[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4039 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4039

   To prohibit the use of funds supporting any activities within the 
  Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

  Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 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) determines, by clear and convincing evidence, 
                that the good, ware, article, or merchandise was not 
                mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by 
                forced labor; 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) Congress has not otherwise prohibited the activity 
        pursuant to enactment of a joint resolution.
    (c) 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; 
        and
            (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).
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