H.R. 6256 · 117th Congress
To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic…
Full title
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.
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- House Introduced Dec 14, 2021
- House Passed Dec 14, 2021
- Senate Passed Dec 16, 2021
- President To the President Dec 20, 2021
- President Signed Dec 23, 2021
- Law Dec 23, 2021
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 23, 2021
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: 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.
Latest action (Dec 23, 2021): Became Public Law No: 117-78.
Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 14, 2021
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- House Introduced Dec 14, 2021
- House Passed Dec 14, 2021
- Senate Passed Dec 16, 2021
- President To the President Dec 20, 2021
- President Signed Dec 23, 2021
- Law Dec 23, 2021
No recorded floor vote found.