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Calendar No. 87 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 65 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 27, 2021 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

COTTON, Ms. WARREN, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mr. ROMNEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. DAINES, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. SMITH, 

Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. MARKEY, 

Mr. THUNE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. SASSE, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 

COONS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. KING, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. 

TILLIS, Ms. ERNST, Mr. TESTER, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 

PETERS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 


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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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Prevention Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re9 gion of the People’s Republic of China, the Govern10 ment of the People’s Republic of China has, since 

11 April 2017, arbitrarily detained more than 

12 1,000,000 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members 

13 of other persecuted groups in a system of 

14 extrajudicial mass internment camps, and has sub15 jected detainees to forced labor, torture, political in16 doctrination, and other severe human rights abuses. 

17 (2) Forced labor, a severe form of human traf18 ficking, exists within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono19 mous Region’s system of mass internment camps, 

20 and throughout the region, and is confirmed by the 

21 testimony of former camp detainees, satellite im22 agery, and official leaked documents from the Gov23 ernment of the People’s Republic of China as part 


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1 of a targeted campaign of repression of Muslim eth2 nic minorities. 

3 (3) In addition to reports from researchers and 

4 civil society groups documenting evidence that many 

5 factories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

6 Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, on 

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

8 of the Department of Commerce added 11 entities to 

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

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

11 after determining the entities had been ‘‘implicated 

12 in human rights violations and abuses in the imple13 mentation of China’s campaign of repression, mass 

14 arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology 

15 surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and mem16 bers of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang 

17 Uyghur Autonomous Region’’. 

18 (4) The Government of the People’s Republic of 

19 China interferes with audits and traditional due dili20 gence efforts to vet goods and supply chains in the 

21 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to hinder 

22 identifying goods made in whole or part with forced 

23 labor, including by intimidating potential witnesses 

24 and concealing relevant information. 


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1 (5) Reports cited by the Department of Labor 

2 estimate that hundreds of thousands of ex-detainees 

3 who are Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

4 other persecuted groups in the People’s Republic of 

5 China may be working in conditions of forced labor 

6 following detention in re-education camps. Moreover, 

7 nongovernmental organizations estimate that more 

8 than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of the 

9 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to work in 

10 factories across the People’s Republic of China be11 tween 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent 

12 directly from detention camps. 

13 (6) The Department of State’s June 2020 Traf14 ficking in Persons Report found, ‘‘Authorities offer 

15 subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to open 

16 factories in close proximity to the internment camps 

17 and to receive transferred detainees at satellite man18 ufacturing sites in other provinces. Local govern19 ments receive additional funds for each inmate 

20 forced to work in these sites at a fraction of min21 imum wage or without any compensation. The gov22 ernment has transported tens of thousands of these 

23 individuals to other areas within Xinjiang and to 

24 other provinces for forced labor under the guise of 

25 poverty alleviation and industrial aid programs.’’. 


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

2 issued 11 withhold release orders on goods suspected 

3 to be produced with prison or forced labor in the 

4 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Goods subject 

5 to the withhold release orders include all cotton, cot6 ton products, tomatoes, and tomato products, as well 

7 as certain garments, hair products, apparel, com8 puter parts, and other goods. 

9 (8) In its 2019 annual report, the Congres10 sional-Executive Commission on China found that 

11 goods reportedly produced with forced labor by cur12 rent and former mass internment camp detainees in13 cluded textiles, electronics, food products, shoes, tea, 

14 and handicrafts. 

15 (9) Under section 1091(a) of title 18, United 

16 States Code, a person commits genocide if the per17 son ‘‘whether in time of peace or in time of war and 

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

19 substantial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or reli20 gious group as such— 

21 ‘‘(1) kills members of that group; 

22 ‘‘(2) causes serious bodily injury to mem23 bers of that group; 


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1 ‘‘(3) causes the permanent impairment of 

2 the mental faculties of members of the group 

3 through drugs, torture, or similar techniques; 

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

5 that are intended to cause the physical destruc6 tion of the group in whole or in part; 

7 ‘‘(5) imposes measures intended to prevent 

8 births within the group; or 

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

10 group to another group.’’. 

11 (10) As a direct result of the campaign of tar12 geted and coercive population control of the Govern13 ment of the People’s Republic of China’s against 

14 Uyghurs, the birthrate of the Uyghur population in 

15 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region plum16 meted by 24 percent from 2017 to 2018, with birth17 rates in the Uyghur majority regions of Hotan and 

18 Kashgar decreasing by more than 60 percent from 

19 2015 to 2018. 

