117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 65 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uyghur Forced Labor 

3 Prevention Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re7 gion of the People’s Republic of China, the Govern8 ment of the People’s Republic of China has, since 

9 April 2017, arbitrarily detained more than 

10 1,000,000 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 

11 members of other persecuted groups in a system of 

12 extrajudicial mass internment camps, and has sub13 jected detainees to forced labor, torture, political in14 doctrination, and other severe human rights abuses. 

15 (2) Forced labor, a severe form of human traf16 ficking, exists within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono17 mous Region’s system of mass internment camps, 

18 and throughout the region, and is confirmed by the 

19 testimony of former camp detainees, satellite im20 agery, and official leaked documents from the Gov21 ernment of the People’s Republic of China as part 

22 of a targeted campaign of repression of Muslim eth23 nic minorities. 

24 (3) Researchers and civil society groups have 

25 issued reports documenting evidence that many fac26 tories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
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1 Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, on 

2 July 22, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security 

3 of the Department of Commerce added 11 entities to 

4 the Entity List set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 

5 part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, 

6 after determining the entities had been ‘‘implicated 

7 in human rights violations and abuses in the imple8 mentation of China’s campaign of repression, mass 

9 arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology 

10 surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Ti11 betans, and members of other persecuted groups in 

12 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’’. 

13 (4) Since October 2019, the Bureau of Industry 

14 and Security of the Department of Commerce has 

15 added a total of 48 entities of the Government of the 

16 People’s Republic of China to the Entity List set 

17 forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, 

18 Code of Federal Regulations, in connection with 

19 their implication in human rights abuses in the im20 plementation of China’s campaign of repression, 

21 mass arbitrary detention, forced labor, and high22 technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

23 and other members of Muslim minority groups in 

24 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As a con25 sequence of their addition to the Entity List, com-
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1 prehensive restrictions apply to the export, reexport, 

2 and in-country transfer of most United States-origin 

3 items to those 48 entities. Audits and traditional due 

4 diligence efforts to vet goods and supply chains in 

5 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are unreli6 able for identifying the absence of forced labor in 

7 the production of goods because of interference by 

8 the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 

9 including through intimidation of potential witnesses 

10 and concealment of relevant information. 

11 (5) Reports cited by the Department of Labor 

12 estimate that hundreds of thousands of ex-detainees 

13 who are Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 

14 members of other persecuted groups in the People’s 

15 Republic of China may be working in conditions of 

16 forced labor following detention in re-education 

17 camps. Moreover, nongovernmental organizations es18 timate that more than 80,000 Uyghurs were trans19 ferred out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re20 gion to work in factories across the People’s Repub21 lic of China between 2017 and 2019, and some of 

22 them were sent directly from detention camps. 

23 (6) The Department of State’s June 2020 Traf24 ficking in Persons Report found, ‘‘Authorities offer 

25 subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to open 
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1 factories in close proximity to the internment camps 

2 and to receive transferred detainees at satellite man3 ufacturing sites in other provinces. Local govern4 ments receive additional funds for each inmate 

5 forced to work in these sites at a fraction of min6 imum wage or without any compensation. The gov7 ernment has transported tens of thousands of these 

8 individuals to other areas within Xinjiang and to 

9 other provinces for forced labor under the guise of 

10 poverty alleviation and industrial aid programs.’’. 

11 (7) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 

12 issued 11 withhold release orders on goods suspected 

13 to be produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

14 Uyghur Autonomous Region. Goods subject to the 

15 withhold release orders include all cotton, cotton 

16 products, tomatoes, and tomato products, as well as 

17 certain garments, hair products, apparel, computer 

18 parts, and other goods. 

