What is the child labor Executive Order?
Issued in June 1999, Executive Order 13126 prohibits federal agencies from procuring goods made with forced or indentured child labor. The executive order required DOL, in consultation with the Departments of State and Treasury, to publish a list of products, by country of origin, which are believed to have been made with forced or indentured child labor. The list of products, along with the procedures for periodically updating the list, and the final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which implements the Executive Order, were published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2001. The FAR rule requires federal contractors who furnish products that appear on the list to certify they have made a good-faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to make the product. The list of products will be periodically updated as new information becomes available. Click here, to see the current list and other recent information on the Executive Orde
