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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.15

FAR 22.1504 Violations and remedies.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section lists violations related to forced or indentured child labor, such as false certification, failure to cooperate with investigations, or using such labor. It allows the Government to terminate the contract, suspend the contractor, or debar the contractor for up to three years. Contractors should understand these serious consequences for noncompliance.

Applies to: Contractors and their end products or components

What it requires

  • Do not submit a false certification regarding knowledge of the use of forced or indentured child labor.
  • Cooperate with investigations of forced or indentured child labor as required by the clause at 52.222-19.
  • Do not use forced or indentured child labor in mining, production, or manufacturing processes.
  • Do not furnish an end product or component mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor.

Key terms: forced or indentured child labor · false certification · cooperate · terminate the contract · suspend

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Violations. The Government may impose remedies set forth in paragraph (b) of this section for the following violations (note that the violations in paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) of this section go beyond violations of the requirements relating to certification of end products) (see 22.1503):

(1) The contractor has submitted a false certification regarding knowledge of the use of forced or indentured child labor.

(2) The contractor has failed to cooperate as required in accordance with the clause at 52.222-19, Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies, with an investigation of the use of forced or indentured child labor by an Inspector General, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of the Treasury.

(3) The contractor uses forced or indentured child labor in its mining, production, or manufacturing processes.

(4) The contractor has furnished an end product or component mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced or indentured child labor. Remedies in paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section are inappropriate unless the contractor knew of the violation.

(b) Remedies. (1) The contracting officer may terminate the contract.

(2) The suspending and debarring official may suspend the contractor in accordance with the procedures in subpart 9.4.

(3) The suspending and debarring official may debar the contractor for a period not to exceed 3 years in accordance with the procedures in subpart 9.4.

Sections it refers to

  • 22.1503 Procedures for acquiring end products on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
  • 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.1503 Procedures for acquiring end products on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor.

← 22.1503 Procedures for acquiring end products on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor. · 22.1505 Solicitation provision and contract clause. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 22

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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