S.Amdt. 1991

SA 1991. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division C, add the following:

SEC. 3314. INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGATIONS OF GOODS PRODUCED BY
FORCED LABOR.

Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``All'' and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--All'';
(2) by striking `` `Forced labor', as herein used, shall
mean'' and inserting the following:
``(c) Forced Labor Defined.--In this section, the term
`forced labor' means''; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a), as designated by
paragraph (1), the following:
``(b) Forced Labor Division.--
``(1) In general.--There is established in the Office of
Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection a Forced Labor
Division, which shall--
``(A) receive and investigate allegations of goods, wares,
articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured
using forced labor; and
``(B) coordinate with other agencies to enforce the
prohibition under subsection (a).
``(2) Prioritization of investigations.--In prioritizing
investigations under paragraph (1)(A), the Forced Labor
Division shall--
``(A) consult closely with the Bureau of International
Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor and the Office to
Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department
of State; and
``(B) take into account--
``(i) the complicity of--

``(I) the government of the foreign county in which the
instance of forced labor is alleged to have occurred; and
``(II) the government of any other country that has
facilitated the use of forced labor in the country described
in subclause (I);

``(ii) the ranking of the governments described in clause
(i) in the most recent report on trafficking in persons
required by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1));
``(iii) whether the good involved in the alleged instance
of forced labor is included in the most recent list of goods
produced by child labor or forced labor required by section
105(b)(1)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C)); and
``(iv) the effect taking action with respect to the alleged
instance of forced labor would have in eradicating forced
labor from the supply chain of the United States.
``(3) Quarterly briefings required.--Not less frequently
than every 90 days, the Forced Labor Division shall provide
briefings to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
regarding--
``(A) allegations received under paragraph (1);
``(B) the prioritization of investigations of such
allegations under paragraph (2); and
``(C) progress made toward--
``(i) issuing withhold release orders for goods, wares,
articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured
using forced labor; and
``(ii) making findings in and closing investigations
conducted under paragraph (1).''.
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