Union Calendar No. 212
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2195
[Report No. 105–366, Part I]
A BILL
To provide for certain measures to increase mon-
itoring of products of the People’s Republic of
China that are made with forced labor.
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with
amendments
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Referral to the Committee on International Relations ex-
tended for a period ending not later than October 31,
1997
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Committee on International Relations discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 212
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2195
[Report No. 105–366, Part I]
To provide for certain measures to increase monitoring of products of the
People’s Republic of China that are made with forced labor.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 1997
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. COX of California, Mr. GILMAN,
Mr. SPENCE, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. GIBBONS, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. ROYCE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KING, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.
HYDE, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WOLF, Mr.
WELLER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. BONIOR, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. EVANS, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. PORTER,
and Mr. FILNER
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with amendments
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Referral to the Committee on International Relations extended for a period
ending not later than October 31, 1997
OCTOBER 31, 1997
Committee on International Relations discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 17, 1997]
A BILL
To provide for certain measures to increase monitoring of
products of the People’s Republic of China that are
made with forced labor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States Customs Service has iden-
tified goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined,
produced, or manufactured under conditions of con-
vict labor, forced labor, and indentured labor in sev-
eral countries.
(2) The United States Customs Service has ac-
tively pursued attempts to import products made
with forced labor, resulting in seizures, detention or-
ders, fines, and criminal prosecutions.
(3) The United States Customs Service has taken
21 formal administrative actions in the form of de-
tention orders against different products destined for
the United States market, found to have been made
with forced labor, including products from the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China.
(4) The United States Customs Service does not
currently have the tools to obtain the timely and in-
depth verification necessary to identify and interdict
products made with forced labor that are destined for
the United States market.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL CUSTOMS PER-
SONNEL TO MONITOR THE IMPORTATION OF
PRODUCTS MADE WITH FORCED LABOR.
There are authorized to be appropriated for monitor-
ing by the United States Customs Service of the importa-
tion into the United States of products made with forced
labor, the importation of which violates section 307 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 or section 1761 of title 18, United States
Code, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON FORCED LABOR
PRODUCTS 
DESTINED 
FOR 
THE 
UNITED
STATES MARKET.
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner
of Customs shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a
report on products made with forced labor that are destined
for the United States market.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include information concerning the follow-
ing:
(1) The extent of the use of forced labor in manu-
facturing products destined for the United States
market.
(2) The volume of products made with forced
labor, destined for the United States market, that is
in violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930
or section 1761 of the title 18, United States Code,
and is seized by the United States Customs Service.
(3) The progress of the United States Customs
Service in identifying and interdicting products made
with forced labor that are destined for the United
States market.
SEC. 4. RENEGOTIATING MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
ON FORCED LABOR.
It is the sense of the Congress that the President should
determine whether any country with which the United
States has a memorandum of understanding with respect
to reciprocal trade which involves goods made with forced
labor is frustrating implementation of the memorandum.
Should an affirmative determination be made, the Presi-
dent should immediately commence negotiations to replace
the current memorandum of understanding with one pro-
viding for effective procedures for the monitoring of forced
labor, including improved procedures to request investiga-