20 (11) The policies of the Government of the Peo21 ple’s Republic of China are in contravention of its 

22 human rights commitments and obligations, includ23 ing under— 

24 (A) the Universal Declaration of Human 

25 Rights; 


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1 (B) the International Covenant on Civil 

2 and Political Rights, which the People’s Repub3 lic of China has signed but not yet ratified; and 

4 (C) the United Nations Protocol to Pre5 vent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Per6 sons Especially Women and Children (com7 monly known as the ‘‘Palermo Protocol’’), to 

8 which the People’s Republic of China has been 

9 a state party since February 2010. 

10 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

11 It is the policy of the United States— 

12 (1) to strengthen the prohibition against the 

13 importation of goods made with forced labor, includ14 ing by ensuring that the Government of the People’s 

15 Republic of China does not undermine the effective 

16 enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

17 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of 

18 ‘‘[a]ll goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 

19 produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any 

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

21 (2) to lead the international community in end22 ing forced labor practices wherever such practices 

23 occur through all means available to the United 

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1 ing those goods mined, produced, or manufactured 

2 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

3 (3) to actively work to prevent, publicly de4 nounce, and end human trafficking, including with 

5 respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the 

6 government of a foreign country or not, and to re7 store the lives of those affected by human traf8 ficking, a modern form of slavery; 

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

10 priority in the national interests of the United 

11 States; and 

12 (5) to address gross violations of human rights 

13 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— 

14 (A) through bilateral diplomatic channels 

15 and multilateral institutions in which both the 

16 United States and the People’s Republic of 

17 China are members; and 

18 (B) using all the authorities available to 

19 the United States Government, including visa 

20 and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and 

21 import controls. 


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1 SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION ON IMPOR2 TATION OF GOODS MADE THROUGH FORCED 

3 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO4 MOUS REGION. 

5 (a) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 

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

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

8 of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 

9 United States Trade Representative, the Secretary 

10 of State, and the Secretary of Labor, shall publish 

11 in the Federal Register a notice soliciting public 

12 comments on how best to ensure that goods made 

13 with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China, 

14 including by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and mem15 bers of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang 

16 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Repub17 lic of China, are not imported into the United 

18 States. 

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

20 Homeland Security shall provide the public with not 

21 less than 60 days to submit comments in response 

22 to the notice required by paragraph (1). 

23 (b) PUBLIC HEARING.— 

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

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1 rity, the Secretary of Labor, the United States 

2 Trade Representative, and the Secretary of State 

3 shall jointly conduct a public hearing inviting wit4 nesses to testify with respect to the use of forced 

5 labor in the People’s Republic of China and potential 

6 measures, including the measures described in para7 graph (2), to prevent the importation of goods made 

8 with forced labor into the United States from the 

9 People’s Republic of China. 

10 (2) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures de11 scribed in this paragraph are— 

12 (A) measures that can be taken to trace 

13 goods or to prevent goods from leaving the Peo14 ple’s Republic of China; and 

15 (B) other measures for ensuring that 

16 goods made with forced labor do not enter the 

17 United States. 

18 (c) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—After receiving 

19 public comments under subsection (a) and holding the 

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

21 Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 

22 Labor, the United States Trade Representative, the Sec23 retary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence, 

24 shall develop a strategy for preventing the importation 


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1 into the United States of goods made with forced labor 

2 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

3 (d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under sub4 section (c) shall include the following: 

5 (1) A comprehensive assessment of the risk of 

6 the possibility of importing goods made with forced 

7 labor from the People’s Republic of China, including 

8 from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or 

9 made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

10 other persecuted groups in any other part of the 

11 People’s Republic of China, that identifies, to the ex12 tent feasible— 

13 (A) threats, including through the poten14 tial involvement in supply chains of entities that 

15 may use forced labor, that could lead to the im16 portation of goods made with forced labor into 

17 the United States; and 

18 (B) what procedures can be implemented 

19 or improved to reduce such threats. 

