H.R. 1724

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1724 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1724

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 6, 2025

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 authorized to be appropriated 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 May 5, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.