19 (8) In its 2019 annual report, the Congres20 sional-Executive Commission on China found that 

21 goods reportedly produced with forced labor by cur22 rent and former mass internment camp detainees in23 cluded textiles, electronics, food products, shoes, tea, 

24 and handicrafts. 
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1 (9) Under section 1091(a) of title 18, United 

2 States Code, a person commits genocide if the per3 son ‘‘whether in time of peace or in time of war and 

4 with the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in 

5 substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or reli6 gious group as such— 

7 ‘‘(1) kills members of that group; 

8 ‘‘(2) causes serious bodily injury to mem9 bers of that group; 

10 ‘‘(3) causes the permanent impairment of 

11 the mental faculties of members of the group 

12 through drugs, torture, or similar techniques; 

13 ‘‘(4) subjects the group to conditions of life 

14 that are intended to cause the physical destruc15 tion of the group in whole or in part; 

16 ‘‘(5) imposes measures intended to prevent 

17 births within the group; or 

18 ‘‘(6) transfers by force children of the 

19 group to another group.’’. 

20 (10) As a direct result of the campaign of tar21 geted and coercive population control of the Govern22 ment of the People’s Republic of China’s against 

23 Uyghurs, the birthrate of the Uyghur population in 

24 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region plum25 meted by 24 percent from 2017 to 2018, with birth-
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1 rates in the Uyghur majority regions of Hotan and 

2 Kashgar decreasing by more than 60 percent from 

3 2015 to 2018. 

4 (11) The policies of the Government of the Peo5 ple’s Republic of China are in contravention of its 

6 human rights commitments and obligations, includ7 ing under— 

8 (A) the Universal Declaration of Human 

9 Rights; 

10 (B) the International Covenant on Civil 

11 and Political Rights, which the People’s Repub12 lic of China has signed but not yet ratified; and 

13 (C) the United Nations Protocol to Pre14 vent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Per15 sons Especially Women and Children (com16 monly known as the ‘‘Palermo Protocol’’), to 

17 which the People’s Republic of China has been 

18 a state party since February 2010. 

19 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

20 It is the policy of the United States— 

21 (1) to strengthen the prohibition against the 

22 importation of goods made with forced labor, includ23 ing by ensuring that the Government of the People’s 

24 Republic of China does not undermine the effective 

25 enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
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1 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of 

2 all ‘‘goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 

3 produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any 

4 foreign country by . . . forced labor’’; 

5 (2) to lead the international community in end6 ing forced labor practices wherever such practices 

7 occur through all means available to the United 

8 States Government, including by stopping the impor9 tation of any goods made with forced labor, includ10 ing those goods mined, produced, or manufactured 

11 wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono12 mous Region; 

13 (3) to actively work to prevent, publicly de14 nounce, and end human trafficking, including with 

15 respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the 

16 government of a foreign country or not, and to re17 store the lives of those affected by human traf18 ficking, a modern form of slavery; 

19 (4) to regard the prevention of atrocities as a 

20 priority in the national interests of the United 

21 States; and 

22 (5) to address gross violations of human rights 

23 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— 

24 (A) through bilateral diplomatic channels 

25 and multilateral institutions in which both the 
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1 United States and the People’s Republic of 

2 China are members; and 

3 (B) using all the authorities available to 

4 the United States Government, including visa 

5 and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and 

6 import controls. 

7 SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION ON IMPOR8 TATION OF GOODS MADE THROUGH FORCED 

9 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO10 MOUS REGION. 

11 (a) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

14 of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Se15 curity shall jointly, and in consultation with the 

16 United States Trade Representative, the Secretary 

17 of State, and the Secretary of Labor, publish in the 

18 Federal Register a notice soliciting public comments 

19 on how best to ensure that goods mined, produced, 

20 or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor 

21 in the People’s Republic of China, including by 

22 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members 

23 of other persecuted groups in the People’s Republic 

24 of China, and especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
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1 tonomous Region, are not imported into the United 

2 States. 

3 (2) PERIOD FOR COMMENT.—The Secretary of 

4 the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Secu5 rity shall provide the public with not less than 60 

6 days to submit comments in response to the notice 

7 required by paragraph (1). 

8 (b) PUBLIC HEARING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 

10 the close of the period to submit comments under 

11 subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 

13 Labor, the United States Trade Representative, and 

14 the Secretary of State shall jointly conduct a public 

15 hearing inviting witnesses to testify with respect to 

16 the use of forced labor in the People’s Republic of 

17 China and potential measures, including the meas18 ures described in paragraph (2), to prevent the im19 portation of goods mined, produced, or manufac20 tured wholly or in part with forced labor in the Peo21 ple’s Republic of China into the United States. 