20 (2) A comprehensive description and evalua21 tion— 

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

23 alleviation’’ programs that include the forced 

24 labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or mem25 bers of other persecuted groups outside of the 


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1 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar 

2 programs of the People’s Republic of China in 

3 which work or services are extracted from 

4 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

5 other persecuted groups through the threat of 

6 penalty or for which the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

7 Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups 

8 have not offered themselves voluntarily; and 

9 (B) that includes— 

10 (i) a list of entities working with the 

11 government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Auton12 omous Region to move forced labor or 

13 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

14 other persecuted groups out of the 

15 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

16 (ii) a list of goods made with such 

17 labor for importation to the United States. 

18 (3) Recommendations for efforts, initiatives, 

19 and tools and technologies to be adopted to ensure 

20 that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can accu21 rately identify and trace goods made in the Xinjiang 

22 Uyghur Autonomous Region entering at any of the 

23 ports of the United States. 

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

25 Border Protection plans to enhance its use of legal 


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1 authorities and other tools to ensure that no goods 

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

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

4 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including through the initiation of 

5 pilot programs to test the viability of technologies to 

6 assist in the examination of such goods. 

7 (5) Guidance to importers with respect to— 

8 (A) best practices or effective due diligence 

9 measures to ensure that such importers do not 

10 import any goods made with forced labor from 

11 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

12 (B) the type, nature, and extent of evi13 dence that demonstrates that imported goods 

14 detained or seized pursuant to section 307 of 

15 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) were 

16 not made with forced labor. 

17 (e) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 270 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu19 ally thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

20 consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the United 

21 States Trade Representative, and the Secretary of State, 

22 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

23 a report that— 


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1 (1) in the case of the first such report, sets 

2 forth the strategy developed under subsection (c); 

3 and 

4 (2) in the case of any subsequent such report, 

5 sets forth any updates to the strategy. 

6 (f) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by sub7 section (e) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

8 may include a classified annex, if necessary. 

9 (g) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion 

10 of each report required by subsection (e) shall be made 

11 available to the public. 

12 SEC. 5. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IMPORT PROHI13 BITION APPLIES TO GOODS PRODUCED IN 

14 THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE15 GION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus17 toms and Border Protection shall, except as provided by 

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

19 any significant goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 

20 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the 

21 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Re22 public of China or produced by entities on a list required 

23 by section 4(d)(2)(B)(i)— 


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1 (1) the importation of such goods, wares, arti2 cles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 

3 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 

4 (2) such goods, wares, articles, and merchan5 dise are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of 

6 the United States. 

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

8 presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commis9 sioner determines that— 

10 (1) the importer of record has— 

11 (A) fully complied with the guidance de12 scribed in section 4(d)(5) and any regulations 

13 issued to implement that guidance; and 

14 (B) completely and substantively re15 sponded to all inquiries for information sub16 mitted by the Commissioner to ascertain wheth17 er the goods were manufactured through forced 

18 labor; 

19 (2) the good was not produced wholly or in part 

20 by forced labor; or 

21 (3) the President certifies that the Government 

22 of the People’s Republic of China is not impeding in 

23 any way attempts to investigate abuses of Uyghurs, 

24 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted 


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1 groups or to address any other instances of forced 

2 labor in the People’s Republic of China. 

3 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner may pre4 scribe regulations— 

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

6 subsection (b); or 

7 (2) to amend any other regulations relating to 

8 withhold release orders in order to implement this 

9 section. 

10 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

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

12 of this Act. 

13 SEC. 6. DETERMINATION RELATING TO ATROCITIES AND 

14 GENOCIDE IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AU15 TONOMOUS REGION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

19 a report setting forth the formal determination of the Sec20 retary with respect to whether— 

21 (1) the human rights abuses committed by the 

22 Government of the People’s Republic of China 

23 against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 

24 other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au25 tonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China 


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1 constitute genocide within the meaning of section 

2 1091(a) of title 18, United States Code; and 

3 (2) the actions taken by the Government of the 

4 People’s Republic of China in support of the use of 

5 forced labor against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and 

6 members of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang 

7 Uyghur Autonomous Region constitute an atrocity 

8 within the meaning of the term ‘‘atrocities’’ as de9 fined in section 6 of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and 

10 Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

11 441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

12 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

13 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

14 a classified annex, if necessary. 

15 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion 

16 of each report required by subsection (a) shall be made 

17 available to the public. 

18 SEC. 7. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 

19 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO20 MOUS REGION. 

