To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill imposes importation limits on goods produced using forced labor in China, especially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and imposes sanctions related to such forced labor. The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force shall report to Congress a strategy for preventing the importation of goods produced in China using forced labor. The strategy must contain certain information, including a list of entities (1) producing goods in Xinjiang using forced labor; or (2) working with the government in Xinjiang to move forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of Xinjiang. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall generally presume that goods produced by these entities and certain other entities, including those sourcing material from Xinjiang or involved with Chinese government forced labor programs, are barred from importation into the United States. An importer may rebut this presumption by establishing, with clear and convincing evidence, that the good in question was not produced wholly or in part using forced labor. The bill also expands existing asset- and visa-blocking sanctions related to Xinjiang to cover foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor. The Department of State shall report to Congress a strategy to enhance international awareness of forced labor in Xinjiang and to address such forced labor.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Dec 2021
House Passage
Dec 2021
Senate Passage
Dec 2021
Signed into Law
Dec 2021
Introduced Dec 14, 2021
Signed Dec 23, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Dec 23, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Dec 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9231)
upper
Dec 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9231)
upper
Dec 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7804-7806)
lower
Dec 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Dec 14, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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