[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC2467]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
Sec. 2467. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Beneficiary developing country
The term ``beneficiary developing country'' means any country
with respect to which there is in effect an Executive order or
Presidential proclamation by the President designating such country
as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of this subchapter.
(2) Country
The term ``country'' means any foreign country or territory,
including any overseas dependent territory or possession of a
foreign country, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. In
the case of an association of countries which is a free trade area
or customs union, or which is contributing to comprehensive regional
economic integration among its members through appropriate means,
including, but not limited to, the reduction of duties, the
President may by Executive order or Presidential proclamation
provide that all members of such association other than members
which are barred from designation under section 2462(b) of this
title shall be treated as one country for purposes of this
subchapter.
(3) Entered
The term ``entered'' means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
(4) Internationally recognized worker rights
The term ``internationally recognized worker rights'' includes--
(A) the right of association;
(B) the right to organize and bargain collectively;
(C) a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or
compulsory labor;
(D) a minimum age for the employment of children, and a
prohibition on the worst forms of child labor, as defined in
paragraph (6); and
(E) acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum
wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health.
(5) Least-developed beneficiary developing country
The term ``least-developed beneficiary developing country''
means a beneficiary developing country that is designated as a
least-developed beneficiary developing country under section
2462(a)(2) of this title.
(6) Worst forms of child labor
The term ``worst forms of child labor'' means--
(A) all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery,
such as the sale or trafficking of children, debt bondage and
serfdom, or forced or compulsory labor, including forced or
compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict;
(B) the use, procuring, or offering of a child for
prostitution, for the production of pornography or for
pornographic purposes;
(C) the use, procuring, or offering of a child for illicit
activities in particular for the production and trafficking of
drugs; and
(D) work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which
it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety, or
morals of children.
The work referred to in subparagraph (D) shall be determined by the
laws, regulations, or competent authority of the beneficiary
developing country involved.
(Pub. L. 93-618, title V, Sec. 507, as added Pub. L. 104-188, title I,
Sec. 1952(a), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1926; amended Pub. L. 106-200,
title IV, Sec. 412(b), May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 107-210,
div. D, title XLI, Sec. 4102(b), Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 1041.)
Amendments
2002--Par. (4)(D). Pub. L. 107-210 amended subpar. (D) generally.
Prior to amendment, subpar. (D) read as follows: ``a minimum age for the
employment of children; and''.
2000--Par. (6). Pub. L. 106-200 added par. (6).
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