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

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

23 in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Fed24 eral agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres25 sional committees a report that includes a United States 


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1 strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international 

2 awareness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang 

3 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

4 China. 

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

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

7 following: 

8 (1) A plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral 

9 coordination, including sustained engagement with 

10 the governments of countries that are partners and 

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

12 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other 

13 persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono14 mous Region for forced labor. 

15 (2) A description of public affairs, public diplo16 macy, and counter-messaging efforts to promote 

17 awareness of the human rights situation, including 

18 with respect to forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

19 Autonomous Region. 

20 (3) A plan— 

21 (A) to coordinate and collaborate with ap22 propriate nongovernmental organizations and 

23 private sector entities to raise awareness about 

24 goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

25 Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 


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1 (B) to provide humanitarian assistance, in2 cluding with respect to resettlement and advo3 cacy for imprisoned family members, to 

4 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 

5 other persecuted groups, including members of 

6 such groups formerly detained in mass intern7 ment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono8 mous Region. 

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

10 Secretary shall include in the report required by sub11 section (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of 

12 Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

13 Secretary of the Treasury, the following: 

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

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

16 China or affiliates of such entities that use or 

17 benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang 

18 Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

19 (B) foreign persons that act as agents of 

20 the entities or affiliates described in subpara21 graph (A) to import goods into the United 

22 States. 

23 (2) A plan for working with private sector enti24 ties seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to 


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1 prevent the importation of goods made with forced 

2 labor into the United States. 

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

4 States Government to address forced labor in the 

5 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing 

6 authorities, including— 

7 (A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

9 (B) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc10 ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 

11 441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 

12 (C) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

13 Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 

14 Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

15 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

16 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

17 a classified annex, if necessary. 

18 SEC. 8. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED 

19 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO20 MOUS REGION. 

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

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

23 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended by adding at the end 

24 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(F) Serious human rights abuses in con2 nection with forced labor.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend4 ment made by subsection (a)— 

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

6 this Act; and 

7 (2) applies with respect to the first report re8 quired by section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human 

9 Rights Policy Act of 2020 submitted after such date 

10 of enactment. 

11 (c) TRANSITION RULE.— 

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

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

14 President shall submit to the committees specified in 

15 section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy 

16 Act of 2020 a report that identifies each foreign per17 son, including any official of the Government of the 

18 People’s Republic of China, that the President deter19 mines is responsible for serious human rights abuses 

20 in connection with forced labor with respect to 

21 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other 

22 Muslim minority groups, or other persons in the 

23 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

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1 tion 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 

2 2020 with respect to each foreign person identified 

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

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

5 that section. 

6 SEC. 9. SUNSET. 

7 Sections 4, 5, and 7 shall cease to have effect on the 

8 earlier of— 

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

10 enactment of this Act; or 

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

12 the appropriate congressional committees a deter13 mination that the Government of the People’s Re14 public of China has ended mass internment, forced 

15 labor, and any other gross violations of human 

16 rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 

17 and members of other persecuted groups in the 

18 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

19 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 

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1 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

2 on Homeland Security of the House of Rep3 resentatives; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

5 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

6 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and 

7 the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov8 ernmental Affairs of the Senate. 

9 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per10 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

11 person. 

12 (3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in13 dividual or entity. 

14 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

15 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

16 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law17 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

18 United States; or 

19 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

20 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

21 United States, including a foreign branch of 

22 such an entity. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 

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

5 the People’s Republic of China has, since April 2017, 

6 arbitrarily detained more than 1,000,000 Uyghurs, 

7 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other 

8 persecuted groups in a system of extrajudicial mass 

9 internment camps, and has subjected detainees to 

10 forced labor, torture, political indoctrination, and 

11 other severe human rights abuses. 

12 (2) Forced labor, a severe form of human traf13 ficking, exists within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono14 mous Region’s system of mass internment camps, and 

15 throughout the region, and is confirmed by the testi16 mony of former camp detainees, satellite imagery, 

17 and official leaked documents from the Government of 

18 the People’s Republic of China as part of a targeted 

19 campaign of repression of Muslim ethnic minorities. 

