3.0.0 4101 2022-12-31T05:17:14Z 2022-12-31T05:17:14Z Senate S 2022-04-27 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2022-12-15T19:19:59Z Markup by 2022-05-25T20:47:12Z Referred to 2022-04-27T23:48:34Z 2022-12-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661. Calendars 2022-12-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2022-12-15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2022-05-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2022-04-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2022-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2022-04-27 True 2022-09-01T15:48:00Z S. 4101, Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58446 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on May 25, 2022 International Affairs China Department of Commerce Employment and training programs Human rights U.S. and foreign investments International Affairs 00 2022-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-07T10:43:05Z Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to offer guidance to U.S. businesses, including those considering transactions with entities subject to the influence of countries where significant human rights abuses have occurred, about issues such as (1) the human rights abuses perpetuated by China's government, (2) risk factors that may be used to identify entities subject to the influence of governments implicated in human rights abuses, and (3) ways to avoid doing business with such entities.

Commerce must also provide training related to human rights issues to Commerce employees who provide counseling services to businesses.

]]> 25 2022-12-15 Reported to Senate 2022-12-23T15:46:37Z Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to offer guidance to U.S. businesses, including those considering transactions with entities subject to the influence of countries where significant human rights abuses have occurred, about issues such as (1) the human rights abuses perpetuated by China's government, (2) risk factors that may be used to identify entities subject to the influence of governments implicated in human rights abuses, and (3) ways to avoid doing business with such entities.

Commerce must also provide training related to human rights issues to Commerce employees who provide counseling services to businesses.

]]> Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022 Display Title Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Introduced Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4101rs/xml/BILLS-117s4101rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4101is/xml/BILLS-117s4101is.xml 2022-12-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.