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three times per year to account for the
seasonality of agricultural employment.
ETA uses NAWS data to estimate each
state’s share of crop workers who are
eligible for employment and training
services through ETA’s National
Farmworker Jobs Program. Other
Federal agencies similarly use the
survey’s data to estimate the number
and characteristics of crop workers and
their dependents who qualify to
participate in or receive services from
various migrant and seasonal
farmworker programs. The United States
Department of Agriculture periodically
uses NAWS data, along with other data,
to estimate changes in agricultural
productivity.
ETA is seeking approval to modify a
currently approved collection. This
request is to include H–2A crop workers
in the survey population, combine
separate questions on race and ethnicity
into one question, in conformance with
the new OMB Standard for race and
ethnicity, and add new questions to the
survey on foodborne illness, heat
illness, and precision agriculture.
In reference to the job site, questions
on foodborne illness will gather
information on:
• Food safety training and practices
• Use and type of food storage vessels
• Provision of toilets and hand-cleaning
facilities
• Occurrence of discharge in the field/
open air
Questions on heat-related illness will
gather information on:
• The prevalence and incidence of heat
stress
• The prevalence of reporting severe
symptoms to the employer
• Heat stress interventions at the job
site
• Employer provision of heat-related
safety training
• Employer provision of an
acclimatization period during
extremely high temperatures
A question on precision agriculture
will ask about the types of technology
that crop workers use or interact with at
the work site while performing
agricultural tasks (e.g., GPS-enabled
devices, internet-enabled devices, task
automation).
The Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended
(29 U.S.C. 49f(d) and 49l–2(a))
authorizes this information collection.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by OMB under the PRA and
displays a currently valid OMB Control
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Number. In addition, notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, no person
shall generally be subject to penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of
information that does not display a
valid Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. To receive
consideration, you must provide written
comments, which DOL will summarize
and include in the request for OMB
approval of the final ICR. To help
ensure appropriate consideration,
comments should mention OMB Control
No. 1205–0453.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. DOL encourages commenters
not to include personally identifiable
information, confidential business data,
or other sensitive statements/
information in any comments.
DOL is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
(e.g., permitting electronic submission
of responses).
Agency: DOL–ETA.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: National
Agricultural Workers Survey.
Form: Primary Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0453.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Private Sector.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,594.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
3,594.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 41 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,289 hours.
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Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
Jose´ Javier Rodrı´guez,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations and Trade Policy
The Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice; intent to renew charter.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as
amended, the Secretary of Labor and the
United States Trade Representative have
determined that renewal of the Labor
Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations and Trade Policy is
necessary and in the public interest.
DATES: The Department will renew the
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations and Trade Policy charter
on or before May 20, 2024, before the
current charter expires.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne M. Zollner, Designated Federal
Officer and Division Chief, Preference
Program Enforcement, Office of Trade
and Labor Affairs, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, Department
of Labor, Frances Perkins Building,
Room S–5317, 200 Constitution Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693–4890, zollner.anne@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee will be chartered pursuant to
section 135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade
Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2155(c) (1) and
(2), as amended and Executive Order
11846 of March 27, 1975, 3 CFR 1971–
1975 Comp., p. 971 (which delegates
certain Presidential responsibilities
conferred in section 135 of the Trade
Act of 1974 to the United States Trade
Representative).
The Labor Advisory Committee for
Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy
consults with and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of
Labor and the United States Trade
Representative on general policy matters
concerning labor and trade negotiations,
operations of any trade agreement once
entered into, and other matters arising
in connection with the administration of
the trade policy of the United States.
The current charter expires on May
20, 2024. The renewal of the charter of
the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations and Trade Policy is
necessary and in the public interest, as
SUMMARY:
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the Committee will provide information
that cannot be obtained from other
sources. The Committee will provide its
views to the Secretary of Labor and the
Unites States Trade Representative
through the Bureau of International
Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of
Labor. The Committee is to be
comprised of no more than 30 members
representing the labor community.
The Committee will meet at irregular
intervals at the call of the Secretary of
Labor and the United States Trade
Representative.
Signed at Washington, DC.
Thea M. Lee,
Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[Agency Docket Number DOL–2023–0003]
Notice of Initial Determination To
Remove Shrimp From Thailand and
Garments From Vietnam From the List
of Products Requiring Federal
Contractor Certification as to Forced
or Indentured Child Labor Pursuant to
Executive Order 13126
The Bureau of International
Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of initial determination;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This initial determination
proposes to revise the list required by
Executive Order No. 13126
(‘‘Prohibition of Acquisition of Products
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child
Labor’’) (E.O. List) in accordance with
the Department of Labor’s (DOL)
‘‘Procedural Guidelines for the
Maintenance of the List of Products
Requiring Federal Contractor
Certification as to Forced or Indentured
Child Labor’’ (the Procedural
Guidelines). The E.O. List identifies a
list of products, by their country of
origin, that DOL, in consultation and
cooperation with the Department of
State and the Department of Homeland
Security (hereinafter ‘‘the three
Departments’’), has a reasonable basis to
believe might have been mined,
produced, or manufactured by forced or
indentured child labor. Federal
contracting officers must check the E.O.
