H. R. 6256 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

It is the policy of the United States— 

(1) to strengthen the prohibition against the importation 

of goods made with forced labor, including by ensuring that 

the Government of the People’s Republic of China does not 

undermine the effective enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation 

of all ‘‘goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced 

or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by 

* * * forced labor’’; 

(2) to lead the international community in ending forced 

labor practices wherever such practices occur through all means 

available to the United States Government, including by stopping the importation of any goods made with forced labor, 

including those goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

(3) to coordinate with Mexico and Canada to effectively 

implement Article 23.6 of the United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement to prohibit the importation of goods produced in 

whole or in part by forced or compulsory labor, including those 

goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

(4) to actively work to prevent, publicly denounce, and 

end human trafficking including with respect to forced labor, 

whether sponsored by the government of a foreign country 

or not, and to restore the lives of those affected by human 

trafficking, a modern form of slavery; 

(5) to regard the prevention of atrocities as it is in the 

national interest of the United States, including efforts to prevent torture, enforced disappearances, severe deprivation of 

liberty, including mass internment, arbitrary detention, and 

widespread and systematic use of forced labor, and persecution 

targeting any identifiable ethnic or religious group; and 

(6) to address gross violations of human rights in the 

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— 

(A) through bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral institutions where both the United States and the 

People’s Republic of China are members; and 
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(B) using all the authorities available to the United 

States Government, including visa and financial sanctions, 

export restrictions, and import controls. 

SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF 

GOODS MADE THROUGH FORCED LABOR IN THE XINJIANG 

UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION. 

(a) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Forced Labor Enforcement 

Task Force, established under section 741 of the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 

4681), shall publish in the Federal Register a notice soliciting 

public comments on how best to ensure that goods mined, 

produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor 

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

Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted 

groups in the People’s Republic of China, and especially in 

the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, are not imported 

into the United States. 

(2) PERIOD FOR COMMENT.—The Forced Labor Enforcement 

Task Force shall provide the public with not less than 45 

days to submit comments in response to the notice required 

by paragraph (1). 

(b) PUBLIC HEARING.— 

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

of the period to submit comments under subsection (a)(2), the 

Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force shall conduct a public 

hearing inviting witnesses to testify with respect to the use 

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

measures, including the measures described in paragraph (2), 

to prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in the People’s 

Republic of China into the United States. 

(2) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures described in this 

paragraph are— 

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

of goods, offer greater supply chain transparency, and identify third country supply chain routes for goods mined, 

produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced 

labor in the People’s Republic of China; and 

(B) other measures for ensuring that goods mined, 

produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced 

labor do not enter the United States. 

(c) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—After receiving public comments under subsection (a) and holding the hearing required by 

subsection (b), the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of 

National Intelligence, shall develop a strategy for supporting 

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

1307) to prevent the importation into the United States of goods 

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

labor in the People’s Republic of China. 

(d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under subsection (c) 

shall include the following: 

(1) A comprehensive assessment of the risk of importing 

goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
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with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China, including 

from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or made by 

Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups in any other part of the People’s Republic of 

China, that identifies, to the extent feasible— 

(A) threats, including through the potential involvement in supply chains of entities that may use forced 

labor, that could lead to the importation into the United 

States from the People’s Republic of China, including 

through third countries, of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor; and 

(B) what procedures can be implemented or improved 

to reduce such threats. 

(2) A comprehensive description and evaluation— 

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

or any other government labor scheme that includes the 

forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 

members of other persecuted groups outside of the Xinjiang 

Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar programs of the 

People’s Republic of China in which work or services are 

extracted from Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or 

members of other persecuted groups through the threat 

of penalty or for which the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 

Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups have not 

offered themselves voluntarily; and 

(B) that includes— 

(i) a list of entities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region that mine, produce, or manufacture 

wholly or in part any goods, wares, articles and merchandise with forced labor; 

(ii) a list of entities working with the government 

of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to recruit, 

transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or 

Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 

Region; 

(iii) a list of products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by entities on the list required 

by clause (i) or (ii); 

(iv) a list of entities that exported products 

described in clause (iii) from the People’s Republic 

of China into the United States; 

(v) a list of facilities and entities, including the 

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, that 

source material from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 

Region or from persons working with the government 

of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or the 

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the 

‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program or any other government 

labor scheme that uses forced labor; 

(vi) a plan for identifying additional facilities and 

entities described in clause (v); 

(vii) an enforcement plan for each such entity 

whose goods, wares articles, or merchandise are 

exported into the United States, which may include 
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issuing withhold release orders to support enforcement 

of section 4 with respect to the entity; 

(viii) a list of high-priority sectors for enforcement, 

which shall include cotton, tomatoes, and polysilicon; 

and 

(ix) an enforcement plan for each such high-priority sector. 

(3) Recommendations for efforts, initiatives, and tools and 

technologies to be adopted to ensure that U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection can accurately identify and trace goods made 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region entering at any 

of the ports of the United States. 

(4) A description of how U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to enhance its use of legal authorities and other 

tools to ensure that no goods are entered at any of the ports 

of the United States in violation of section 307 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including through the initiation 

of pilot programs to test the viability of technologies to assist 

in the examination of such goods. 

