H.R. 10346 · 119th Congress
Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
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Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2026
Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
This bill requires the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to complete and submit to Congress the results of an investigation into the alleged use of forced labor in the cobalt mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Specifically, the task force must (1) submit to Congress strategies for preventing the importation of cobalt mined using forced labor, and (2) provide semiannual briefings to Congress.
This requirement ceases to have effect on the earlier of (1) eight years after the date of enactment, or (2) the date on which the President submits to Congress a determination that forced labor in the DRC mining industry has ended.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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Official title: Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 10, 2026
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
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