[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7364 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7364

 To prohibit a person from advertising for sale a product produced or 
  manufactured using the forced labor of individuals in the People's 
               Republic of China, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit a person from advertising for sale a product produced or 
  manufactured using the forced labor of individuals in the People's 
               Republic of China, and for other purposes.

    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 Forced Labor on TV Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING FORCED LABOR.

    (a) Prohibition.--A person may not advertise for sale a covered 
product.
    (b) Enforcement by Commission.--
            (1) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
        this section shall be treated as a violation of a regulation 
        under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
        practices.
            (2) Powers of commission.--The Commission shall enforce 
        this section in the same manner, by the same means, and with 
        the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
        applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a 
        part of this section. Any person who violates this section 
        shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the 
        privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 
        Commission Act.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Trade Commission.
            (2) Covered product.--The term ``covered product'' means a 
        product produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, using 
        the forced labor of individuals in the People's Republic of 
        China.
            (3) Forced labor.--The term ``forced labor''--
                    (A) has the meaning given that term in section 307 
                of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); and
                    (B) includes convict labor and indentured labor 
                under penal sanctions.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date 
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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