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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 32 / Thursday, February 16, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission
Sunshine Act Meeting
F.C.S.C. Meeting and Hearing Notice
No. 02–12
The Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, pursuant to its regulations
(45 CFR part 503.25) and the
Government in the Sunshine Act (5
U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in
regard to the scheduling of open
meetings as follows:
Thursday, February 23, 2012:
3:00 p.m.—Issuance of Proposed
Decisions in claims against Libya.
4:00 p.m.—Oral hearing on Objection to
Commission’s Proposed Decision in
Claim No. LIB–II–088.
Friday, February 24, 2012:
9:00 a.m.—Oral hearings on Objection to
Commission’s Proposed Decisions in
Claim No. LIB–I–051; 10:30 a.m.—
LIB–II–169; 12:00 NOON—LIB–II–
178.
Status: Open.
All meetings are held at the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E
Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests
for information, or advance notices of
intention to observe an open meeting,
may be directed to: Judith H. Lock,
Executive Officer, Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission, 600 E Street
NW., Suite 6002, Washington, DC
20579. Telephone: (202) 616–6975.
Jaleh F. Barrett,
Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Forced
or Indentured Child Labor in the
Production of Goods in Foreign
Countries and Efforts by Certain
Countries To Eliminate the Worst
Forms of Child Labor
The Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, United States Department
of Labor.
ACTION: Notice: Request for information
and invitation to comment.
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AGENCY:
This notice is a request for
information and/or comment on reports
issued by the Bureau of International
Labor Affairs (ILAB) October 3, 2011,
regarding child labor and forced labor in
foreign countries. Relevant information
will be used by the Department of Labor
(DOL) in preparation of its ongoing
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reporting under Congressional mandates
and Presidential directive. In addition,
ILAB may use relevant information to
conduct assessments of each country’s
individual progress towards eliminating
the worst forms of child labor during the
current reporting period compared to
previous years.
DATES: Submitters of information are
requested to provide their submission to
the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor
and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at the
email or physical address below by 5
p.m. March 9, 2012.
To Submit Information: Information
submitted to DOL should be submitted
directly to OCFT, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor at (202) 693–4843
(this is not a toll free number).
Comments, identified as ‘‘Docket No.
DOL–2011–0002,’’ may be submitted by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
The portal includes instructions for
submitting comments. Parties
submitting responses electronically are
encouraged not to submit paper copies.
• Facsimile (fax): OCFT at 202–693–
4830.
• Mail, Express Delivery, Hand
Delivery, and Messenger Service (2
copies): Tina McCarter at U.S.
Department of Labor, OCFT, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Room S–
5317, Washington, DC 20210.
• Email: Email submissions should be
addressed to Tina McCarter at
mccarter.tina@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina
McCarter (see contact information
above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 105(b)(1) of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
of 2005 (‘‘TVPRA of 2005’’), Public Law
109–164 (2006), directed the Secretary
of Labor, acting through ILAB, to
‘‘develop and make available to the
public a list of goods from countries that
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs
has reason to believe are produced by
forced labor or child labor in violation
of international standards’’ (TVPRA
List).
Pursuant to this mandate, in
December 2007 DOL published in the
Federal Register a set of procedural
guidelines that ILAB follows in
developing the TVPRA List (72 FR
73374). The guidelines set forth the
criteria by which information is
evaluated; established procedures for
public submission of information to be
considered by ILAB; and identified the
process ILAB follows in maintaining
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and updating the List after its initial
publication.
ILAB released its first TVPRA List on
September 30, 2009, an update on
December 10, 2010 and another update
on October 3, 2011. This List is updated
periodically as additional countries and
territories are researched and new
information for countries and territories
already reviewed is evaluated. For a
copy of the 2011 TVPRA report,
Frequently Asked Questions, and other
materials relating to the TVPRA List, see
ILAB’s TVPRA Web page at: https://
www.dol.gov/ILAB/programs/ocft/
tvpra.htm.
II. Executive Order No. 13126 (E.O.
13126) declared that it was ‘‘the policy
of the United States Government * * *
that the executive agencies shall take
appropriate actions to enforce the laws
prohibiting the manufacture or
importation of goods, wares, articles,
and merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured wholly or in part by
forced or indentured child labor.’’
Pursuant to E.O. 13126, and following
public notice and comment, the
Department of Labor published in the
January 18, 2001, Federal Register, a
final list of products (‘‘E.O. List’’),
identified by country of origin, that the
Department, in consultation and
cooperation with the Departments of
State (DOS) and Treasury [relevant
responsibilities now within the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS)], had a reasonable basis to believe
might have been mined, produced or
manufactured with forced or indentured
child labor (66 FR 5353). In addition to
the List, the Department also published
on January 18, 2001, ‘‘Procedural
Guidelines for Maintenance of the List
of Products Requiring Federal
Contractor Certification as to Forced or
Indentured Child Labor,’’ which provide
for maintaining, reviewing, and, as
appropriate, revising the EO List (66 FR
5351).
Pursuant to Sections D through G of
the Procedural Guidelines, the EO List
may be updated through consideration
of submissions by individuals or
through OCFT’s own initiative.
DOL has officially revised the EO List
twice, on July 20, 2010 and May 31,
2011, each time after public notice and
comment as well as consultation with
DOS and DHS. In addition, DOL
published an initial determination on
October 4, 2011 proposing another
revision to the EO List and requesting
public comment (76 FR 61384).
The current EO List, Procedural
Guidelines, and related information can
be accessed on the Internet at https://
www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/
main.htm.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Sunshine Act Meeting
F.C.S.C. Meeting and Hearing Notice No. 02-12
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, pursuant to its
regulations (45 CFR part 503.25) and the Government in the Sunshine Act
(5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of
open meetings as follows:
Thursday, February 23, 2012:
3:00 p.m.--Issuance of Proposed Decisions in claims against Libya.
4:00 p.m.--Oral hearing on Objection to Commission's Proposed Decision
in Claim No. LIB-II-088.
Friday, February 24, 2012:
9:00 a.m.--Oral hearings on Objection to Commission's Proposed
Decisions in Claim No. LIB-I-051; 10:30 a.m.--LIB-II-169; 12:00 NOON--
LIB-II-178.
Status: Open.
All meetings are held at the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission,
600 E Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for information, or advance
notices of intention to observe an open meeting, may be directed to:
Judith H. Lock, Executive Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, 600 E Street NW., Suite 6002, Washington, DC 20579.
Telephone: (202) 616-6975.
Jaleh F. Barrett,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-3843 Filed 2-14-12; 4:15 pm]
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