20 (3) Researchers and civil society groups have 

21 issued reports documenting evidence that many fac22 tories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

23 Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, on 

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

25 of the Department of Commerce added 11 entities to 

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1 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, after de2 termining the entities had been ‘‘implicated in human 

3 rights violations and abuses in the implementation of 

4 China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary de5 tention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance 

6 against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 

7 members of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang 

8 Uyghur Autonomous Region’’. 

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

10 and Security of the Department of Commerce has 

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

12 People’s Republic of China to the Entity List set forth 

13 in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of 

14 Federal Regulations, in connection with their impli15 cation in human rights abuses in the implementation 

16 of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary de17 tention, forced labor, and high-technology surveillance 

18 against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of 

19 Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au20 tonomous Region. As a consequence of their addition 

21 to the Entity List, comprehensive restrictions apply 

22 to the export, reexport, and in-country transfer of 

23 most United States-origin items to those 48 entities. 

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1 tonomous Region are unreliable for identifying the 

2 absence of forced labor in the production of goods be3 cause of interference by the Government of the Peo4 ple’s Republic of China, including through intimida5 tion of potential witnesses and concealment of rel6 evant information. 

7 (5) Reports cited by the Department of Labor es8 timate that hundreds of thousands of ex-detainees who 

9 are Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members 

10 of other persecuted groups in the People’s Republic of 

11 China may be working in conditions of forced labor 

12 following detention in re-education camps. Moreover, 

13 nongovernmental organizations estimate that more 

14 than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of the 

15 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to work in fac16 tories across the People’s Republic of China between 

17 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent directly 

18 from detention camps. 

19 (6) The Department of State’s June 2020 Traf20 ficking in Persons Report found, ‘‘Authorities offer 

21 subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to open 

22 factories in close proximity to the internment camps 

23 and to receive transferred detainees at satellite manu24 facturing sites in other provinces. Local governments 

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1 work in these sites at a fraction of minimum wage or 

2 without any compensation. The government has 

3 transported tens of thousands of these individuals to 

4 other areas within Xinjiang and to other provinces 

5 for forced labor under the guise of poverty alleviation 

6 and industrial aid programs.’’. 

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

8 issued 11 withhold release orders on goods suspected 

9 to be produced with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

10 Uyghur Autonomous Region. Goods subject to the 

11 withhold release orders include all cotton, cotton prod12 ucts, tomatoes, and tomato products, as well as cer13 tain garments, hair products, apparel, computer 

14 parts, and other goods. 

15 (8) In its 2019 annual report, the Congressional16 Executive Commission on China found that goods re17 portedly produced with forced labor by current and 

18 former mass internment camp detainees included tex19 tiles, electronics, food products, shoes, tea, and handi20 crafts. 

21 (9) Under section 1091(a) of title 18, United 

22 States Code, a person commits genocide if the person 

23 ‘‘whether in time of peace or in time of war and with 

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1 tial part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group 

2 as such— 

3 ‘‘(1) kills members of that group; 

4 ‘‘(2) causes serious bodily injury to mem5 bers of that group; 

6 ‘‘(3) causes the permanent impairment of 

7 the mental faculties of members of the group 

8 through drugs, torture, or similar techniques; 

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

10 that are intended to cause the physical destruc11 tion of the group in whole or in part; 

12 ‘‘(5) imposes measures intended to prevent 

13 births within the group; or 

14 ‘‘(6) transfers by force children of the group 

15 to another group.’’. 

16 (10) As a direct result of the campaign of tar17 geted and coercive population control of the Govern18 ment of the People’s Republic of China’s against 

19 Uyghurs, the birthrate of the Uyghur population in 

20 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region plummeted 

21 by 24 percent from 2017 to 2018, with birthrates in 

22 the Uyghur majority regions of Hotan and Kashgar 

23 decreasing by more than 60 percent from 2015 to 

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1 (11) The policies of the Government of the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China are in contravention of its 

3 human rights commitments and obligations, includ4 ing under— 

5 (A) the Universal Declaration of Human 

6 Rights; 

7 (B) the International Covenant on Civil 

8 and Political Rights, which the People’s Republic 

9 of China has signed but not yet ratified; and 

10 (C) the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, 

11 Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Es12 pecially Women and Children (commonly known 

13 as the ‘‘Palermo Protocol’’), to which the People’s 

14 Republic of China has been a state party since 

15 February 2010. 

16 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

17 It is the policy of the United States— 

18 (1) to strengthen the prohibition against the im19 portation of goods made with forced labor, including 

20 by ensuring that the Government of the People’s Re21 public of China does not undermine the effective en22 forcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

