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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§6962 Functions of Task Force

Title 22 › CHAPTER 77 — UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA › Part A — Task Force on Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or Prison Labor From the People’s Republic of China › § 6962

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Task Force must watch over and help enforce the ban on importing goods made in whole or part in the People’s Republic of China by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor. It must work closely with the U.S. Customs Service and be kept informed regularly about investigations and about how ports are monitored to stop those goods from entering the United States. Investigations can include visits to foreign production sites. The Task Force must also suggest that Customs seek new agreements with China to allow site visits, help other governments track and stop the sale of such goods destined for the U.S., advise Customs on other enforcement actions allowed by law, and share with Customs any information its member agencies collect about the use of these types of labor.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6962

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Task Force shall monitor and promote effective enforcement of and compliance with section 1307 of title 19 by performing the following functions:
(1)Coordinate closely with the United States Customs Service to promote maximum effectiveness in the enforcement by the Customs Service of section 1307 of title 19 with respect to the products of the People’s Republic of China. In order to assure such coordination, the Customs Service shall keep the Task Force informed, on a regular basis, of the progress of its investigations of allegations that goods are being entered into the United States, or that such entry is being attempted, in violation of the prohibition in section 1307 of title 19 on entry into the United States of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the People’s Republic of China by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions. Such investigations may include visits to foreign sites where goods allegedly are being mined, produced, or manufactured in a manner that would lead to prohibition of their importation into the United States under section 1307 of title 19.
(2)Make recommendations to the Customs Service on seeking new agreements with the People’s Republic of China to allow Customs Service officials to visit sites where goods may be mined, produced, or manufactured by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions.
(3)Work with the Customs Service to assist the People’s Republic of China and other foreign governments in monitoring the sale of goods mined, produced, or manufactured by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions to ensure that such goods are not exported to the United States.
(4)Coordinate closely with the Customs Service to promote maximum effectiveness in the enforcement by the Customs Service of section 1307 of title 19 with respect to the products of the People’s Republic of China. In order to assure such coordination, the Customs Service shall keep the Task Force informed, on a regular basis, of the progress of its monitoring of ports of the United States to ensure that goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the People’s Republic of China by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions are not imported into the United States.
(5)Advise the Customs Service in performing such other functions, consistent with existing authority, to ensure the effective enforcement of section 1307 of title 19.
(6)Provide to the Customs Service all information obtained by the departments represented on the Task Force relating to the use of convict labor, forced labor, or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions in the mining, production, or manufacture of goods which may be imported into the United States.

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Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6962

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102