Child Labor Deterrence Act

The Child Labor Deterrence Act was created by

child labor, and included civil and criminal penalties for violators."^[1]

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The final proposal for the bill, called "Child Labor Deterrence Act of 1999", was bill number S. 1551 in the U.S. Senate. Harkin was the lead sponsor calling for a bill that would prohibit the importation of manufactured and mined goods into the U.S. which are produced by children under the age of 15.[2] The original wording of Senate Bill 706 in 1995 included the purpose of, "prohng] the importation of goods produced abroad with child labor and for other purposes." It included civil and criminal punishments for anyone or business that defies the act.

Harkin's original proposal in 1992 is attributed for inciting concrete responses to the global issue of child labor by the U.S. Congress.

anti-sweatshop movements. According to Harkin, "I was able to amend the Trade Act of 2000 to ensure that the statute also applied to goods made with forced or indentured child labor." While the original bill was not passed in Congress in 1999, in 2006 Harkin reported that he would reintroduce the bill.^[4]

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Of the millions of wage earning children in

State of the World's Children report confirmed that most of the children found themselves in much more deplorable situations, such as crushing stones, scavenging through trash dumps, and begging on the streets. Many of the girls eventually ended up in prostitution^[6]

References

^ "Child Labor". Senator Tom Harkin. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007.
^ "Pending Federal Legislation on Child Labor". Child Labor Coalition. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
^ Connell, D. (1997) Child Labor in the Global Economy. 2(46). October 1997. Retrieved 5/8/07.
^ Harkin, T. (2006). "U.S. Legislative Initiatives to Stop Abusive Child Labor". USInfo.State.Gov. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bangladesh": "Child Labor in Export Industry": "Garments" (Report). Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
^ Bellamy, Carol (1997). "The State of the World's Children 1997" (PDF). UNICEF. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

[1] "Child Labor". Senator Tom Harkin. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007.

[2] "Pending Federal Legislation on Child Labor". Child Labor Coalition. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.

[3] Connell, D. (1997) Child Labor in the Global Economy. 2(46). October 1997. Retrieved 5/8/07.

[4] Harkin, T. (2006). "U.S. Legislative Initiatives to Stop Abusive Child Labor". USInfo.State.Gov. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007.

[BILA-5] "Bangladesh": "Child Labor in Export Industry": "Garments" (Report). Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.

[6] Bellamy, Carol (1997). "The State of the World's Children 1997" (PDF). UNICEF. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.

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