23 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of all 

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1 duced or manufactured wholly or in part in any for2 eign country by . . . forced labor’’; 

3 (2) to lead the international community in end4 ing forced labor practices wherever such practices 

5 occur through all means available to the United 

6 States Government, including by stopping the impor7 tation of any goods made with forced labor, including 

8 those goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

9 or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re10 gion; 

11 (3) to actively work to prevent, publicly de12 nounce, and end human trafficking, including with 

13 respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the gov14 ernment of a foreign country or not, and to restore 

15 the lives of those affected by human trafficking, a 

16 modern form of slavery; 

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

18 priority in the national interests of the United States; 

19 and 

20 (5) to address gross violations of human rights 

21 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— 

22 (A) through bilateral diplomatic channels 

23 and multilateral institutions in which both the 

24 United States and the People’s Republic of 

25 China are members; and 


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1 (B) using all the authorities available to the 

2 United States Government, including visa and 

3 financial sanctions, export restrictions, and im4 port controls. 

5 SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION ON IMPORTA6 TION OF GOODS MADE THROUGH FORCED 

7 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO8 MOUS REGION. 

9 (a) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 

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

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

12 the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

13 shall jointly, and in consultation with the United 

14 States Trade Representative, the Secretary of State, 

15 and the Secretary of Labor, publish in the Federal 

16 Register a notice soliciting public comments on how 

17 best to ensure that goods mined, produced, or manu18 factured wholly or in part with forced labor in the 

19 People’s Republic of China, including by Uyghurs, 

20 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other 

21 persecuted groups in the People’s Republic of China, 

22 and especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 

23 Region, are not imported into the United States. 

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

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1 shall provide the public with not less than 60 days to 

2 submit comments in response to the notice required by 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 (b) PUBLIC HEARING.— 

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

6 the close of the period to submit comments under sub7 section (a)(2), the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, 

9 the United States Trade Representative, and the Sec10 retary of State shall jointly conduct a public hearing 

11 inviting witnesses to testify with respect to the use of 

12 forced labor in the People’s Republic of China and po13 tential measures, including the measures described in 

14 paragraph (2), to prevent the importation of goods 

15 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 

16 with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China 

17 into the United States. 

18 (2) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures de19 scribed in this paragraph are— 

20 (A) measures that can be taken to trace the 

21 origin of goods, offer greater supply chain trans22 parency, and identify third country supply 

23 chain routes for goods mined, produced, or man24 ufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in 

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1 (B) other measures for ensuring that goods 

2 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 

3 part with forced labor do not enter the United 

4 States. 

5 (c) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—After receiving 

6 public comments under subsection (a) and holding the hear7 ing required by subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury 

8 and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly, and 

9 in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the United 

10 States Trade Representative, the Secretary of State, and the 

11 Director of National Intelligence, develop a strategy for pre12 venting the importation into the United States of goods 

13 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with 

14 forced labor in the People’s Republic of China. 

15 (d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under sub16 section (c) shall include the following: 

17 (1) A comprehensive assessment of the risk of im18 porting goods mined, produced, or manufactured 

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

20 Republic of China, including from the Xinjiang 

21 Uyghur Autonomous Region or made by Uyghurs, 

22 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other per23 secuted groups in any other part of the People’s Re24 public of China, that identifies, to the extent fea25 sible— 


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1 (A) threats, including through the potential 

2 involvement in supply chains of entities that 

3 may use forced labor, that could lead to the im4 portation into the United States from the Peo5 ple’s Republic of China, including through third 

6 countries, of goods mined, produced, or manufac7 tured wholly or in part with forced labor; and 

8 (B) what procedures can be implemented or 

9 improved to reduce such threats. 

10 (2) A comprehensive description and evalua11 tion— 

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

13 alleviation’’ or any other government labor 

14 scheme that includes the forced labor of Uyghurs, 

15 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other 

16 persecuted groups outside of the Xinjiang 

17 Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar programs 

18 of the People’s Republic of China in which work 

19 or services are extracted from Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

20 Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted 

21 groups through the threat of penalty or for which 

22 the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 

23 members of other persecuted groups have not of24 fered themselves voluntarily; and 

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1 (i) a list of entities working with the 

2 government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono3 mous Region to move forced labor or 

4 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 

5 other persecuted groups out of the Xinjiang 

6 Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

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

8 or manufactured wholly or in part by enti9 ties on the list required by clause (i); 