(5) A description of the additional resources necessary for 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that no goods 

are entered at any of the ports of the United States in violation 

of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

(6) Guidance to importers with respect to— 

(A) due diligence, effective supply chain tracing, and 

supply chain management measures to ensure that such 

importers do not import any goods mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor from 

the People’s Republic of China, especially from the Xinjiang 

Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

(B) the type, nature, and extent of evidence that demonstrates that goods originating in the People’s Republic 

of China were not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 

or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

and 

(C) the type, nature, and extent of evidence that demonstrates that goods originating in the People’s Republic 

of China, including goods detained or seized pursuant to 

section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), 

were not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 

part with forced labor. 

(7) A plan to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate 

nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to 

implement and update the strategy developed under subsection 

(c). 

(e) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, in consultation with 

the Department of Commerce and the Director of National 

Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report that— 

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

the strategy developed under subsection (c); and 

(B) in the case of any subsequent such report, sets 

forth any updates to the strategy. 
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(2) UPDATES OF CERTAIN MATTERS.—Not less frequently 

than annually after the submission under paragraph (1)(A) 

of the strategy developed under subsection (c), the Forced Labor 

Enforcement Task Force shall submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees updates to the strategy with respect 

to the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of subsection 

(d)(2)(B). 

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

(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

a classified annex, if necessary. 

(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of each 

report required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to 

the public. 

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

construed to limit the application of regulations in effect on or 

measures taken before the date of the enactment of this Act to 

prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured 

wholly or in part with forced labor into the United States, including 

withhold release orders issued before such date of enactment. 

SEC. 3. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IMPORT PROHIBITION 

APPLIES TO GOODS MINED, PRODUCED, OR MANUFACTURED 

IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OR BY 

CERTAIN ENTITIES. 

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

Border Protection shall, except as provided by subsection (b), apply 

a presumption that, with respect to any goods, wares, articles, 

and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 

part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s 

Republic of China or produced by an entity on a list required 

by clause (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B)— 

(1) the importation of such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 

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

(2) such goods, wares, articles, and merchandise are not 

entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The Commissioner shall apply the presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commissioner determines— 

(1) that the importer of record has— 

(A) fully complied with the guidance described in section 2(d)(6) and any regulations issued to implement that 

guidance; and 

(B) completely and substantively responded to all 

inquiries for information submitted by the Commissioner 

to ascertain whether the goods were mined, produced, or 

manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor; and 

(2) by clear and convincing evidence, that the good, ware, 

article, or merchandise was not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor. 

(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Commissioner shall submit to the 

appropriate congressional committees and make available to the 

public, not later than 30 days after making a determination of 

an exception under subsection (b), a report identifying the good 

and the evidence considered under subsection (b). 

(d) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner may prescribe regulations— 
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(1) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b); 

or 

(2) to amend any other regulations relating to withhold 

release orders in order to implement this section. 

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

that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 4. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED LABOR IN THE 

XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION. 

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

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 

with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

report that contains a United States strategy to promote initiatives 

to enhance international awareness of and to address forced labor 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 

of China. 

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include— 

(1) a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral coordination, including sustained engagement with the governments 

of United States partners and allies, to end forced labor of 

Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other 

persecuted groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 

(2) a description of public affairs, public diplomacy, and 

counter-messaging efforts to promote awareness of the human 

rights situation, including forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region; and 

(3) a plan— 

(A) to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to 

raise awareness about goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang 

Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

(B) to provide humanitarian assistance, including with 

respect to resettlement and advocacy for imprisoned family 

members, to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 

members of other persecuted groups, including members 

of such groups formerly detained in mass internment camps 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

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

shall include in the report required by subsection (a), based on 

consultations with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury, the following— 

(1) to the extent practicable, a list of— 

(A) entities in the People’s Republic of China or affiliates of such entities that use or benefit from forced labor 

in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 

(B) Foreign persons that acted as agents of the entities 

or affiliates of entities described in subparagraph (A) to 

import goods into the United States. 

(2) A plan for working with private sector entities seeking 

to conduct supply chain due diligence to prevent the importation 

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

with forced labor into the United States. 
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(3) A plan of actions taken by the United States Government to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing authorities, including— 

(A) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(Public Law 106–386; 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 

(B) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention 

Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); 

and 

(C) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, 

if necessary. 

(e) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State may include any updates 

to the strategy required by subsection (a) in the annual Trafficking 

in Persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking 

Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 

SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED LABOR IN 

THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION. 

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

Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) Serious human rights abuses in connection with 

forced labor.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made 

by subsection (a)— 

(1) takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 

and 

(2) applies with respect to the first report required by 

section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 

submitted after such date of enactment. 

(c) TRANSITION RULE.— (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

to the committees specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur 

Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 a report that identifies each 

foreign person, including any official of the Government of 

the People’s Republic of China, that the President determines 

is responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection 

with forced labor with respect to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 

or members of other persecuted groups, or other persons in 

the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

(2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall impose 

sanctions under subsection (c) of section 6 of the Uyghur Human 

Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to each foreign person 

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

the provisions of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of that section. 

SEC. 6. SUNSET. 

Sections 3, 4, and 5 shall cease to have effect on the earlier 

of— 

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

of this Act; or 

(2) the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a determination that the 

Government of the People’s Republic of China has ended mass 

internment, forced labor, and any other gross violations of 
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human rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 

Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups in the 

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means 

and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

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

(A) has the meaning given that term in section 307 

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

(B) includes convict labor and indentured labor under 

penal sanctions. 

(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 

a person that is not a United States person. 

(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 

entity. 

(5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 

admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 

or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the United States, 

including a foreign branch of such an entity. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.