Sec. 7. Diplomatic strategy to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a United States strategy to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall include— a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral coordination, including sustained engagement with the governments of United States partners and allies, to end forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; public affairs, public diplomacy, and counter-messaging efforts to promote awareness of the human rights situation, including forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness about forced labor made products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and to provide assistance to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups, including those formerly detained in mass internment camps in the region. The report required by subsection

(a)shall also include— to the extent practicable, a list of— entities in the People’s Republic of China or affiliates of such entities that directly or indirectly use forced or involuntary labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and Foreign persons that acted as agents of the entities or affiliates of entities described in subparagraph

(A)to import goods into the United States; and a description of actions taken by the United States Government to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing authorities, including— the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–386 ; 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); the Ellie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–441 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. The Secretary of State shall include any updates to the strategy required by subsection

(a)in the annual Trafficking in Persons report required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b) ). This section shall cease to have effect the earlier of— the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a determination that the Government of the People’s Republic of China has ended mass internment, forced labor, and any other gross violations of human rights experienced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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