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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 189

To prohibit the entry into the United States of items produced, grown,

or manufactured in the People’s Republic of China with the use of

forced labor.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 26 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Mr. HELMS introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

A BILL

To prohibit the entry into the United States of items produced, grown, or manufactured in the People’s Republic

of China with the use of forced labor.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF ARTICLES USING FORCED

4 LABOR.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, no product, growth, or manufactured article

7 of the People’s Republic of China shall enter or be im8 ported into the United States unless—

9 (1) the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in

10 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) deter-
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1 mines that such product, growth, or manufactured

2 article is not the product, growth, or manufacture of

3 forced labor,

4 (2) the determination described in paragraph

5 (1) is based on consultations described in subsection

6 (b), and

7 (3) the importer of any product, growth, or

8 manufactured article of the People’s Republic of

9 China submits a certification to the Secretary in

10 accordance with subsection (c).

11 (b) RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND CONSULTATION.—

12 The United States shall use all diplomatic efforts to per13 suade the People’s Republic of China to permit represent14 atives of international humanitarian and intergovern15 mental organizations, such as the International Labor Or16 ganization and the International Committee of the Red

17 Cross, to periodically inspect all camps, prisons, and other

18 facilities holding detainees and the Secretary shall consult

19 with representatives of such organizations in order to de20 termine that products of the People’s Republic of China

21 which are for export are not being produced with the use

22 of forced labor.

23 (c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall prescribe

24 the form, content, and manner of submission of the certifi25 cation (including documentation) required in connection
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1 with the entry or importation into the United States of

2 any product, growth, or manufactured article of the Peo3 ple’s Republic of China. Such certification shall satisfy the

4 Secretary that the importer has taken steps to ensure that

5 such product was not produced, grown, or manufactured

6 with the use of forced labor.

7 (d) PENALTIES.—

8 (1) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—It is unlawful to—

9 (A) enter or import into the United States

10 any product or article if such importation is

11 prohibited under subsection (a), or

12 (B) make a false certification under sub13 section (c).

14 (2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any person or entity

15 who violates paragraph (1) shall be subject to a civil

16 penalty of—

17 (A) not more than $10,000 for the first

18 violation,

19 (B) not more than $100,000 for the sec20 ond violation, and

21 (C) not more than $1,000,000 for more

22 than two violations.

23 (3) CONSTRUCTION.—Except as provided in

24 paragraph (2), the unlawful acts described in para25 graph (1) shall be treated as violations of the cus-
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1 toms laws for purposes of applying the enforcement

2 provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

3 1581 through 1641).

4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

5 (1) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’

6 means all work or service which is exacted from any

7 person under the menace of any penalty for its non8 performance and for which the worker does not offer

9 himself voluntarily.

10 (2) PRODUCT, GROWTH, OR MANUFACTURED

11 ARTICLE.—A product, growth, or manufactured arti12 cle shall be treated as being a product, growth, or

13 manufacture of forced labor if—

14 (A) the article was fabricated, assembled,

15 or processed, in whole or in part;

16 (B) contains any part that was fabricated,

17 assembled, or processed in whole or in part; or

18 (C) was grown, harvested, mined, quarried,

19 pumped, or extracted,

20 with the use of forced labor.

21 (3) ENTER, IMPORT, ETC.—The term ‘‘entry’’,

22 ‘‘enter or be imported’’, ‘‘import’’, or ‘‘importation’’

23 means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for

24 consumption, in the customs territory of the United

25 States.
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