                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 4--TARIFF ACT OF 1930
 
                     SUBTITLE II--SPECIAL PROVISIONS
 
                          Part I--Miscellaneous
 
Sec. 1307. Convict-made goods; importation prohibited

    All goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or 
manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor 
or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall 
not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and 
the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury is authorized and directed to prescribe such regulations as may 
be necessary for the enforcement of this provision. The provisions of 
this section relating to goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 
produced, or manufactured by forced labor or/and indentured labor, shall 
take effect on January 1, 1932; but in no case shall such provisions be 
applicable to goods, wares, articles, or merchandise so mined, produced, 
or manufactured which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in such 
quantities in the United States as to meet the consumptive demands of 
the United States.
    ``Forced labor'', as herein used, shall mean all work or service 
which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its 
nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself 
voluntarily. For purposes of this section, the term ``forced labor or/
and indentured labor'' includes forced or indentured child labor.

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, Sec. 307, 46 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 106-
200, title IV, Sec. 411(a), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions in the same language as the provisions in this section 
were made by act Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 16, Sec. IV, I, 38 Stat. 195, 
superseding similar provisions of previous tariff acts. That subdivision 
was superseded by act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 356, title III, Sec. 307, 42 
Stat. 937, and repealed by section 321 of that act. Section 307 of act 
Sept. 21, 1922, was superseded by section 307 of act June 17, 1930, 
comprising this section, and repealed by section 651(a)(1) of the 1930 
act.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-200 inserted at end ``For purposes of this 
section, the term `forced labor or/and indentured labor' includes forced 
or indentured child labor.''


                    Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

    Pub. L. 106-200, title IV, Sec. 411(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298, 
provided that: ``The amendment made by this section [amending this 
section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [May 
18, 2000].''


   Reporting Requirement on Forced Labor Products Destined for United 
                              States Market

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. C, title XXXVII, Sec. 3702, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2275, provided that:
    ``(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 1998], 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 subsection (a) shall 
include information concerning the following:
        ``(1) The extent of the use of forced labor in manufacturing 
    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 [19 U.S.C. 1307] or section 1761 of 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.''


  Sense of Congress Requesting President To Instruct Secretary of the 
             Treasury To Enforce Section 1307 Without Delay

    Pub. L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1906, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1313, 
related to Congressional findings of deplorable forced labor conditions 
in former Soviet Union and request of President to instruct Secretary of 
the Treasury to enforce this section without delay, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 103-199, title II, Sec. 204(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2322.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 22 sections 6962, 6965.
