II 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6256 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 15, 2021 
Received 
AN ACT 
To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 
of China do not enter the United States market, and 
for other purposes. 
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. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to strengthen the prohibition against the 
importation of goods made with forced labor, includ-
ing by ensuring that the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China does not undermine the effective 
enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of 
all ‘‘goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, 
produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any 
foreign country by * * * forced labor’’; 
(2) to lead the international community in end-
ing forced labor practices wherever such practices 
occur through all means available to the United 
States Government, including by stopping the impor-
tation of any goods made with forced labor, includ-
ing those goods mined, produced, or manufactured 
wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-
mous 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, including those goods 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
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(4) to actively work to prevent, publicly de-
nounce, and end human trafficking including with 
respect to forced labor, whether sponsored by the 
government of a foreign country or not, and to re-
store the lives of those affected by human traf-
ficking, a modern form of slavery; 
(5) to regard the prevention of atrocities as it 
is in the national interest of the United States, in-
cluding efforts to prevent torture, enforced dis-
appearances, severe deprivation of liberty, including 
mass internment, arbitrary detention, and wide-
spread and systematic use of forced labor, and per-
secution targeting any identifiable ethnic or religious 
group; and 
(6) to address gross violations of human rights 
in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— 
(A) through bilateral diplomatic channels 
and multilateral institutions where both the 
United States and the People’s Republic of 
China are members; and 
(B) using all the authorities available to 
the United States Government, including visa 
and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and 
import controls. 
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SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION ON IMPOR-
TATION OF GOODS MADE THROUGH FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONO-
MOUS REGION. 
(a) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Forced 
Labor Enforcement Task Force, established under 
section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada 
Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4681), 
shall publish in the Federal Register a notice solic-
iting public comments on how best to ensure that 
goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or 
in part with forced labor in the People’s Republic of 
China, including by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Ti-
betans, and members of other persecuted groups in 
the People’s Republic of China, and especially in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, are not im-
ported into the United States. 
(2) PERIOD
FOR
COMMENT.—The Forced 
Labor Enforcement Task Force shall provide the 
public with not less than 45 days to submit com-
ments in response to the notice required by para-
graph (1). 
(b) PUBLIC HEARING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
the close of the period to submit comments under 
subsection (a)(2), the Forced Labor Enforcement 
Task Force shall conduct a public hearing inviting 
witnesses to testify with respect to the use of forced 
labor in the People’s Republic of China and potential 
measures, including the measures described in para-
graph (2), to prevent the importation of goods 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
with forced labor in the People’s Republic of China 
into the United States. 
(2) MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The measures de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
(A) measures that can be taken to trace 
the origin of goods, offer greater supply chain 
transparency, and identify third country supply 
chain routes for goods mined, produced, or 
manufactured wholly or in part with forced 
labor in the People’s Republic of China; and 
(B) other measures for ensuring that 
goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 
or in part with forced labor do not enter the 
United States. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY.—After receiving 
public comments under subsection (a) and holding the 
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hearing required by subsection (b), the Forced Labor En-
forcement Task Force, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Commerce and the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall develop a strategy for supporting enforcement of Sec-
tion 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) to 
prevent the importation into the United States of goods 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with 
forced labor in the People’s Republic of China. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under sub-
section (c) shall include the following: 
(1) A comprehensive assessment of the risk of 
importing goods mined, produced, or manufactured 
wholly or in part with forced labor in the People’s 
Republic of China, including 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, that identifies, to the extent fea-
sible— 
(A) threats, including through the poten-
tial involvement in supply chains of entities that 
may use forced labor, that could lead to the im-
portation into the United States from the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, including through third 
countries, of goods mined, produced, or manu-
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factured wholly or in part with forced labor; 
and 
(B) what procedures can be implemented 
or improved to reduce such threats. 
(2) A comprehensive description and evalua-
tion— 
(A) of ‘‘pairing assistance’’ and ‘‘poverty 
alleviation’’ or any other government labor 
scheme that includes the forced labor of 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem-
bers of other persecuted groups outside of the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar 
programs of the People’s Republic of China in 
which work or services are extracted from 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem-
bers of other persecuted groups through the 
threat of penalty or for which the Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of 
other persecuted groups have not offered them-
selves voluntarily; and 
(B) that includes— 
(i) a list of entities in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region that mine, 
produce, or manufacture wholly or in part 
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any goods, wares, articles and merchandise 
with forced labor; 
(ii) a list of entities working with the 
government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Auton-
omous Region to recruit, transport, trans-
fer, harbor or receive forced labor or 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of 
other 
persecuted 
groups 
out 
of 
the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(iii) a list of products mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
by entities on the list required by clause (i) 
or (ii); 
(iv) a list of entities that exported 
products described in clause (iii) from the 
People’s Republic of China into the United 
States; 
(v) a list of facilities and entities, in-
cluding the Xinjiang Production and Con-
struction Corps, that source material from 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 
or from persons working with the govern-
ment of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region or the Xinjiang Production and 
Construction Corps for purposes of the 
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‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pair-
ing-assistance’’ program or any other gov-
ernment labor scheme that uses forced 
labor; 
(vi) a plan for identifying additional 
facilities and entities described in clause 
(v); 
(vii) an enforcement plan for each 
such entity whose goods, wares articles, or 
merchandise are exported into the United 
States, which may include issuing withhold 
release orders to support enforcement of 
section 4 with respect to the entity; 
(viii) a list of high-priority sectors for 
enforcement, which shall include cotton, to-
matoes, and polysilicon; and 
(ix) an enforcement plan for each 
such high-priority sector. 
