Ways and Means Democrats Ask Appropriators to Direct $25M to CBP for Forced Labor Division
Seventeen Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, led by New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, are asking the House Appropriations Committee to increase funding of CBP's Office of Trade by $50…
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million, with instructions that $25 million be dedicated to preventing the import of goods made with forced labor. Their letter, sent May 3, says CBP could use the extra money for origin tracing isotope technology, for its Advanced Trade Analytics Platform, and to hire and train 75 workers.