’’ See id. at 1–2. 

No petition for review of the subject 

ID was filed. The Commission has 

determined not to review the subject ID. 

GVL is granted intervenor status. 

The Commission’s vote for this 

determination took place on December 

8, 2020. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part 

210 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 

210). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 8, 2020. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27381 Filed 12–11–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

[Agency Docket Number DOL–2020–0007] 

Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Forced 

or Indentured Child Labor in the 

Production of Goods in Foreign 

Countries and Efforts by Certain 

Foreign Countries To Eliminate the 

Worst Forms of Child Labor, and 

Business Practices To Reduce the 

Likelihood of Forced Labor or Child 

Labor in the Production of Goods 

AGENCY: The Bureau of International 

Labor Affairs, United States Department 

of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information 

and invitation to comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice is a request for 

information and/or comment on three 

reports issued by the Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs (ILAB) 

regarding child labor and forced labor in 

certain foreign countries. Relevant 

information submitted by the public 

will be used by the Department of Labor 

(DOL) in preparing its ongoing reporting 

as required under Congressional 

mandates and a Presidential directive. 

The 2019 Findings on the Worst Forms 

of Child Labor report (TDA report), 

published on September 30, 2020, 

assesses efforts of 131 countries to 

eliminate the worst forms of child labor 

in 2019 and reports whether countries 

made significant, moderate, minimal, or 

no advancement during that year. It also 

suggests actions foreign countries can 

take to eliminate the worst forms of 

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enforcement, coordination, policies, and 

social programs. The 2020 edition of the 

List of Goods Produced by Child Labor 

or Forced Labor (TVPRA List), also 

published on September 30, 2020, 

makes available to the public a list of 

goods from countries that ILAB has 

reason to believe are produced by child 

labor or forced labor in violation of 

international standards. Finally, the List 

of Products Produced by Forced or 

Indentured Child Labor (E.O. List), most 

recently updated on March 25, 2019, 

provides a list of products, identified by 

country of origin, that DOL, in 

consultation and cooperation with the 

Departments of State (DOS) and 

Homeland Security (DHS), has a 

reasonable basis to believe might have 

been mined, produced, or manufactured 

with forced or indentured child labor. 

Relevant information submitted by the 

public will be used by DOL in preparing 

the next edition of the TDA report, to be 

published in 2021; the next edition of 

the TVPRA List, to be published in 

2022; and for possible updates to the 

E.O. List, as needed. 

DATES: Submitters of information are 

requested to provide their submission to 

DOL’s Office of Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at 

the email or physical address below by 

5:00 p.m. EST, January 18, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: 

To Submit Information: Information 

should be submitted directly to OCFT, 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 

U.S. Department of Labor. Comments, 

identified as Docket No. DOL–2020– 

0007, may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

The portal includes instructions for 

submitting comments. Parties 

submitting responses electronically are 

encouraged not to submit paper copies. 

Facsimile (fax): OCFT at 202–693– 

4830. 

Mail, Express Delivery, Hand Delivery, 

and Messenger Service (1 copy): Austin 

Pedersen and Chanda Uluca at U.S. 

Department of Labor, OCFT, Bureau of 

International Labor Affairs, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Room S– 

5315, Washington, DC 20210. 

Email: Email submissions should be 

addressed to Matthew Fraterman 

(Fraterman.Matthew@dol.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Fraterman at 202–693–4833. 

Please see contact information above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This notice is also a request for 

information and/or comment on Comply 

Chain: Business Tools for Labor 

Compliance in Global Supply Chains 

(Comply Chain). ILAB is seeking 

information on current practices of 

firms, business associations, and other 

private sector groups to reduce the 

likelihood of child labor and forced 

labor in the production of goods. This 

information and/or comment is sought 

to fulfill ILAB’s mandate under the 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA) to 

work with persons who are involved in 

the production of goods made with 

forced labor or child labor. Comply 

Chain seeks to address this mandate 

through the creation of a standard set of 

practices that will reduce the likelihood 

that such persons will produce goods 

using child labor. Comply Chain also 

achieves a much broader purpose by 

actively supporting the efforts of 

companies that seek to address these 

issues within their own supply chains. 

Relevant information and/or comments 

submitted to ILAB will be used to 

improve and update Comply Chain to 

better meet the evolving mandates of the 

TVPRA and help companies and 

industry groups seeking to develop 

robust social compliance systems for 

their global production. 

