Child Labor Today:
History, Causes, and Results
U.S. Initiatives and Interests
International Treaties, Conventions, and Initiatives
The Global March Against Child Labor
- Visit official Web site of the Global March
- NCL's statement on the Global March Against Child Labor
Legislation
S. 1157: A Senate bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 will eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor. On April 19, 2007, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, introduced legislation (S. 1157) to stop the importation into the U.S. of products produced with slave adult and child labor. The Tariff Act of 1930 currently prohibits the importation of any product or good produced with forced or indentured labor. Harkin’s bill closes the loophole that currently permits a product made with forced or indentured labor into the US if the product is not made in the United States and there is a demand for it.