An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.
- Last Action
- 2/22/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-16Held at the desk.
- 2021-07-16Received in the House.
- 2021-07-15Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2021-07-14Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4905-4908; text: CR S4906-4908)
- 2021-07-14Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S4905-4908; text: CR S4906-4908)
- 2021-06-24Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 87.
- 2021-06-24Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2021-06-24Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 2021-06-24Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- 2021-01-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2021-01-27Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-07-14 (55)
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
This bill imposes importation limits on goods produced using forced labor in China, especially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and imposes sanctions related to such forced labor.
The Department of Homeland Security shall report to Congress a strategy for preventing the importation of goods produced in China using forced labor. The strategy must contain certain information, including a list of entities working with the government in Xinjiang to move forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of Xinjiang.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall generally presume that goods produced by these entities and certain other entities, generally those sourcing material from Xinjiang or involved with Chinese government forced labor programs, are barred from importation into the United States.
The bill also expands existing asset- and visa-blocking sanctions related to Xinjiang to cover foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor.
The Department of State shall report to Congress a strategy to enhance international awareness of forced labor in Xinjiang and to address such forced labor.
Cosponsors (20)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Asia
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Customs enforcement
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Foreign property
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- International organizations and cooperation
- Labor standards
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Trade restrictions
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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