(3) Recommendations for efforts, initiatives, 
and tools and technologies to be adopted to ensure 
that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can accu-
rately identify and trace goods made in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region entering at any of the 
ports of the United States. 
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(4) A description of how U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection plans to enhance its use of legal 
authorities and other tools to ensure that no goods 
are entered at any of the ports of the United States 
in violation of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1307), including through the initiation of 
pilot programs to test the viability of technologies to 
assist in the examination of such goods. 
(5) A description of the additional resources 
necessary for U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to ensure that no goods are entered at any of the 
ports of the United States in violation of section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(6) Guidance to importers with respect to— 
(A) due diligence, effective supply chain 
tracing, and supply chain management meas-
ures to ensure that such importers do not im-
port any goods mined, produced, or manufac-
tured wholly or in part with forced labor from 
the People’s Republic of China, especially from 
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(B) the type, nature, and extent of evi-
dence that demonstrates that goods originating 
in the People’s Republic of China were not 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in 
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part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion; and 
(C) the type, nature, and extent of evi-
dence that demonstrates that goods originating 
in the People’s Republic of China, including 
goods detained or seized pursuant to section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1307), were not mined, produced, or manufac-
tured wholly or in part with forced labor. 
(7) A plan to coordinate and collaborate with 
appropriate nongovernmental organizations and pri-
vate sector entities to implement and update the 
strategy developed under subsection (c). 
(e) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Forced Labor Enforcement 
Task Force, in consultation with the Department of 
Commerce and the Director of National Intelligence, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that— 
(A) in the case of the first such report, 
sets forth the strategy developed under sub-
section (c); and 
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(B) in the case of any subsequent such re-
port, sets forth any updates to the strategy. 
(2) UPDATES OF CERTAIN MATTERS.—Not less 
frequently than annually after the submission under 
paragraph (1)(A) of the strategy developed under 
subsection (c), the Forced Labor Enforcement Task 
Force shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees updates to the strategy with respect to 
the matters described in clauses (i) through (ix) of 
subsection (d)(2)(B). 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex, if nec-
essary. 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified 
portion of each report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be made available to the public. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit the application of regula-
tions in effect on or measures taken before the date of 
the enactment of this Act to prevent the importation of 
goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
with forced labor into the United States, including with-
hold release orders issued before such date of enactment. 
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SEC. 3. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT IMPORT PROHI-
BITION APPLIES TO GOODS MINED, PRO-
DUCED, 
OR 
MANUFACTURED 
IN 
THE 
XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION 
OR BY CERTAIN ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection shall, except as provided by 
subsection (b), apply a presumption that, with respect to 
any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 
China or produced by an entity on a list required by clause 
(i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B)— 
(1) the importation of such goods, wares, arti-
cles, and merchandise is prohibited under section 
307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and 
(2) such goods, wares, articles, and merchan-
dise are not entitled to entry at any of the ports of 
the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The Commissioner shall apply the 
presumption under subsection (a) unless the Commis-
sioner determines— 
(1) that the importer of record has— 
(A) fully complied with the guidance de-
scribed in section 2(d)(6) and any regulations 
issued to implement that guidance; and 
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(B) 
completely 
and 
substantively 
re-
sponded to all inquiries for information sub-
mitted by the Commissioner to ascertain wheth-
er the goods were mined, produced, or manufac-
tured wholly or in part with forced labor; and 
(2) by clear and convincing evidence, that the 
good, ware, article, or merchandise was not mined, 
produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by 
forced labor. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Commissioner shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
make available to the public, not later than 30 days after 
making a determination of an exception under subsection 
(b), a report identifying the good and the evidence consid-
ered under subsection (b). 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Commissioner may pre-
scribe regulations— 
(1) to implement paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (b); or 
(2) to amend any other regulations relating to 
withhold release orders in order to implement this 
section. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. 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 the People’s 
Republic 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, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted 
groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 
(2) a description of public affairs, public diplo-
macy, and counter-messaging efforts to promote 
awareness of the human rights situation, including 
forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region; and 
(3) a plan— 
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(A) to coordinate and collaborate with ap-
propriate nongovernmental organizations and 
private sector entities to raise awareness about 
goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly 
or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 
(B) to provide humanitarian assistance, in-
cluding with respect to resettlement and advo-
cacy 
for 
imprisoned 
family 
members, 
to 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and 
members of other persecuted groups, including 
members of such groups formerly detained in 
mass internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
Autonomous Region. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The 
Secretary shall include in the report required by sub-
section (a), based on consultations with the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the following— 
(1) to the extent practicable, a list of— 
(A) entities in the People’s Republic of 
China or affiliates of such entities that use or 
benefit from forced labor in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region; and 
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(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. 
(2) A plan for working with private sector enti-
ties seeking to conduct supply chain due diligence to 
prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, 
or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor 
into the United States. 
(3) A plan 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. 
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