I. The Trade and Development Act of 

2000 (TDA), Public Law 106–200 (2000), 

established eligibility criteria for receipt 

of trade benefits under the Generalized 

System of Preferences (GSP). The TDA 

amended the GSP reporting 

requirements of Section 504 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2464, to 

require that the President’s annual 

report on the status of internationally 

recognized worker rights include 

‘‘findings by the Secretary of Labor with 

respect to the beneficiary country’s 

implementation of its international 

commitments to eliminate the worst 

forms of child labor.’’ 

The TDA Conference Report clarifies 

this mandate, indicating that the 

President should consider the following 

when considering whether a country is 

complying with its obligations to 

eliminate the worst forms of child labor: 

(1) whether the country has adequate 

laws and regulations proscribing the 

worst forms of child labor; (2) whether 

the country has adequate laws and 

regulations for the implementation and 

enforcement of such measures; (3) 

whether the country has established 

formal institutional mechanisms to 

investigate and address complaints 

relating to allegations of the worst forms 

of child labor; (4) whether social 

programs exist in the country to prevent 

the engagement of children in the worst 

forms of child labor, and to assist with 

the removal of children engaged in the 

worst forms of child labor; (5) whether 

the country has a comprehensive policy 

for the elimination of the worst forms of 

child labor; and (6) whether the country 

is making continual progress toward 

eliminating the worst forms of child 

labor.’’ DOL fulfills this reporting 

mandate through annual publication of 

the U.S. Department of Labor’s Findings 

on the Worst Forms of Child Labor with 

respect to countries eligible for GSP. To 

access the 2019 TDA report please visit 

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/ 

resources/reports/child-labor/findings/. 

II. Section 105(b) of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 

of 2005 (‘‘TVPRA of 2005’’), Public Law 

109–164 (2006), 22 U.S.C. 7112 (b), as 

amended by Section 133 of the 

Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims 

Prevention and Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law 

115–425, directs the Secretary of Labor, 

to ‘‘develop and make available to the 

public a list of goods from countries that 

ILAB has reason to believe are produced 

by forced labor or child labor in 

violation of international standards, 

including, to the extent practicable, 

goods that are produced with inputs 

that are produced with forced labor or 

child labor’’ (TVPRA List). 

Pursuant to this mandate, DOL 

published in the Federal Register a set 

of procedural guidelines that ILAB 

follows in developing the TVPRA List 

(72 FR 73374). The guidelines set forth 

the criteria by which information is 

evaluated, established procedures for 

public submission of information to be 

considered by ILAB, and identified the 

process ILAB follows in maintaining 

and updating the List after its initial 

publication. 

ILAB published its first TVPRA List 

on September 30, 2009, and issued 

updates in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 

2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. (In 2014, 

ILAB began publishing the TVPRA List 

every other year, pursuant to changes in 

the law (See 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)). The 

next TVPRA List will be published in 

2022. For a copy of previous editions of 

the TVPRA List and other materials 

relating to the TVPRA List, 


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see ILAB’s TVPRA web page at https:// 

www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/reports/ 

child-labor/list-of-goods. 

III. Executive Order No. 13126 (E.O. 

13126) declared that it was ‘‘the policy 

of the United States Government. . . 

that the executive agencies shall take 

appropriate actions to enforce the laws 

prohibiting the manufacture or 

importation of goods, wares, articles, 

and merchandise mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part by 

forced or indentured child labor.’’ 

Pursuant to E.O. 13126, and following 

public notice and comment, DOL 

published in the January 18, 2001, 

Federal Register, a final list of products 

(‘‘E.O. List’’), identified by country of 

origin, that the Department, in 

consultation and cooperation with the 

Departments of State (DOS) and 

Treasury [relevant responsibilities are 

now within the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS)], had a 

reasonable basis to believe might have 

been mined, produced, or manufactured 

with forced or indentured child labor 

(66 FR 5353). In addition to the List, the 

Department also published on January 

18, 2001, ‘‘Procedural Guidelines for 

Maintenance of the List of Products 

Requiring Federal Contractor 

Certification as to Forced or Indentured 

Child Labor,’’ which provides for 

maintaining, reviewing, and, as 

appropriate, revising the E.O. List (66 

FR 5351). 

Pursuant to Sections D through G of 

the Procedural Guidelines, the E.O. List 

may be updated through consideration 

of submissions by individuals or 

through OCFT’s own initiative. ILAB 

has officially revised the E.O. List seven 

times, most recently on March 25, 2019, 

each time after public notice and 

comment as well as consultation with 

DOS and DHS. The current E.O. List, 

Procedural Guidelines, and related 

information can be accessed at https:// 

www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/reports/ 

child-labor/list-of-products. 

Information Requested and Invitation 

to Comment: Interested parties are 

invited to comment and provide 

information regarding these reports. 

