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117th Congress · HOUSE BILLENACTED

H.R. 6256 — 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.

“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.”

International affairs
Introduced Dec 14, 2021
Last action Dec 23, 2021
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Dec 14, 2021
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Referred
Dec 14, 2021
Foreign Affairs · Judiciary · Ways & Means
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Committee
Dec 14, 2021
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House floor
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Senate
Dec 16, 2021
Passed Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
Dec 23, 2021
SummaryCRS Summary

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 Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force 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 (1) producing goods in Xinjiang using forced labor; or (2) 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 prod...

Provisions · 7 sectionsEnrolled
Similar Bills · 1 matches
BillText overlapStatus
S. 65— Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
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INCORPORATED
Timeline · 15 actions
Dec 23, 2021
Signed by President.
Dec 23, 2021
Became Public Law No: 117-78.
Dec 20, 2021
Presented to President.
Dec 16, 2021
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 16, 2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 15, 2021
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Dec 14, 2021
Introduced in House
Dec 14, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 14, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 14, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 14, 2021
Mr. Meeks moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 14, 2021
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Dec 14, 2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6256.
Dec 14, 2021
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Dec 14, 2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.