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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6270 
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 12, 2020 
Ms. WEXTON (for herself, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CARSON of 
Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Since early 2017, the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China has conducted a policy of 
disappearance, mass internment, and imprisonment 
of Turkic Muslims, particularly Uyghurs, in China’s 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). 
(2) Since 2014, Chinese authorities have de-
tained between 800,000 and possibly up to three 
million Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other 
ethnic minorities in forced education, training, and 
labor camps. 
(3) The bi-partisan, bi-cameral Congressional- 
Executive Commission on China’s 2019 Annual Re-
port found numerous reports of forced labor associ-
ated with government repression of ethnic minority 
groups in the XUAR. Detainees performed forced 
labor in factories both within and outside of intern-
ment camps in XUAR. 
(4) Radio Free Asia reported in January 2019 
that authorities had also sent Uyghurs and Kazakhs 
from the XUAR to other provinces in China for 
forced labor. 
(5) Comments in March 2018 from the presi-
dent of the China National Textile and Apparel 
Council suggested that textile manufacturers were 
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working with XUAR authorities to exploit forced 
labor. 
(6) Companies that work in the XUAR are at 
great risk of complicity in the human rights abuses 
being committed in the region. 
(7) In a March 2020 report, the Australian 
Strategic Policy Institute identified 27 factories in 
nine Chinese provinces that are using Uyghur labor 
transferred from Xinjiang. These factories indirectly 
supply global brands, including many American mul-
tinational companies. 
(8) Forced labor in XUAR is Chinese govern-
ment policy and due diligence efforts to ensure clean 
supply chains is nearly impossible due to mass sur-
veillance, pervasive police presence, and intimidation 
of workers. 
(9) The human rights policies, practices, and 
impacts of publicly traded companies in the United 
States are material to securities reporting. 
(10) An increasing percentage of investors con-
sider human rights risks as a part of their invest-
ment decision-making process. 
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SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 
THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION. 
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding 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, 
and teas, that originated in the XUAR; or 
‘‘(ii) manufactured goods containing 
materials that originated or are sourced in 
the XUAR; 
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‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(A) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.— 
The Commission shall— 
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‘‘(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 ‘pairing 
assistance’ program which subsidizes 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 
‘‘(iii) any other entity that the Com-
mission determines is appropriate. 
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