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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 re-
ferred 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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uyghur Forced Labor 
Disclosure Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 
THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13 of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(s) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT-
ING TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of 
the 180-day period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Commission shall issue 
rules to require each issuer required to file an an-
nual report under this section or section 15(d) or a 
proxy statement under section 14 to disclose in each 
such report or proxy statement whether, during the 
period covered by the report or proxy statement— 
‘‘(A) the issuer or any affiliate of the 
issuer, directly or indirectly, engaged with an 
entity or the affiliate of an entity to import— 
‘‘(i) manufactured goods, including 
electronics, food products, textiles, shoes, 
auto parts, polysilicon, and teas, that are 
sourced from or through the XUAR; 
‘‘(ii) manufactured goods containing 
materials that are sourced from or through 
the XUAR; or 
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‘‘(iii) goods manufactured by an entity 
engaged in labor transfers from the 
XUAR; 
‘‘(B) with respect to any goods or mate-
rials described under subparagraph (A), wheth-
er the goods or material originated in forced 
labor camps; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to each manufactured 
good or material described under subparagraph 
(A)— 
‘‘(i) the nature and extent of the com-
mercial activity related to such good or 
material; 
‘‘(ii) the gross revenue and net prof-
its, if any, attributable to the good or ma-
terial; and 
‘‘(iii) whether the issuer or the affil-
iate of the issuer intends to continue with 
such importation. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
Commission shall make all information disclosed 
pursuant to this subsection available to the public on 
the website of the Commission. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.— 
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‘‘(A) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.— 
The Commission shall— 
‘‘(i) conduct an annual assessment of 
the compliance of issuers with the require-
ments of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) issue a report to Congress con-
taining the results of the assessment re-
quired under clause (i). 
‘‘(B) GAO 
REPORT.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall periodically 
evaluate and report to Congress on the effec-
tiveness of the oversight by the Commission of 
the disclosure requirements under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FORCED
LABOR
CAMP.—The term 
‘forced labor camp’ means— 
‘‘(i) any entity engaged in the ‘mutual 
pairing assistance’ program which sub-
sidizes the establishment of manufacturing 
facilities in XUAR; 
‘‘(ii) any entity using convict labor, 
forced labor, or indentured labor described 
under section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 
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‘‘(iii) any other entity that the Com-
mission determines is appropriate. 
‘‘(B) XUAR.—The term ‘XUAR’ means 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—The amendment made by this section 
shall be repealed on the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 8 years after the date of the 
enactment of this section; or 
(2) the date on which the President submits to 
Congress (including the Office of the Law Revision 
Council) a determination that the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China has ended mass intern-
ment, forced labor, and any other gross violations of 
human rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, and members of other persecuted groups in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
Æ 
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