22 (2) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures de23 scribed in this paragraph are— 

24 (A) measures that can be taken to trace 

25 the origin of goods, offer greater supply chain 
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1 transparency, and identify third country supply 

2 chain routes for goods mined, produced, or 

3 manufactured wholly or in part with forced 

4 labor in the People’s Republic of China; and 

5 (B) other measures for ensuring that 

6 goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

7 or in part with forced labor do not enter the 

8 United States. 

9 (c) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—After receiving 

10 public comments under subsection (a) and holding the 

11 hearing required by subsection (b), the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

13 jointly, and in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 

14 the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of 

15 State, and the Director of National Intelligence, develop 

16 a strategy for preventing the importation into the United 

17 States of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

18 or in part with forced labor in the People’s Republic of 

19 China. 

20 (d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under sub21 section (c) shall include the following: 

22 (1) A comprehensive assessment of the risk of 

23 importing goods mined, produced, or manufactured 

24 wholly or in part with forced labor in the People’s 

25 Republic of China, including from the Xinjiang 
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1 Uyghur Autonomous Region or made by Uyghurs, 

2 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other 

3 persecuted groups in any other part of the People’s 

4 Republic of China, that identifies, to the extent fea5 sible— 

6 (A) threats, including through the poten7 tial involvement in supply chains of entities that 

8 may use forced labor, that could lead to the im9 portation into the United States from the Peo10 ple’s Republic of China, including through third 

11 countries, of goods mined, produced, or manu12 factured wholly or in part with forced labor; 

13 and 

14 (B) what procedures can be implemented 

15 or improved to reduce such threats. 

16 (2) A comprehensive description and evalua17 tion— 

18 (A) of ‘‘pairing assistance’’ and ‘‘poverty 

19 alleviation’’ or any other government labor 

20 scheme that includes the forced labor of 

21 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem22 bers of other persecuted groups outside of the 

23 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar 

24 programs of the People’s Republic of China in 

25 which work or services are extracted from 
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1 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem2 bers of other persecuted groups through the 

3 threat of penalty or for which the Uyghurs, 

4 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of 

5 other persecuted groups have not offered them6 selves voluntarily; and 

7 (B) that includes— 

8 (i) a list of entities working with the 

9 government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Auton10 omous Region to move forced labor or 

11 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

12 other persecuted groups out of the 

13 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

14 (ii) a list of products mined, produced, 

15 or manufactured wholly or in part by enti16 ties on the list required by clause (i); 

17 (iii) a list of entities that exported 

18 products described in clause (ii) from the 

19 People’s Republic of China into the United 

20 States; 

21 (iv) a list of facilities and entities, in22 cluding the Xinjiang Production and Con23 struction Corps, that source material from 

24 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 

25 or from persons working with the govern-
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1 ment of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 

2 Region or the Xinjiang Production and 

3 Construction Corps for purposes of the 

4 ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pair5 ing-assistance’’ program or any other gov6 ernment labor scheme that uses forced or 

7 involuntary labor; 

8 (v) a plan for identifying additional 

9 facilities and entities described in clause 

10 (iv); 

11 (vi) an enforcement plan for each 

12 such entity, which may include issuing 

13 withhold release orders to support enforce14 ment of section 5 with respect to the enti15 ty; 

16 (vii) a list of high-priority sectors for 

17 enforcement, which shall include cotton, to18 matoes, and polysilicon; and 

19 (viii) an enforcement plan for each 

20 such high-priority sector. 

21 (3) Recommendations for efforts, initiatives, 

22 and tools and technologies to be adopted to ensure 

23 that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can accu24 rately identify and trace goods made in the Xinjiang 
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1 Uyghur Autonomous Region entering at any of the 

2 ports of the United States. 

3 (4) A description of how U.S. Customs and 

4 Border Protection plans to enhance its use of legal 

5 authorities and other tools to ensure that no goods 

6 are entered at any of the ports of the United States 

7 in violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

8 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including through the initiation of 

9 pilot programs to test the viability of technologies to 

10 assist in the examination of such goods. 

11 (5) Guidance to importers with respect to— 

12 (A) due diligence, effective supply chain 

13 tracing, and supply chain management meas14 ures to ensure that such importers do not im15 port any goods mined, produced, or manufac16 tured wholly or in part with forced labor from 

17 the People’s Republic of China, especially from 

18 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

19 (B) the type, nature, and extent of evi20 dence that demonstrates that goods originating 

21 in the People’s Republic of China were not 

22 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 

23 part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re24 gion; and 
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1 (C) the type, nature, and extent of evi2 dence that demonstrates that goods originating 

3 in the People’s Republic of China, including 

4 goods detained or seized pursuant to section 

5 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

6 1307), were not mined, produced, or manufac7 tured wholly or in part with forced labor. 

8 (6) A plan to coordinate and collaborate with 

9 appropriate nongovernmental organizations and pri10 vate sector entities to implement and update the 

11 strategy developed under subsection (c). 

12 (e) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an15 nually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Secu16 rity, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the 

17 United States Trade Representative, and the Sec18 retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate con19 gressional committees a report that— 

20 (A) in the case of the first such report, 

21 sets forth the strategy developed under sub22 section (c); and 

23 (B) in the case of any subsequent such re24 port, sets forth any updates to the strategy. 
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1 (2) UPDATES OF CERTAIN MATTERS.—Not less 

2 frequently than annually after the submission under 

3 paragraph (1)(A) of the strategy developed under 

4 subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the ap5 propriate congressional committees updates to the 

6 strategy with respect to the matters described in 

7 clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (d)(2)(B). 

8 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

9 by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 

10 form, but may include a classified annex, if nec11 essary. 

12 (4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 

13 portion of each report required by paragraph (1) 

14 shall be made available to the public. 

15 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec16 tion may be construed to limit the application of regula17 tions in effect on or measures taken before the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act to prevent the importation of 

19 goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 

20 with forced labor into the United States, including with21 hold release orders issued before such date of enactment. 
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1 SEC. 5. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IMPORT PROHI2 BITION APPLIES TO GOODS MINED, PRO3 DUCED, OR MANUFACTURED IN THE 

4 XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION 

5 OR BY CERTAIN ENTITIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus7 toms and Border Protection shall, except as provided by 

8 subsection (b), apply a presumption that, with respect to 

9 any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, pro10 duced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang 

11 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

12 China or produced by an entity on a list required by clause 

13 (i), (iii), or (iv) of section 4(d)(2)(B)— 

14 (1) the importation of such goods, wares, arti15 cles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 

16 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 

17 (2) such goods, wares, articles, and merchan18 dise are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of 

19 the United States. 

20 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The Commissioner shall apply the 

21 presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commis22 sioner determines that— 

23 (1) the importer of record has— 

24 (A) fully complied with the guidance de25 scribed in section 4(d)(5) and any regulations 

26 issued to implement that guidance; and 
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1 (B) completely and substantively re2 sponded to all inquiries for information sub3 mitted by the Commissioner to ascertain wheth4 er the goods were mined, produced, or manufac5 tured wholly or in part with forced labor; and 

6 (2) the good was not mined, produced, or man7 ufactured wholly or in part by forced labor. 

8 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not less frequently than 

9 every 180 days, the Commissioner shall submit to the ap10 propriate congressional committees and make available to 

11 the public a report that lists all instances in which the 

12 Commissioner declined to apply the presumption under 

13 subsection (a) during the preceding 180-day period. 

14 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner may pre15 scribe regulations— 

16 (1) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

17 subsection (b); or 

18 (2) to amend any other regulations relating to 

19 withhold release orders in order to implement this 

20 section. 

21 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

22 the date that is 300 days after the date of the enactment 

23 of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 6. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 

2 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO3 MOUS REGION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

6 in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Fed7 eral agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees a report that includes a United States 

9 strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international 

10 awareness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang 

11 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

12 China. 

13 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The Secretary 

14 shall include in the report required by subsection (a) the 

15 following: 

16 (1) A plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral 

17 coordination, including sustained engagement with 

18 the governments of countries that are partners and 

19 allies of the United States, to end the use of 

20 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members 

21 of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

22 Autonomous Region for forced labor. 

23 (2) A description of public affairs, public diplo24 macy, and counter-messaging efforts to promote 

25 awareness of the human rights situation, including 
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1 with respect to forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

2 Autonomous Region. 

3 (3) A plan— 

4 (A) to coordinate and collaborate with ap5 propriate nongovernmental organizations and 

6 private sector entities to raise awareness about 

7 goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

8 or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

9 Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

10 (B) to provide humanitarian assistance, in11 cluding with respect to resettlement and advo12 cacy for imprisoned family members, to 

13 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 

14 members of other persecuted groups, including 

15 members of such groups formerly detained in 

16 mass internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

17 Autonomous Region. 

18 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The 

19 Secretary shall include in the report required by sub20 section (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of 

21 Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

22 Secretary of the Treasury, the following: 

23 (1) To the extent practicable, a list of— 

24 (A) entities in the People’s Republic of 

25 China or affiliates of such entities that use or 
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1 benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang 

2 Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

3 (B) foreign persons that act as agents of 

4 the entities or affiliates described in subpara5 graph (A) to import goods into the United 

6 States. 

7 (2) A plan for working with private sector enti8 ties seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to 

9 prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, 

10 or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor 

11 into the United States. 

12 (3) A description of actions taken by the United 

13 States Government to address forced labor in the 

14 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing 

15 authorities, including— 

16 (A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

17 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 

18 (B) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc19 ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

20 441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 

21 (C) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

22 Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 

23 Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
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1 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

3 a classified annex, if necessary. 

4 SEC. 7. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED 

5 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO6 MOUS REGION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur 

8 Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–145; 

9 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(F) Serious human rights abuses in con12 nection with forced labor.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend14 ment made by subsection (a)— 

15 (1) takes effect on the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act; and 

17 (2) applies with respect to the first report re18 quired by section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human 

19 Rights Policy Act of 2020 submitted after such date 

20 of enactment. 

21 (c) TRANSITION RULE.— 

22 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 180 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

24 President shall submit to the committees specified in 

25 section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy 
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1 Act of 2020 a report that identifies each foreign per2 son, including any official of the Government of the 

3 People’s Republic of China, that the President deter4 mines is responsible for serious human rights abuses 

5 in connection with forced labor with respect to 

6 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other 

7 Muslim minority groups, or other persons in the 

8 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

9 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

10 shall impose sanctions under subsection (c) of sec11 tion 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 

12 2020 with respect to each foreign person identified 

13 in the report required by paragraph (1), subject to 

14 the provisions of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of 

15 that section. 

16 SEC. 8. SUNSET. 

17 Sections 4, 5, and 6 shall cease to have effect on the 

18 earlier of— 

19 (1) the date that is 8 years after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act; or 

21 (2) the date on which the President submits to 

22 the appropriate congressional committees a deter23 mination that the Government of the People’s Re24 public of China has ended mass internment, forced 

25 labor, and any other gross violations of human 
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1 rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 

2 Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups 

3 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

4 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Financial Services, the Com11 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

12 on Homeland Security of the House of Rep13 resentatives; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

15 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

16 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and 

17 the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov18 ernmental Affairs of the Senate. 

19 (2) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced 

20 labor’’— 

21 (A) has the meaning given that term in 

22 section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

23 U.S.C. 1307); and 

24 (B) includes convict labor and indentured 

25 labor under penal sanctions. 
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1 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

3 person. 

4 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in5 dividual or entity. 

6 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

7 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

8 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law9 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

10 United States; or 

11 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

12 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

13 United States, including a foreign branch of 

14 such an entity. 

Passed the Senate July 14, 2021. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 65 

AN ACT 

To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the 

States market, and for other purposes. ple’s Republic of China do not enter the United Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peo-