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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2072 

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make 

certain disclosures relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Ms. WEXTON (for herself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. 

HASTINGS, and Mr. CARSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 

issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the 

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 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 Disclosure Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 

2 THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE3 GION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Securities Ex5 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(s) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT8 ING TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of 

10 the 180-day period beginning on the date of enact11 ment of this subsection, the Commission shall issue 

12 rules to require each issuer required to file an an13 nual report under this section or section 15(d) or a 

14 proxy statement under section 14 to disclose in each 

15 such report or proxy statement whether, during the 

16 period covered by the report or proxy statement— 

17 ‘‘(A) the issuer or any affiliate of the 

18 issuer, directly or indirectly, engaged with an 

19 entity or the affiliate of an entity to import— 

20 ‘‘(i) manufactured goods, including 

21 electronics, food products, textiles, shoes, 

22 auto parts, polysilicon, and teas, that are 

23 sourced from or through the XUAR; 

24 ‘‘(ii) manufactured goods containing 

25 materials that are sourced from or through 

26 the XUAR; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) goods manufactured by an entity 

2 engaged in labor transfers from the 

3 XUAR; 

4 ‘‘(B) with respect to any goods or mate5 rials described under subparagraph (A), wheth6 er the goods or material originated in forced 

7 labor camps; and 

8 ‘‘(C) with respect to each manufactured 

9 good or material described under subparagraph 

10 (A)— 

11 ‘‘(i) the nature and extent of the com12 mercial activity related to such good or 

13 material; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the gross revenue and net prof15 its, if any, attributable to the good or ma16 terial; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) whether the issuer or the affil18 iate of the issuer intends to continue with 

19 such importation. 

20 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 

21 Commission shall make all information disclosed 

22 pursuant to this subsection available to the public on 

23 the website of the Commission. 

24 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

2 The Commission shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) conduct an annual assessment of 

4 the compliance of issuers with the require5 ments of this subsection; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) issue a report to Congress con7 taining the results of the assessment re8 quired under clause (i). 

9 ‘‘(B) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller 

10 General of the United States shall periodically 

11 evaluate and report to Congress on the effec12 tiveness of the oversight by the Commission of 

13 the disclosure requirements under this sub14 section. 

15 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) FORCED LABOR CAMP.—The term 

17 ‘forced labor camp’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) any entity engaged in the ‘mutual 

19 pairing assistance’ program which sub20 sidizes the establishment of manufacturing 

21 facilities in XUAR; 

22 ‘‘(ii) any entity using convict labor, 

23 forced labor, or indentured labor described 

24 under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 

25 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) any other entity that the Com2 mission determines is appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(B) XUAR.—The term ‘XUAR’ means 

4 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.’’. 

5 (b) REPEAL.—The amendment made by this section 

6 shall be repealed on the earlier of— 

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

8 enactment of this section; or 

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

10 Congress (including the Office of the Law Revision 

11 Council) a determination that the Government of the 

12 People’s Republic of China has ended mass intern13 ment, forced labor, and any other gross violations of 

14 human rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 

15 Kyrgyz, and members of other persecuted groups in 

16 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

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