IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED LABOR IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.
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Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH77
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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“(a) In General.—
[Amended section 6 of Pub. L. 116–145, set out as a note below.]
“(b) Effective Date; Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a)—“(1) takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2021]; and
“(2) applies with respect to the first report required by section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 [Pub. L. 116–145] submitted after such date of enactment.
“(c) Transition Rule.—“(1) Interim report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the committees specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 [Pub. L. 116–145, set out as a note below] a report that identifies each foreign person, including any official of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, that the President determines is responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor with respect to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups, or other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
“(2) Imposition of sanctions.—The President shall impose sanctions under subsection (c) of section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to each foreign person identified in the report required by paragraph (1), subject to the provisions of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of that section.
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