SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uyghur Forced Labor 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion of China, the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China has, since 2017, arbitrarily detained 
as many as 1.8 million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 
and members of other Muslim minority groups in a 
system of extrajudicial mass internment camps, in 
addition to arbitrarily detaining many in formal 
prisons and detention centers, and has subjected de-
tainees to forced labor, torture, political indoctrina-
tion, and other severe human rights abuses. 
(2) Forced labor exists within the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region’s system of mass in-
ternment camps, and throughout the region, and is 
confirmed by the testimony of former camp detain-
ees, satellite imagery, official media reports, publicly 
available documents, official statements, and official 
leaked documents from the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China as part of a targeted cam-
paign of repression of Muslim ethnic minorities. 
(3) In addition to reports from researchers and 
civil society groups documenting evidence that many
factories and other suppliers in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region are exploiting forced labor, the 
Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 
Security on July 22, 2020, added eleven entities to 
the entity list after determining the entities had 
been ‘‘implicated in human rights violations and 
abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of 
repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor 
and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority 
groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion’’. 
(4) Audits and efforts to vet products and sup-
ply chains in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion are unreliable due to the extent forced labor 
has been integrated into the regional economy, the 
mixing of involuntary labor with voluntary labor, the 
inability of witnesses to speak freely about working 
conditions given government surveillance and coer-
cion, and the incentive of government officials to 
conceal government-sponsored forced labor. 
(5) The Department of State’s June 2020 Traf-
ficking in Persons Report found that ‘‘Authorities 
offer subsidies incentivizing Chinese companies to 
open factories in close proximity to the internment
camps, and to receive transferred detainees at sat-
ellite manufacturing sites in other provinces. Local 
governments receive additional funds for each in-
mate forced to work in these sites at a fraction of 
minimum wage or without any compensation.’’. 
(6) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has 
issued 11 ‘‘Withhold Release Orders’’ on products 
suspected to be produced with prison or forced labor 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Prod-
ucts subject to the ‘‘Withhold Release Orders’’ in-
clude all cotton, cotton products, tomatoes, and to-
mato products as well as certain garments, hair 
products, apparel, computer parts, and other prod-
ucts. 
(7) In its 2019 Annual Report, the Congres-
sional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) 
found that products reportedly produced with forced 
labor by current and former mass internment camp 
detainees included textiles, electronics, food prod-
ucts, shoes, tea, and handicrafts. 
(8) Reports in 2020 indicated that, in recent 
years, People’s Republic of China Government au-
thorities had organized a labor training and transfer 
system on a mass scale. Under this system, hun-
dreds of thousands of rural residents of the Tibet
Autonomous Region participated in ‘‘military-style’’ 
training, ideological education, and vocational train-
ing before being transferred to job postings in the 
Tibetan Autonomous Region or elsewhere in China. 
The similarity of the Tibet Autonomous Region sys-
tem to that in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion raised fears that coercive practices or rights 
abuses may be taking place in the Tibet Autonomous 
Region. 
(9) Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1307) states that it is illegal to import into 
the United States ‘‘goods, wares, articles, and mer-
chandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 
or in part’’ by forced labor. Such merchandise is 
subject to exclusion or seizure and may lead to 
criminal investigation of the importer. 
(10) The policies of the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China are in contravention of inter-
national human rights instruments signed by that 
government, including— 
(A) the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights and the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, which the People’s Repub-
lic of China has signed but not yet ratified;
(B) the International Covenant on Eco-
nomic, Social, and Cultural Rights, ratified by 
the People’s Republic of China in 2001; and 
(C) the United Nations Protocol to Pre-
vent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Per-
sons, Especially Women and Children (Palermo 
Protocol), to which the People’s Republic of 
China has been a state party since February 
2010. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to prohibit the import of all goods, wares, 
articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manu-
factured, wholly or in part, by forced labor from the 
People’s Republic of China and particularly any such 
goods, wares, articles, or merchandise produced in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China; 
(2) to encourage the international community 
to reduce the import of any goods made with forced 
labor from the People’s Republic of China, particu-
larly those goods mined, manufactured, or produced 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(3) to coordinate with Mexico and Canada to ef-
fectively implement Article 23.6 of the United 
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to prohibit the im-
portation of goods produced in whole or in part by 
forced or compulsory labor, which includes goods 
produced in whole or in part by forced or compul-
sory labor in the People’s Republic of China; 
(4) to actively work to prevent, publicly de-
nounce, and end human trafficking as a horrific as-
sault on human dignity and to restore the lives of 
those affected by human trafficking, a modern form 
of slavery; 
(5) to regard the prevention of atrocities as in 
its national interest, including efforts to prevent tor-
ture, enforced disappearances, severe deprivation of 
liberty, including mass internment, arbitrary deten-
tion, and widespread and systematic use of forced 
labor, and persecution targeting any identifiable eth-
nic or religious group; and 
(6) to address gross violations of human rights 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region through 
bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral insti-
tutions where both the United States and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China are members and with all 
the authorities available to the United States Gov-
ernment, including visa and financial sanctions, ex-
port restrictions, and import controls.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE 
IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 
produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, or by per-
sons working with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion government for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ 
program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program which sub-
sidizes the establishment of manufacturing facilities in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, shall be deemed to 
be goods, wares, articles, and merchandise described in 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) 
and shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of 
the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in sub-
section (a) shall not apply if the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection— 
(1) determines, by clear and convincing evi-
dence, that any specific goods, wares, articles, or 
merchandise described in subsection (a) were not 
produced wholly or in part by convict labor, forced 
labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions; 
and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees and makes available to the public a re-
port that contains such determination. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date that is 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO-
MOUS REGION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Forced Labor En-
forcement Task Force, established under section 741 of 
the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementa-
tion Act (19 U.S.C. 4681), shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains an en-
forcement strategy to effectively address forced labor in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China or 
products made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, 
or members of other persecuted groups through forced 
labor in any other part of the People’s Republic of China. 
