Executive Order 13126 [Text]
[PDF] on the
"Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child
Labor," was signed on June 12, 1999. The Executive Order is designed to prevent
federal agencies from buying products that have been made with forced or
indentured child labor. Under procurement regulations implementing the
Executive Order, federal contractors who supply products on a list published by
the Department of Labor must certify that they have made a good faith effort to
determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to produce the
items listed.
On May 10, 2004, the Department of Labor released a Federal Register Notice
[Text]
[PDF] requesting
information regarding forced child labor in the cocoa industry in Cote d'Ivoire under Executive
Order 13126.
On May 12, 2003, USDOL published a Notice of Final Determination [Text]
[PDF]
regarding forced child labor in the firecracker industry in China. The Department conducted a
review pursuant to a public submission accepted on Jun 29, 2001.
The current list of products
[Text] [PDF]
developed by the Department of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with the
Department of the Treasury and the Department of State, was published in the
January 18, 2001 Federal Register and includes the
following products:
- Bamboo(Burma)
- Beans (yellow, soya, and green beans) (Burma)
- Bricks (hand-made) (Burma, Pakistan)
- Chilies (Burma)
- Corn (Burma)
- Pineapples (Burma)
- Rice (Burma)
- Rubber (Burma)
- Shrimp (aquaculture)(Burma)
- Sugarcane (Burma)
- Teak (Burma)
This list will be updated periodically based on new information and according to the
Procedural Guidelines for the Maintenance of the List of Products
[Text] [PDF].
Also published in the January 18 Federal Register was the GSA's Federal Acquisition Regulation Final Rule
[Text] [PDF]
to implement the executive order.
For all cases submitted, DOL will examine all available
information and, in consultation with the Departments of State and Treasury,
make an initial determination. Any decision to add these products to the
current list will be issued in the Federal Register and open to public
comment.
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