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law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Formaldehyde 

Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0145. 

Affected Public: Private sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 86,575. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 990,175. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

263,172 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $54,153,624. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

[Agency Docket Number DOL–2023–xxxx] 

Efforts by Certain Foreign Countries 

To Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child 

Labor; Identify Child Labor, Forced 

Labor, and Forced or Indentured Child 

Labor in the Production of Goods in 

Foreign Countries; and Share 

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. 

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 

December 15, 2023. 

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–2023– 

xxxx, may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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): 

Matthew Fraterman, 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). 

508 Compliance: Pursuant to section 

508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

U.S.C. 794d), as amended. Section 508 

became enforceable on June 21, 2001, 

and the Revised 508 standards issued by 

the United States Access Board (36 CFR 

part 1194), January 2018 require that 

Information and Communication 

Technology (ICT) procured, developed, 

maintained, and used by Federal 

departments and agencies is accessible 

to and usable by Federal employees and 

members of the public including people 

with disabilities. All documents 

received in electronic format must be 

accessible using assistive technologies 

such as a screen reader, e.g., Job Aid 

with Speech (JAWS), NonVisual 

Desktop Access (NVDA), ZoomText, to 

name a few. The product should also be 

navigable using other means such as a 

keyboard or voice commands. 

Accessible document formats are either 

Microsoft Word or equivalent and 

Portable Document Format with OCR. 

The Department of Labor requests that 

your submissions through the portal 

comply with our DOL Policies as well 

as the 508 Standards as referenced 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Fraterman 

(Fraterman.matthew@dol.gov). 

Telephone: 202–693–4770. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2022 

Findings on the Worst Forms of Child 

Labor (TDA Report), published on 

September 26, 2023, assesses efforts of 

131 countries to eliminate the worst 

forms of child labor in 2022 and 

assesses 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 

child labor through legislation, 

enforcement, coordination, policies, and 

social programs. The 2022 edition of the 

List of Goods Produced by Child Labor 

or Forced Labor (TVPRA List), 

published on September 21, 2022, 

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, including, to 

the extent practicable, goods that are 

produced with inputs that are produced 

with forced labor or child labor. DOL 

welcomes new information on any of 

the goods identified on the TVPRA List. 

Finally, the List of Products Produced 

by Forced or Indentured Child Labor 

(E.O. List), 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 2024; the next edition 

of the TVPRA List, which will also be 

published in 2024; and for possible 

updates to the E.O. List as needed. 

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 for worker-driven social 

compliance that will reduce the 

likelihood that such persons will 

produce goods using forced labor or 

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 comment submitted 

to ILAB will be used to improve and 


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update Comply Chain to better meet the 

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 criterion 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 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. To access 

the 2022 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 (2019), 

directs the Secretary of Labor, acting 

through ILAB, 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). It also asks ILAB ‘‘to work with 

persons who are involved in the 

production of goods on the list . . . to 

create a standard set of practices that 

will reduce the likelihood that such 

persons will produce goods using [child 

labor or forced labor]’’ (Comply Chain). 

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 (Dec. 27, 2007). 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. DOL 

published an update to the procedural 

guidelines to incorporate the expanded 

requirement to include ‘‘to the extent 

practicable, goods that are produced 

with inputs that are produced with 

forced labor or child labor. 85 FR 29487 

(May 15, 2020). ILAB will amend the 

procedural guidelines as necessary. 

ILAB published its first TVPRA List 

on September 30, 2009, and has issued 

9 updates. The next TVPRA List will be 

published in 2024. For a copy of 

previous editions of the TVPRA List and 

other materials relating to the TVPRA 

List, see ILAB’s TVPRA web page. 

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, the 

Department of Labor published in the 

January 18, 2001, Federal Register, a 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 (Jan. 18, 2001). 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 provide 

for maintaining, reviewing, and, as 

appropriate, revising the E.O. List. 66 

FR 5351 (Jan. 18, 2001). 

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 

released its initial E.O. List in 2001, and 

has revised it several times since then, 

each time after public notice and 

comment as well as consultation with 

DOS and DHS. As of July 13, 2022, the 

E.O. List comprises 34 products from 26 

countries. Access to the current E.O. 

List, Procedural Guidelines, and related 

information is available online. 

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, 

2019). 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 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. 

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 


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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 in their supply chains and 

remediate violations. 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 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 could include, but are not 

limited to: (1) Codes of conduct; (2) Sets 

of standards used for implementation of 

codes in specific industries or 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, 

homework, 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; (10) and/or 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, case studies, and many other 

formats. 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) and 19 U.S.C. 2464; Executive Order 

13126. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of 

September, 2023. 

Thea Lee, 

Deputy Undersecretary for International 

Affairs. 

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 23–06] 

Notice of Entering Into a Compact With 

the Republic of Mozambique 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended, the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) is publishing a summary of the 

Millennium Challenge Compact 

(Compact) between the United States of 

America and the Republic of 

Mozambique. Representatives of the 

United States of America and the 

Republic of Mozambique executed the 

Compact on September 21, 2023. The 

complete text of the Compact has been 

posted at: https://assets.mcc.gov/ 

content/uploads/compact-mozambiqueccr.pdf. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7709 (b)(3)) 

Dated: September 25, 2023. 

Gina Porto Spiro, 

Acting Vice President, General Counsel, and 

Corporate Secretary. 

Summary of Mozambique Connectivity 

and Coastal Resilience Compact 

The United States has signed a fiveyear, $500,000,000 Compact with the 

Republic of Mozambique aimed at 

reducing poverty through economic 

growth. 

The Compact seeks to assist the 

Government of the Republic of 

Mozambique (‘‘GRM’’) in addressing 

three major constraints to economic 

growth: (i) the high cost and 

unreliability of road freight and 

passenger transport services that 

inhibits input and output market 

development, farm to market linkages, 

and access to basic public services; (ii) 

agricultural policy, the legal and 

regulatory framework, and 

implementation of the existing 

framework, which inhibit the equitable 

and efficient functioning of input 

markets, vertical coordination of value 

chains, and input and output market 

competitiveness; and (iii) agricultural 

policy, the legal and regulatory 

framework which has led to an 

overexploitation of fisheries and 

depleted economic opportunities for 

coastal zones. 

The Compact will address these 

constraints through three primary 

projects: 

(1) The Connectivity and Rural 

Transport Project (using the Portuguese 

acronym, the ‘‘CTR Project’’); 

(2) The Promoting Reform and 

Investment in Agriculture Project (the 

‘‘PRIA Project’’); and 

(3) The Coastal Livelihoods and 

Climate Resilience Project (the ‘‘CLCR 

Project’’). 

Project Summaries 

The Compact’s three projects are 

described below: 

The objective of the Connectivity and 

Rural Transport (CTR) Project is to 

reduce the cost of transport in the 

province of Zambezia and throughout 

Mozambique. The CTR Project will 

include a set of investments in arterial 

routes, including a major bridge, and 

secondary roads through rural areas to 

district centers as described below: 

• Licungo Bridge and Mocuba Bypass 

Activity—The Licungo Bridge and 

Mocuba Bypass Activity is the principal 

activity under the CTR Project and the 

GRM’s highest priority transport project 

in Zambezia. The investment will create 

a new major, high-level bridge, 

replacing a nearly 80-year-old one, 

diverting the traffic around the town of 


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