The enforcement strategy shall describe the specific en-
forcement plans of the United States Government regard-
ing— 
(1) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise de-
scribed in section 4(a) that are imported into the
United States directly 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; 
(2) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise de-
scribed in section 4(a) that are imported into the 
United States from the People’s Republic of China 
and are mined, produced, or manufactured in part 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or by 
persons working with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region government or the Xinjiang Production 
and Construction Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty 
alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ pro-
gram; and 
(3) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise de-
scribed in section 4(a) that are imported into the 
United States from third countries and are mined, 
produced, or manufactured in part in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region or by persons working 
with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region gov-
ernment or the Xinjiang Production and Construc-
tion Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ 
program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program.
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the actions taken by the 
United States Government to address forced labor in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under sec-
tion 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307), including a description of all Withhold Re-
lease Orders issued, goods detained, and fines 
issued. 
(2) A list of products made wholly or in part 
by forced or involuntary labor in 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, and a list of businesses that sold 
products in the United States made wholly or in 
part by forced or involuntary labor in 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. 
(3) A list of facilities and entities, including the 
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, that 
source material from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous Region or by persons working with the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region government or 
the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for 
purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the 
‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program, a plan for identifying 
additional such facilities and entities, and facility- 
and entity-specific enforcement plans, including 
issuing specific Withhold Release Orders to support 
enforcement of section 4, with regard to each listed 
facility or entity. 
(4) A list of high-priority sectors for enforce-
ment, 
which 
shall 
include 
cotton, 
tomatoes, 
polysilicon, and a sector-specific enforcement plan 
for each high-priority sector. 
(5) A description of the additional resources 
necessary for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to effectively implement the enforcement strategy. 
(6) A plan to coordinate and collaborate with 
appropriate nongovernmental organizations and pri-
vate sector entities to discuss the enforcement strat-
egy for products made in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-
tonomous Region. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex, if necessary.
(d) UPDATES.—The Forced Labor Enforcement 
Task Force shall provide briefings to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on a quarterly basis and, as applica-
ble, on any updates to the strategy required by subsection 
(a) or any additional actions taken to address forced labor 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including ac-
tions described in this Act. 
(e) SUNSET.—This section 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 deter-
mination that the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China has ended mass internment, forced 
labor, and any other gross violations of human 
rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 
and members of other Muslim minority groups in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
SEC. 6. DETERMINATION RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST 
HUMANITY OR GENOCIDE 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 
shall—
(1) determine if the practice of forced labor or 
other crimes against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 
and members of other Muslim minority groups in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China 
can be considered systematic and widespread and 
therefore constitutes crimes against humanity or 
constitutes genocide as defined in subsection (a) of 
section 1091 of title 18, United States Code; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and make available to the public a report 
that contains such determination. 
(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a)— 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may include a classified annex, if necessary; and 
(2) may be included in the report required by 
section 7. 
SEC. 7. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO-
MOUS 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 Fed-
eral departments and agencies, shall submit to the appro-
priate 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 China. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired 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 al-
lies, to end forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority 
groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(2) 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) opportunities to coordinate and collaborate 
with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and 
private sector entities to raise awareness about 
forced labor made products from the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region and to provide assist-
ance to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups, including those for-
merly detained in mass internment camps in the re-
gion. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The 
report required by subsection (a) shall also include—
(1) to the extent practicable, a list of— 
(A) entities in the People’s Republic of 
China or affiliates of such entities that directly 
or indirectly use forced or involuntary 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; and 
(2) a description 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 Atroc-
ities 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 shall include 
any updates to the strategy required by subsection (a) in 
the annual Trafficking in Persons report required by sec-
tion 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
(f) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have effect 
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 deter-
mination that the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China has ended mass internment, forced 
labor, and any other gross violations of human 
rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, 
and members of other Muslim minority groups in 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
SEC. 8. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO-
MOUS REGION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
less frequently than annually thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that identifies each foreign per-
son, including any official of the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China, that the President deter-
mines— 
(A) knowingly engages in, is responsible 
for, or facilitates the forced labor of Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus-
lim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region of China; and 
(B) knowingly engages in, contributes to, 
assists, or provides financial, material or tech-
nological support for efforts to contravene 
United States law regarding the importation of 
forced labor goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region. 
(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to each foreign person identified in the report re-
quired under subsection (a)(1). 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following:
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described 
in subsection (a)(1) is subject to revocation 
of any visa or other entry documentation 
regardless of when the visa or other entry 
documentation is or was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign person that 
violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
causes a violation of paragraph (1) to the same ex-
tent that such penalties apply to a person that com-