[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2469. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 40436 of subtitle C of title IV of division 
     D and insert the following:

     SEC. 40436. STUDY ON IMPACT OF FORCED LABOR IN CHINA ON THE 
                   ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY CHAIN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
     study, and submit to Congress a report describing, the impact 
     of forced labor in China on the electric vehicle supply 
     chain.
       (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law and subject to subsection (c), no funds shall be expended 
     for the purchase or import of--
       (1) significant 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 to be used for the production of electric vehicles; or
       (2) electric vehicles that incorporate, or are otherwise 
     produced using, items described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Expiration of Prohibition.--The prohibition described 
     in subsection (b) shall expire on a date not earlier than the 
     date on which--
       (1) the report required by subsection (a) is submitted, if 
     that report concludes that forced labor in China does not 
     have a significant impact on the electric vehicle supply 
     chain; and
       (2) the Secretary certifies to the relevant committees of 
     Congress that the report submitted under subsection (a) 
     accurately assesses the impact of forced labor in China on 
     the electric vehicle supply chain.
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