{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1155","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1155","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"Ensuring 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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Ensuring 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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h412","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act","result":"Passed","yea":428,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll412.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-12-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill imposes various restrictions related to China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including by prohibiting certain imports from Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there."},{"k":"p","t":"Goods manufactured or produced in Xinjiang shall not be entitled to entry into the United States unless U.S. Customs and Border Protection (1) determines that the goods were not manufactured by convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions; and (2) reports such a determination to Congress and to the public."},{"k":"p","t":"The President shall periodically report to Congress a list of foreign entities and individuals knowingly facilitating (1) the forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang; and (2) efforts to contravene U.S. laws regarding the importation of forced labor goods from Xinjiang. The President shall impose property-blocking sanctions on the listed individuals and entities and impose visa-blocking sanctions on the listed individuals."},{"k":"p","t":"Securities issuers required to file annual or quarterly reports with the Securities Exchange Commission shall disclose in such reports instances in which the issuer knowingly engaged in certain activities related to Xinjiang, such as working with an entity building detention facilities or surveillance systems there. After such a disclosure, the President shall determine whether to investigate if sanctions or criminal charges are warranted."},{"k":"p","t":"The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force and the Department of State shall report to Congress strategies to address forced labor in Xinjiang or any other part of China. The State Department shall also report to Congress a determination of whether the treatment of Muslim groups in Xinjiang constitutes crimes against humanity or genocide under U.S. law."}],"words":276},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Bars entry into the United States of goods made wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China unless a specified exception applies, and sets related reporting, sanctions and securities-disclosure requirements.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#H27974FA653AC43B9A46BEA4A9ACB9C88"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HEE4CC24A10B94CD5AD841F53B36A3B28"},{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HFBB1FF00D4B74B969B96EFFAF1FCB0DD"},{"label":"Sec. 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Customs and Border Protection determines by clear and convincing evidence that they were not made wholly or in part by convict, forced, or indentured labor under penal sanctions, and reports that determination to committees and the public.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#H27974FA653AC43B9A46BEA4A9ACB9C88"}},{"text":"Requires the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to submit a report within 120 days of enactment containing an enforcement strategy, including lists of products, businesses, and facilities and a list of high-priority sectors that includes cotton, tomatoes, and polysilicon.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HEE4CC24A10B94CD5AD841F53B36A3B28"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, within 90 days of enactment, to determine whether forced labor or other crimes against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang constitute crimes against humanity or genocide, and to report the determination to committees and the public.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HAE238CAD53BD4631AF6C0D4143B2EE83"}},{"text":"Requires the President to report on foreign persons who knowingly engage in or facilitate forced labor in Xinjiang or efforts to contravene U.S. import law, and to impose asset blocking and visa ineligibility on each person identified, with a waiver and a 5-year sunset.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HFBB1FF00D4B74B969B96EFFAF1FCB0DD"}},{"text":"Amends section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers filing annual or quarterly reports to disclose specified Xinjiang-related activities, and requires the President to determine whether an investigation into sanctions or criminal charges is needed after receiving such a disclosure.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#H989989D0C65A413F8F49045D07FF1E98"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#H7B67B7EFE0C145999CBDEC241D6C448B"},"heading":"Determination of Budgetary Effects.","effect":"Directs that the budgetary effects of the Act, for Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 purposes, be determined by reference to a statement submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the House Budget Committee Chairman.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#H989989D0C65A413F8F49045D07FF1E98"},"heading":"Disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission of certain activities related to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region","effect":"Adds a Securities Exchange Act disclosure requirement for issuers, but excludes from the required information any activities relating to imports of manufactured goods, or goods containing materials, that originated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.","amount":null,"quote":"The requirement to disclose information under this paragraph shall not include information on activities of the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer activities relating to—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh#HFBB1FF00D4B74B969B96EFFAF1FCB0DD"},"heading":"Imposition of sanctions relating to forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region","effect":"Sanctions under this section do not apply to activity subject to National Security Act of 1947 title V reporting or authorized U.S. intelligence activities. Visa and admission sanctions also do not apply where admission is needed for the UN Headquarters Agreement, other international obligations, or law enforcement.","amount":null,"quote":"Sanctions under this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intelligence activities of the United States."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1155.png","v":"3beaf00c56bc","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1155, 117th Congress: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. House: 428 Yea, 1 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}