[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4567 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4567

 To amend Public Law 117-78 to strengthen the requirements under that 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

    Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
 Committees on Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend Public Law 117-78 to strengthen the requirements under that 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Strengthening the Uyghur Forced 
Labor Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 117-78.

    (a) Strategy.--Section 2 of Public Law 117-78 (135 Stat. 1526) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``of `pairing 
                assistance' and `poverty alleviation' or any other 
                government labor scheme that includes the forced labor 
                of'' and inserting ``of all state-sponsored labor 
                programs, including programs associated with `surplus 
                labor transfer', `poverty alleviation', `mutual aid', 
                `Xinjiang Aid', and `re-education' programs 
                targeting''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by adding at the end 
                        before the semicolon the following: ``or 
                        receive labor under any of the programs 
                        described in subparagraph (A)'';
                            (ii) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(ii) a list of entities working with the 
                        regional, prefectural, county, or local 
                        government agencies of the Xinjiang Uyghur 
                        Autonomous Region or the Xinjiang Production 
                        and Construction Corps to recruit, transport, 
                        transfer, harbor, or receive forced labor under 
                        any of the programs described in subparagraph 
                        (A) outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
                        Region;'';
                            (iii) in clause (iv), by striking 
                        ``described in clause (iii)'' and inserting 
                        ``mined or manufactured by entities listed in 
                        clause (i) or (ii)''; and
                            (iv) by amending clause (v) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(v) a list of facilities and entities 
                        outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
                        Region that source material from the Xinjiang 
                        Uyghur Autonomous Region or from persons or 
                        entities working with regional, prefectural, 
                        county, or local government agencies of the 
                        Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or the 
                        Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps or 
                        receive labor under any of the programs 
                        described in subparagraph (A);''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``Each such update--
                    ``(A) shall give effect to all determinations made 
                by U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding whether 
                the statutory prerequisites for the rebuttable 
                presumption under section 3 have been met, whether any 
                such presumption has been rebutted, and which companies 
                have exported goods found to be made in the Xinjiang 
                Uyghur Autonomous Region; and
                    ``(B) may include additional entities, facilities, 
                and products to, or removal of entities, facilities, 
                and products from, the lists required by clauses (i), 
                (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of subsection (d)(2)(B), and 
                may include revisions to the processes and standards 
                for doing so, provided that such processes and 
                standards are explained fully in the revised strategy 
                and that they do not impede giving effect to 
                determinations made by U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection as required by subsection (d)(2)(A).''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 7(2) of Public Law 117-78 (135 Stat. 
1532) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) includes all state-imposed labor programs, 
                including programs associated with `surplus labor 
                transfer', `poverty alleviation', `mutual aid', 
                `Xinjiang Aid', and `re-education' programs targeting 
                Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other 
                persecuted groups inside or outside of the Xinjiang 
                Uyghur Autonomous Region or similar programs of the 
                People's Republic of China in which work or services 
                are extracted from Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, 
                or members of other persecuted groups through the 
                threat of penalty or for which the Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
                Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups 
                have not offered themselves voluntarily.''.
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