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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4840 
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 
JULY 24, 2023 
Ms. WEXTON (for herself, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHERRILL, and Ms. TITUS) 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 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. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING 
TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS 
REGION AS PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION 
OF SECURITIES ON AN EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) REPORTING 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— 
‘‘(A) to require an issuer filing an applica-
tion to register a security with a national secu-
rities exchange to— 
‘‘(i) include in such application the 
documentation described under paragraph 
(2); and 
‘‘(ii) to file the application and docu-
mentation with the Commission; 
‘‘(B) to require an issuer to file a report 
with the Commission containing the documenta-
tion described under paragraph (2) if the issuer 
is not listed on an exchange and merges with 
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another issuer that is listed on the exchange; 
and 
‘‘(C) to require an issuer filing a registra-
tion statement under subsection (g) to include 
with such statement the documentation de-
scribed under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED.—With re-
spect to an issuer, the documentation described 
under this paragraph is documentation showing 
whether the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer, di-
rectly or indirectly, contains within its supply or pro-
duction chain— 
‘‘(A) goods, wares, articles, or merchandise 
sourced from or through the XUAR, or mined, 
produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by 
forced labor identified by mandate of section 
2(d)(2)(B)(iv) of Public Law 117–78, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) the industries contained on the 
‘Illustrative List of Industries in Xinjiang 
in which Public Reporting has indicated 
Labor Abuses may be Taking Place’ in 
Annex 2 of the ‘Xinjiang Supply Chain 
Business Advisory’ (published July 13, 
2021) and any successor list; and 
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‘‘(ii) all products listed within ‘high- 
priority sectors for enforcement’ by the 
Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force 
pursuant to Public Law 117–78; or 
‘‘(B) goods, wares, articles, or merchandise 
that are mined, produced, or manufactured by 
an entity engaged in labor transfers from the 
XUAR or forced labor. 
‘‘(3) TRANSPARENT DOCUMENTATION OF SUP-
PLY
CHAIN
LINKS.—In issuing rules under para-
graph (1), the Commission shall require an issuer to 
list the name (in English and in the most commonly- 
spoken language of the country in which the issuer 
is incorporated, if other than English), address, and 
sourcing quantities from each smelter, refinery, 
farm, or manufacturing facility (as appropriate) of 
each person mining, producing, or manufacturing a 
good, ware, article, or merchandise described under 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) INDEPENDENT
VERIFICATION
OF
DOCU-
MENTATION.—In issuing rules under paragraph (1), 
the Commission shall require an issuer— 
‘‘(A) to obtain independent verification of 
the documentation described under paragraph 
(2), by a third-party auditor approved by the 
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