What does EO 13126 require from DOL?
• The EO requires DOL, in consultation and cooperation with the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS)1 and State (DOS), to publish a list of products, identified by their country of origin, that those Departments have a reasonable basis to believe might have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor (EO List). 1EO 13126 refers to consultation and cooperation between DOL and the Departments of State and Treasury. However, with the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, responsibilities relating to EO 13126 shifted from Treasury to Homeland Security.
• The EO requires DOL, in consultation and cooperation with the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and State (DOS), to publish a list of products, identified by their country of origin, that those Departments have a reasonable basis to believe might have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor (EO List).
