Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Long title	"An Act to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes."
Enacted by	the 117th United States Congress
Effective	December 23, 2021
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 117–78 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	135 Stat. 1525
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 6256 by Jim McGovern (D–MA) on December 14, 2021; Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, House Ways and Means, and House Judiciary; Passed the House on December 14, 2021 (voice vote); Passed the Senate on December 16, 2021 (unanimous consent); Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2021;

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R. 6256) is a United States federal law that changed U.S. policy on China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR, or Xinjiang) with the goal of ensuring that American entities are not funding forced labor among ethnic minorities in the region.

The bill was first introduced in the 116th Congress and on September 22, 2020, the bill passed the House by 406–3 votes.^[1] The three no votes were cast by Justin Amash, Warren Davidson, and Thomas Massie.^[1] The bill died in committee in the Senate.

The bill was reintroduced in the 117th Congress (S. 65) and unanimously passed the Senate on July 14, 2021.^[2] On December 8, 2021, a similar bill (H.R. 1155) passed the House by a 428–1 vote.^[3] Thomas Massie was the sole no vote. A revised version (H.R. 6256) that eliminated differences between the House and Senate bills passed the House on December 14, 2021,^[4] and the Senate on December 16, 2021. It was signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2021.^[5] Starting from 21 June 2022, any company that imports goods from the Xinjiang region need to certify that those goods were not produced using forced labor in order to avoid penalties.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Roll Call 196: Bill Number: H. R. 6210". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
^ Michael Martina (15 July 2021). "U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang". Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ Zengerle, Patricia (2021-12-09). "U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang region". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
^ Zengerle, Patricia (2021-12-14). "U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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^ "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act".

[clerk-house-1] "Roll Call 196: Bill Number: H. R. 6210". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.

[2] Michael Martina (15 July 2021). "U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang". Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[3] Zengerle, Patricia (2021-12-09). "U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang region". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-09.

[4] Zengerle, Patricia (2021-12-14). "U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China's Xinjiang". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-14.

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[6] "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act".

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