Establishment of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force Under Section 741 of the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Signed May 15, 2020·Donald Trump·85 FR 30587
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Establishes the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to monitor United States enforcement of the prohibition on importing goods made with forced labor under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, acting under authority granted by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. The task force is chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security and includes representatives from the Departments of State, Treasury, Justice, and Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the chair able to invite other agencies to join or observe. Decisions on certain enforcement actions are to be made by consensus where possible, falling to majority vote, with the chair able to break ties, if the chair decides delay would be excessive. Each participating agency covers its own costs, and the order states it does not create any enforceable legal rights and applies subject to existing law and available funding.
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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-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (Act) (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 13923 of May 15, 2020
Establishment of the Forced Labor Enforcement
Task Force Under Section 741 of the United States-
Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
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-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (Act)
(Public Law 116-113), 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 Department
of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Office 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 as their
representative on the Task Force. Each executive
department or agency represented on the Task Force
shall ensure that the necessary staff are available to
assist their respective representatives in performing
the responsibilities of the Task Force.
Sec. 3. Task Force Decision-making. The Task Force
shall endeavor to make any decision on an action under
sections 742 through 744 of the Act by consensus, which
shall be deemed to exist where no Task Force member
objects to the proposed action. If the Task Force is
unable to reach a consensus on a proposed action, and
the Chair determines that allotting further time will
cause a decision to be unduly delayed, the Task Force
shall decide the matter by majority vote of its
members. The Chair, in addition to voting, may also
break any tie vote.
Sec. 4. Funding. Each executive department and agency
shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with
the Task Force's functions described in sections 741
through 744 of the Act.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof;
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 15, 2020.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed May 15, 2020. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.