10 (iii) a list of entities that exported 

11 products described in clause (ii) from the 

12 People’s Republic of China into the United 

13 States; 

14 (iv) a list of facilities and entities, in15 cluding the Xinjiang Production and Con16 struction Corps, that source material from 

17 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or 

18 from persons working with the government 

19 of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 

20 or the Xinjiang Production and Construc21 tion Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alle22 viation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing-assist23 ance’’ program or any other government 

24 labor scheme that uses forced or involuntary 

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1 (v) a plan for identifying additional 

2 facilities and entities described in clause 

3 (iv); 

4 (vi) an enforcement plan for each such 

5 entity, which may include issuing withhold 

6 release orders to support enforcement of sec7 tion 5 with respect to the entity; 

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

9 enforcement, which shall include cotton, to10 matoes, and polysilicon; and 

11 (viii) an enforcement plan for each 

12 such high-priority sector. 

13 (3) Recommendations for efforts, initiatives, and 

14 tools and technologies to be adopted to ensure that 

15 U.S. Customs and Border Protection can accurately 

16 identify and trace goods made in the Xinjiang 

17 Uyghur Autonomous Region entering at any of the 

18 ports of the United States. 

19 (4) A description of how U.S. Customs and Bor20 der Protection plans to enhance its use of legal au21 thorities and other tools to ensure that no goods are 

22 entered at any of the ports of the United States in 

23 violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

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1 pilot programs to test the viability of technologies to 

2 assist in the examination of such goods. 

3 (5) Guidance to importers with respect to— 

4 (A) due diligence, effective supply chain 

5 tracing, and supply chain management measures 

6 to ensure that such importers do not import any 

7 goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

8 or in part with forced labor from the People’s 

9 Republic of China, especially from the Xinjiang 

10 Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

11 (B) the type, nature, and extent of evidence 

12 that demonstrates that goods originating in the 

13 People’s Republic of China were not mined, pro14 duced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the 

15 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

16 (C) the type, nature, and extent of evidence 

17 that demonstrates that goods originating in the 

18 People’s Republic of China, including goods de19 tained or seized pursuant to section 307 of the 

20 Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), were not 

21 mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 

22 part with forced labor. 

23 (6) A plan to coordinate and collaborate with 

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1 vate sector entities to implement and update the 

2 strategy developed under subsection (c). 

3 (e) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.— 

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

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

6 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

7 consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the United 

8 States Trade Representative, and the Secretary of 

9 State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a report that— 

11 (A) in the case of the first such report, sets 

12 forth the strategy developed under subsection (c); 

13 and 

14 (B) in the case of any subsequent such re15 port, sets forth any updates to the strategy. 

16 (2) UPDATES OF CERTAIN MATTERS.—Not less 

17 frequently than annually after the submission under 

18 paragraph (1)(A) of the strategy developed under sub19 section (c), the Secretary shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees updates to the strat21 egy with respect to the matters described in clauses (i) 

22 through (vi) of subsection (d)(2)(B). 

23 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by 

24 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

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1 (4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified por2 tion of each report required by paragraph (1) shall be 

3 made available to the public. 

4 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

5 may be construed to limit the application of regulations 

6 in effect on or measures taken before the date of the enact7 ment of this Act to prevent the importation of goods mined, 

8 produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced 

9 labor into the United States, including withhold release or10 ders issued before such date of enactment. 

11 SEC. 5. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IMPORT PROHI12 BITION APPLIES TO GOODS MINED, PRO13 DUCED, OR MANUFACTURED IN THE 

14 XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OR 

15 BY CERTAIN ENTITIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

17 and Border Protection shall, except as provided by sub18 section (b), apply a presumption that, with respect to any 

19 goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, 

20 or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

21 Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China or 

22 produced by an entity on a list required by clause (i), (iii), 

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1 (1) the importation of such goods, wares, articles, 

2 and merchandise is prohibited under section 307 of 

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

4 (2) such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 

5 are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of the 

6 United States. 

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

8 presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commissioner 

9 determines that— 

10 (1) the importer of record has— 

11 (A) fully complied with the guidance de12 scribed in section 4(d)(5) and any regulations 

13 issued to implement that guidance; and 

14 (B) completely and substantively responded 

15 to all inquiries for information submitted by the 

16 Commissioner to ascertain whether the goods 

17 were mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

18 or in part with forced labor; and 

19 (2) the good was not mined, produced, or manu20 factured wholly or in part by forced labor. 