DOL requests comments on or 

information relevant to updating the 

findings and suggested government 

actions for countries reviewed in the 

TDA report, assessing each country’s 

individual advancement toward 

eliminating the worst forms of child 

labor during the current reporting 

period compared to previous years, and 

maintaining and updating the TVPRA 

and E.O. Lists. Materials submitted 

should be confined to the specific topics 

of the TDA report, the TVPRA List, and 

the E.O. List. DOL will generally 

consider sources with dates up to five 

years old (i.e., data not older than 

January 1, 2016). DOL appreciates the 

extent to which submissions clearly 

indicate the time period to which they 

apply. In the interest of transparency in 

our reporting, classified information 

will not be accepted. Where applicable, 

information submitted should indicate 

its source or sources and copies of the 

source material should be provided. If 

primary sources are utilized, such as 

research studies, interviews, direct 

observations, or other sources of 

quantitative or qualitative data, details 

on the research or data-gathering 

methodology should be provided. Please 

see the TDA report, TVPRA List, and the 

E.O. List for a complete explanation of 

relevant terms, definitions, and 

reporting guidelines employed by DOL. 

Per our standard procedures, 

submissions will be published on the 

ILAB web page at https://www.dol.gov/ 

agencies/ilab/public-submissions-childlabor-forced-labor-reporting. 

IV. Section 105(b)(2)(D) of The 

Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005 

mandates that ILAB ‘‘work with persons 

who are involved in the production of 

goods on [ILAB’s List of Goods 

Produced by Child Labor or Forced 

Labor] to create a standard set of 

practices that will reduce the likelihood 

that such persons will produce goods 

using [forced and child labor].’’ 

Many firms have policies, activities, 

and/or systems in place to monitor labor 

rights and remediate violations in their 

supply chains. Such policies, activities, 

and systems vary depending on 

location, industry, and many other 

factors. ILAB seeks to identify practices 

that have been effective in specific 

contexts, analyze their replicability, and 

disseminate those that have the 

potential to be effective on a broader 

scale through Comply Chain. 

Information Requested and Invitation 

to Comment: In addition to general 

comments on the existing publication of 

Comply Chain, ILAB is seeking 

information on current practices of 

firms, business associations, and other 

private sector groups to reduce the 

likelihood of child labor and forced 

labor in the production of goods. ILAB 

welcomes any and all input. Examples 

of materials include (1) codes of 

conduct; (2) sets of standards used for 

implementation of codes in specific 

industries, locations, or among 

particular labor populations; (3) 

auditing/monitoring systems or 

components of such systems, as well as 

related systems for enforcement of labor 

standards across a supply chain; (4) 

strategies for monitoring sub-tier 

suppliers, informal workplaces, home 

work, and other challenging 

environments; (5) training modules and 

other mechanisms for communicating 

expectations to stakeholders which 

incorporate worker input; (6) 

traceability models or experiences; (7) 

remediation strategies for children and/ 

or adults found in conditions of forced 

or child labor; (8) reporting-related 

practices and practices related to 

independent review; (9) projects at the 

grassroots level which address 

underlying issues or root causes of child 

labor or forced labor; and (10) any other 

relevant practices. 

In addition, ILAB is seeking 

information on current practices of 

governments to collaborate with private 

sector actors through public-private 

partnerships to reduce the likelihood of 

child labor and forced labor in the 

production of goods. Submissions may 

include policy documents, reports, 

statistics, and case studies, among 

others. In addition, ILAB welcomes 

submissions of reports, analyses, 

guidance, toolkits, and other documents 

in which such practices have been 

compiled or analyzed by third-party 

groups. Information should be 

submitted to the addresses and within 

the time period set forth above. DOL 

seeks information that can be used to 

inform the development of tools and 

resources to be disseminated publicly 

on the DOL website and/or in other 

publications. However, in disseminating 

information, DOL will conceal, to the 

extent permitted by law, the identity of 

the submitter and/or the individual or 

company using the practice in question, 

upon request. Internal, confidential 

documents that cannot be shared with 

the public will not be used. 

Submissions containing confidential or 

personal information may be redacted 

by DOL before being made available to 

the public, in accordance with 

applicable laws and regulations. DOL 

does not commit to responding directly 

to submissions or returning submissions 

to the submitters, but DOL may 

communicate with the submitter 

regarding any matters relating to the 

submission. 

This notice is a general solicitation of 

comments from the public. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C) & (D); 19 

U.S.C. 2464; and Executive Order 13126.) 

Signed at Washington, DC, this seventh 

day of December, 2020. 

Mark A. Mittelhauser, 

Associate Deputy Undersecretary for 

International Affairs. 

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