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16 sections with “forced labor”

  • FAR 22.1503 Procedures for acquiring end products on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
    …tracting officer must check the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor (the List) (www.dol.gov/ilab/) (see 22.1505(a)). Appearance of a product on the List is not a bar to purchase of any …
  • FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies.
    …rohibiting the manufacture or importation of products mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, authorized officials may need to conduct investigations to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was us…
  • FAR 52.222-18 Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products.
    …n Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products (FEB 2021) (a) Definition. Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service— (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its n…
  • DFARS 252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region-Representation.
    …ts From the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region—Representation (Jun 2023) (a) Definitions. Forced labor, and XUAR, as used in this provision, have the meaning given in the 252.225-7060, Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang U…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program. Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service— (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its n…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …the contract who has other than a minimal impact or involvement in contract performance. Forced Labor means knowingly providing or obtaining the labor or services of a person— (1) By threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint again…
  • DFARS 252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
    …e Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Jun 2023) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Forced labor means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not…
  • FAR 22.1501 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service— (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself vo…
  • FAR 22.1504 Violations and remedies.
    … (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 Coop…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …rocuring commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract; (3) Using forced labor in the performance of the contract; (4) Destroying, concealing, confiscating, or otherwise denying access by an employee to the employee…
  • DFARS 225.7022-3 Prohibition.
    …or any fiscal year for any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from XUAR or from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of any forced labor programs, unless an exce…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    … harm or physical restraint; or (2) The abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process. Forced labor means knowingly providing or obtaining the labor or services of a person— (1) By threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint again…
  • FAR 22.1704 Violations and remedies.
    …The contractor, contractor employee, subcontractor, subcontractor employee, or agent uses forced labor in the performance of the contract; or (4) The contractor fails to comply with the requirements of the clause at 52.222-50, Combating Tr…
  • DFARS 225.7022-2 Definitions.
    As used in this section— Forced labor means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not offer to perform (10 U.S.C. 2496). XUAR means the Xinjiang Uyg…
  • FAR 22.1502 Policy.
    …ortation of products that have been mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced or indentured child labor, consistent with 19 U.S.C. 1307, 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., and 41 U.S.C. chapter 65. Agencies should make every effort …
  • FAR 22.1505 Solicitation provision and contract clause.
    …ied by country of origin on the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, except solicitations for commercial products or commercial services that include the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror …

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