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

22 every 180 days, the Commissioner shall submit to the ap23 propriate congressional committees and make available to 

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1 missioner declined to apply the presumption under sub2 section (a) during the preceding 180-day period. 

3 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner may prescribe 

4 regulations— 

5 (1) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub6 section (b); or 

7 (2) to amend any other regulations relating to 

8 withhold release orders in order to implement this sec9 tion. 

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

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

12 this Act. 

13 SEC. 6. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 

14 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO15 MOUS REGION. 

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

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

18 in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal 

19 agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees a report that includes a United States strategy to 

21 promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of 

22 and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono23 mous Region of the People’s Republic of China. 


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1 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The Secretary shall 

2 include in the report required by subsection (a) the fol3 lowing: 

4 (1) A plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral 

5 coordination, including sustained engagement with 

6 the governments of countries that are partners and al7 lies of the United States, to end the use of Uyghurs, 

8 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other 

9 persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono10 mous Region for forced labor. 

11 (2) A description of public affairs, public diplo12 macy, and counter-messaging efforts to promote 

13 awareness of the human rights situation, including 

14 with respect to forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

15 Autonomous Region. 

16 (3) A plan— 

17 (A) to coordinate and collaborate with ap18 propriate nongovernmental organizations and 

19 private sector entities to raise awareness about 

20 goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

21 or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

22 Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

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1 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and mem2 bers of other persecuted groups, including mem3 bers of such groups formerly detained in mass 

4 internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au5 tonomous Region. 

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

7 Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection 

8 (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of Commerce, 

9 the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of 

10 the Treasury, the following: 

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

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

13 China or affiliates of such entities that use or 

14 benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

15 Autonomous Region; and 

16 (B) foreign persons that act as agents of the 

17 entities or affiliates described in subparagraph 

18 (A) to import goods into the United States. 

19 (2) A plan for working with private sector enti20 ties seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to 

21 prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or 

22 manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor 

23 into the United States. 

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

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1 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing 

2 authorities, including— 

3 (A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

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

5 (B) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities 

6 Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 22 

7 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 

8 (C) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

9 Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 

10 Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

11 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

12 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi13 fied annex, if necessary. 

14 SEC. 7. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED 

15 LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO16 MOUS REGION. 

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

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

19 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(F) Serious human rights abuses in con22 nection with forced labor.’’. 

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

2 this Act; and 

3 (2) applies with respect to the first report re4 quired by section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human 

5 Rights Policy Act of 2020 submitted after such date 

6 of enactment. 

7 (c) TRANSITION RULE.— 

8 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi10 dent shall submit to the committees specified in sec11 tion 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act 

12 of 2020 a report that identifies each foreign person, 

13 including any official of the Government of the Peo14 ple’s Republic of China, that the President determines 

15 is responsible for serious human rights abuses in con16 nection with forced labor with respect to Uyghurs, 

17 Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other Muslim minor18 ity groups, or other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

19 Autonomous Region. 

20 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

21 shall impose sanctions under subsection (c) of section 

22 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 

23 with respect to each foreign person identified in the 

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1 sions of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of that sec2 tion. 

3 SEC. 8. SUNSET. 

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

5 earlier of— 

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

7 enactment of this Act; or 

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

9 the appropriate congressional committees a deter10 mination that the Government of the People’s Repub11 lic of China has ended mass internment, forced labor, 

12 and any other gross violations of human rights expe13 rienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 

14 members of other persecuted groups in the Xinjiang 

15 Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

16 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit20 tees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

22 Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 

23 on Ways and Means, and the Committee on 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

2 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

3 Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and the 

4 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern5 mental Affairs of the Senate. 

6 (2) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’— 

7 (A) has the meaning given that term in sec8 tion 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

9 1307); and 

10 (B) includes convict labor and indentured 

11 labor under penal sanctions. 

12 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per13 son’’ means a person that is not a United States per14 son. 

15 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in16 dividual or entity. 

17 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 

18 States person’’ means— 

19 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law20 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

21 United States; or 

22 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

23 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

24 United States, including a foreign branch of 

25 such an entity. 


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Calendar No. 87 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 65 

A BILL 

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 PeoJUNE 24, 2021 

Reported with an amendment 


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