[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2358 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2358

     To amend the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 to impose 
 additional sanctions relating to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang 
                       Uyghur Autonomous Region.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2023

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 to impose 
 additional sanctions relating to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang 
                       Uyghur Autonomous Region.

    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 ``Sanctioning Supporters of Slave 
Labor Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS 
              ABUSES IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.

    (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 
2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Additional matters to be included.--The President 
        shall include in the report required by paragraph (1) an 
        identification of--
                    ``(A) each foreign person that knowingly provides 
                material support to or for a person identified in such 
                report; and
                    ``(B) each foreign person that knowingly engages in 
                a significant transaction relating to any of the acts 
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph 
                (1).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (a)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)--
            (1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) apply with respect to each report required by section 
        6(a) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 submitted 
        before, on, or after such date of enactment.
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