[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4039 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4039


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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 available 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--
            (1) the Secretary--
                    (A) 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
                    (B) 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
            (2) 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--
            (1) 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;
            (2) any challenges in enforcing the requirements of this 
        section; and
            (3) a plan to improve enforcement of the requirements of 
        this section.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered entity'' means an entity listed 
        pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv), or (v) of section 
        2(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-78 (135 Stat. 1527) under the 
        strategy developed by section 2(c) of such Public Law 117-78.
            (2) The term ``forced labor'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

            Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.