12 2 STA T . 1 83 8 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 18 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (B)20years.’ ’
a nd ( 3 ) i ns ub se ct i o n (d)( 1 )( A )(i) by stri k in g ‘‘200 7 ’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. SEC.3205 .C ON S ULTA T IV E GR OU P TO ELI M INATE T H EUSEO F CHIL D LA B OR AND FORCED LABOR IN IMPORTED AGRICUL - TURAL PRODUCTS. (a) DEFIN I T I O N S . —I nt h is section
(1) CH I LD L AB O R .— T he ter m ‘‘chi l d labor’’ means the w orst f orms of child labor as defined in International L abor Con v en - tion 1 8 2 , the Convention Concerning the P rohibition and Imme- diate Action for the E limination of the W orst F orms of Child Labor, done at G eneva on J une 17, 1 9 99. (2) CONS U LTATI V E G ROU P .—The term ‘‘Consultative Grou p ’’ means the Consultative Group to Eliminate the U se of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products established under subsection (b). (3) FOR C ED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ means all work or service— (A) that is e x acted from any individual under menace of any penalty for nonperformance of the work or service, and for which— (i) the work or service is not offered voluntarily; or (ii) the work or service is performed as a result of coercion, debt bondage, or involuntary servitude (as those terms are defined in section 103 of the Traf- ficking V ictims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U. S .C. 7102)); and (B) by 1 or more individuals who, at the time of per- forming the work or service, were being sub j ected to a severe form of trafficking in persons (as that term is defined in that section). (b) ESTABLISH M ENT.—There is established a group to be known as the ‘‘Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products’’ to develop recommendations relating to guidelines to reduce the likelihood that agricultural products or commodities imported into the United States are produced with the use of forced labor and child labor. (c) DUTIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— N ot later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with section 10 5 (d) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)), as applicable to the importation of agricultural prod- ucts made with the use of child labor or forced labor, the Consultative Group shall develop, and submit to the Secretary, recommendations relating to a standard set of practices for independent, third-party monitoring and verification for the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products or commodities to reduce the likelihood that agricultural prod- ucts or commodities imported into the United States are pro- duced with the use of forced labor or child labor. (2) GUIDELINES.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary receives recommendations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall release guidelines for a voluntary initiative to enable entities to address issues Recom me nda-ti on s.D ead l ines. 2 2 USC71 12 note.
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