List when issuing a solicitation for
supplies expected to exceed the micropurchase threshold and take certain
steps if the solicited product appears on
the list. This notice proposes to remove
shrimp from Thailand and garments
from Vietnam because the three
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Departments have preliminarily
determined that the use of forced or
indentured child labor in the
production of these products has been
significantly reduced. The Department
of Labor invites public comment on this
initial determination. The three
Departments will consider all public
comments prior to publishing a final
determination revising the E.O. List.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
to the Office of Child Labor, Forced
Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT)
via one of the methods described below
and must be received by no later than
5 p.m. ET, June 10, 2024, to guarantee
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Information submitted to
the Department of Labor should be
submitted directly to OCFT, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor. Comments,
identified as ‘‘Docket No. DOL–2004–
0003,’’ may be submitted by any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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 (1 copy): Ryan
Olden at U.S. Department of Labor,
ILAB/Office of Child Labor, Forced
Labor, and Human Trafficking, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room S–5317,
Washington, DC 20210.
Email: Email submissions should be
addressed to Ryan Olden. Email:
eo13126@dol.gov.
Digital Accessability: The United
States Department of Labor (DOL) is
required to ensure that all its digital
information is accessible to people with
disabilities, including those who use
assistive technology such as screen
readers. Therefore, DOL requests that
your submissions through the portal be
as accessible as possible. If you are able
to conform to the current Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), then
please do so. Otherwise, DOL requests
that submissions be made in a Microsoft
Word document, using the built-in
Styles for document formatting,
including descriptive Alt Text on
embedded images and graphics, and
using the built-in Word Accessibility
Checker for additional accessibility
improvements. Although permissible,
please avoid submitting scanned
images, screen shots, or PDFs whenever
possible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Olden. Phone: (202) 693–4867.
eo13126@dol.gov.
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DOL is
requesting public comment on the
revisions to the E.O. List proposed
below, as well as any other issue related
to the fair and effective implementation
of E.O. 13126. This notice is a general
solicitation of comments from the
public. All submitted comments will be
made a part of the public record and
will be available for inspection on
https://www.regulations.gov.
In conducting research for this initial
determination, the three Departments
considered a wide variety of materials
based on their own research, and
materials from other U.S. Government
agencies, foreign governments,
international organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
U.S. Government-funded technical
assistance and field research projects,
academic and other independent
research, media, and other sources. The
Department of State and U.S. embassies
and consulates abroad also provided
important information by gathering data
from contacts, conducting site visits,
and reviewing local media sources. In
developing the proposed revision to the
E.O. List, the three Departments’ review
focused on information concerning the
use of forced or indentured child labor
that was available from the above
sources.
As outlined in the Procedural
Guidelines, several factors were
weighed in determining whether a
product should be placed, or remain on,
the revised E.O. List: the nature of the
information describing the use of forced
or indentured child labor; the source of
the information; the date of the
information; the extent of corroboration
of the information by appropriate
sources; whether the information
involved more than an isolated incident;
and whether recent and credible efforts
are being made to address forced or
indentured child labor in a particular
country and industry (66 FR 5351).
This notice constitutes an initial
determination to revise the E.O. List.
Based on available information from
various sources, the three Departments
have preliminarily concluded that there
is no longer a reasonable basis to believe
that there is use of forced or indentured
child labor in the production of the
following products, identified by their
countries of origin:
Product: Shrimp
Country: Thailand
DOL has received recent, credible,
and corroborated information from
various sources on the use of forced or
indentured child labor in shrimp
production in Thailand. This
information indicates that while
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy
AGENCY: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice; intent to renew charter.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as
amended, the Secretary of Labor and the United States Trade
Representative have determined that renewal of the Labor Advisory
Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy is necessary and in
the public interest.
DATES: The Department will renew the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations and Trade Policy charter on or before May 20, 2024, before
the current charter expires.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne M. Zollner, Designated Federal
Officer and Division Chief, Preference Program Enforcement, Office of
Trade and Labor Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs,
Department of Labor, Frances Perkins Building, Room S-5317, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-4890,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will be chartered pursuant to
section 135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2155(c)
(1) and (2), as amended and Executive Order 11846 of March 27, 1975, 3
CFR 1971-1975 Comp., p. 971 (which delegates certain Presidential
responsibilities conferred in section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 to
the United States Trade Representative).
The Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade
Policy consults with and makes recommendations to the Secretary of
Labor and the United States Trade Representative on general policy
matters concerning labor and trade negotiations, operations of any
trade agreement once entered into, and other matters arising in
connection with the administration of the trade policy of the United
States.
The current charter expires on May 20, 2024. The renewal of the
charter of the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and
Trade Policy is necessary and in the public interest, as
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the Committee will provide information that cannot be obtained from
other sources. The Committee will provide its views to the Secretary of
Labor and the Unites States Trade Representative through the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor. The
Committee is to be comprised of no more than 30 members representing
the labor community.
The Committee will meet at irregular intervals at the call of the
Secretary of Labor and the United States Trade Representative.
Signed at Washington, DC.
Thea M. Lee,
Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-10247 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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