No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act

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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4039.RFS H4039 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 HR 4039 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Dollars to Uyghur 2 Forced Labor Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS SUPPORTING ANY 4 ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR 5 AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S RE- 6 PUBLIC OF CHINA. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to the Depart- 8 ment of State or the United States Agency for Inter- 9 national Development may be used to develop, design, 10 plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, pro- 11 gram, or contract that knowingly uses goods, wares, arti- 12 cles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured 13 wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- 14 gion of the People’s Republic of China or produced by a 15 covered entity, unless such activity is specifically author- 16 ized pursuant to subsection (b). 17 (b) SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 18 State may specifically authorize an activity otherwise pro- 19 hibited by subsection (a) if— 20 (1) the Secretary— 21 (A) obtains in writing an assurance from 22 the relevant program partner, implementor, or 23 contractor that such partner, implementor, or 24 contractor— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4039.RFS H4039 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 HR 4039 RFS (i) will not use goods, wares, articles, 1 or merchandise mined, produced, or manu- 2 factured wholly or in part in Xinjiang 3 Uyghur Autonomous Region of the PRC 4 with respect to the program; and 5 (ii) will develop a system to ensure 6 compliance with the requirements in sub- 7 section (a); and 8 (B) provides notice to the Chair and Rank- 9 ing Member of the Committee on Foreign Af- 10 fairs of the House of Representatives and the 11 Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee 12 on Foreign Relations of the Senate not later 13 than 15 days before authorizing the activity; 14 and 15 (2) the activity is not otherwise prohibited. 16 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 17 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep- 18 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 19 the Senate a report on an annual basis for three years 20 that describes— 21 (1) all activities prohibited by subsection (a) 22 that were carried out in violation of such prohibition 23 and not specifically authorized pursuant to sub- 24 section (b) in the previous year; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4039.RFS H4039 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 HR 4039 RFS (2) any challenges in enforcing the require- 1 ments of this section; and 2 (3) a plan to improve enforcement of the re- 3 quirements of this section. 4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 5 (1) The term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity 6 listed pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of sec- 7 tion 2(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 117–78 (135 Stat. 8 1527) under the strategy developed by section 2(c) 9 of such Public Law 117–78. 10 (2) The term ‘‘forced labor’’ has the meaning 11 given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 12 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 13 Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2024. Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Feb 26, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4039.RFS H4039 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS