H.R. 1724

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To prohibit the use of funds supporting any activities within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Table of contents

• H.R. 1724
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Prohibition on use of funds supporting any activities within the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China

SEC. 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 Republic of China

• (a) In general
  • No funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development may be used to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, program, or contract that knowingly uses goods, wares, articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China or produced by a covered entity, unless such activity is specifically authorized pursuant to subsection (b).
• (b) Specific authorization
  • The Secretary of State may specifically authorize an activity otherwise prohibited by subsection (a) if—
    • the Secretary—
      • obtains in writing an assurance from the relevant program partner, implementor, or contractor that such partner, implementor, or contractor—
        • (i) will not use goods, wares, articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured 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 subsection (a); and
      • provides notice to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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
    • the activity is not otherwise prohibited.
• (c) Report
  • The Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on an annual basis for three years that describes—
    • all activities prohibited by subsection (a) that were carried out in violation of such prohibition and not specifically authorized pursuant to subsection (b) in the previous year;
    • any challenges in enforcing the requirements of this section; and
    • a plan to improve enforcement of the requirements of this section.
• (e) Definitions
  • In this section:
    • The term covered entity means an entity listed pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B) of (135 Stat. 1527) under the strategy developed by section 2(c) of such . Public Law 117–78; Public Law 117–78
    • The term forced labor has the meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (). 19 U.S.C. 1307