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19 U.S.C. § 4684 — Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force
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**(a) Establishment** Not later than 90 days after January 29, 2020, the President shall establish a Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to monitor United States enforcement of the prohibition under [section 1307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1307&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Members; meetings**
(1) **Members** — The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall be comprised of representatives from such other agencies with relevant expertise, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of Labor, as the President determines appropriate.
(2) **Meetings** — The Task Force shall meet on a quarterly basis regarding active Withhold and Release Orders, ongoing investigations, petitions received, and enforcement priorities, and other relevant issues with respect to enforcing the prohibition under [section 1307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1307&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment** Not later than 90 days after January 29, 2020, the President shall establish a Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to monitor United States enforcement of the prohibition under [section 1307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1307&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Members; meetings**
(1) **Members** — The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall be comprised of representatives from such other agencies with relevant expertise, including the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of Labor, as the President determines appropriate.
(2) **Meetings** — The Task Force shall meet on a quarterly basis regarding active Withhold and Release Orders, ongoing investigations, petitions received, and enforcement priorities, and other relevant issues with respect to enforcing the prohibition under [section 1307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1307&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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.
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**(a) Membership** The Board shall be composed of 12 members who shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Four members to be appointed by the Labor Advisory Committee established under [section 2155(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2155/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim) (or successor advisory committee).
(2) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
(3) Two members appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate from among individuals recommended by the majority leader of the Senate and in consultation with the Chair of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
(4) Two members appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
(5) Two members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from among individuals recommended by the minority leader of the Senate and in consultation with the Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
**(b) Term** Except as provided in subsection (c), members of the Board shall serve for a term of 6 years.
**(c) Extension of term** If the Board determines, at the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date of the appointment of the last member appointed in accordance with subsection (a), that Mexico is not fully in compliance with its labor obligations, a majority of the members of the Board may determine to extend its term for 4 additional years. A new Board shall be appointed in accordance with subsection (a) and shall serve for a single term of 4 years.
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The United States shall provide necessary funding to support the work of the Board, including with respect to translation services and personnel support.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 4682
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by ‘‘the’’.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1307 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2),
was in the original ‘‘section 307 of the Tariff Act’’, and
was translated as reading ‘‘section 307 of the Tariff Act
of 1930’’, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Executive Documents
EX. ORD. NO. 13923. ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE FORCED
LABOR ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE UNDER SECTION 741
OF
THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Ex. Ord. No. 13923, May 15, 2020, 85 F.R. 30587, pro-
vided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, and section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Can-
ada Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law
116–113) [19 U.S.C. 4681], it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. Establishment of Forced Labor Enforcement
Task Force. The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force
(Task Force) is hereby established to monitor United
States enforcement of the prohibition under section 307
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
SEC. 2. Membership. The Task Force shall be chaired
by the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall be
composed of representatives from the Department of
State, the Department of the Treasury, the Depart-
ment of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Of-
fice of the United States Trade Representative. The
Chair may invite representatives from other executive
departments or agencies, as appropriate, to participate
as members or observers. Members of the Task Force
may designate an officer of the United States within
their respective executive department or agency to
serve a
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