IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4039 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the use of funds supporting any activities within 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Dollars to Uyghur 
Forced Labor Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS SUPPORTING ANY 
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR 
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S RE-
PUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to the Depart-
ment of State or the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may be used to develop, design, 
plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, pro-
gram, or contract that knowingly uses goods, wares, arti-
cles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured 
wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion of the People’s Republic of China or produced by a 
covered entity, unless such activity is specifically author-
ized pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b) SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 
State may specifically authorize an activity otherwise pro-
hibited by subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary— 
(A) obtains in writing an assurance from 
the relevant program partner, implementor, or 
contractor that such partner, implementor, or 
contractor— 
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(i) will not use goods, wares, articles, 
or merchandise mined, produced, or manu-
factured wholly or in part in Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the PRC 
with respect to the program; and 
(ii) will develop a system to ensure 
compliance with the requirements in sub-
section (a); and 
(B) provides notice to the Chair and Rank-
ing Member of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate not later 
than 15 days before authorizing the activity; 
and 
(2) the activity is not otherwise prohibited. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a report on an annual basis for three years 
that describes— 
(1) all activities prohibited by subsection (a) 
that were carried out in violation of such prohibition 
and not specifically authorized pursuant to sub-
section (b) in the previous year; 
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(2) any challenges in enforcing the require-
ments of this section; and 
(3) a plan to improve enforcement of the re-
quirements of this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity 
listed pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of sec-
tion 2(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 117–78 (135 Stat. 
1527) under the strategy developed by section 2(c) 
of such Public Law 117–78. 
(2) The term ‘‘forced labor’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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