Sec. 7. 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 agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that details the strategy of the United States to promote initiatives to enhance international awareness of and to address the forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall include— a plan to enhance bilateral and multilateral outreach, including sustained engagement with the governments of partners and allies of the United States, to end the forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; public affairs and public diplomacy campaigns, including options to work with news organizations and media outlets to publish opinion pieces and secure public speaking opportunities for United States Government officials on issues related to the human rights situation, including forced labor, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; opportunities to coordinate and collaborate with appropriate nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities to raise awareness about products made using forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and opportunities to provide assistance to Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups, including those formerly detained in mass internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The report required by subsection

(a)shall include— a list of Chinese entities that— directly or indirectly use forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; or act as agents of such entities to import goods into the United States; a list of products made wholly or in part by forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; businesses that sold products in the United States made wholly or in part with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and actions taken by the executive branch to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under existing authorities, including under— the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1307 ); the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–441 ; 132 Stat. 5586); the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and section 8 of this Act. The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. Any updates to the strategic plan required by subsection

(a)shall be— provided quarterly, if applicable, through briefings to the staff of the appropriate congressional committees; and included in subsequent years as part of the annual report on trafficking in persons required by section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1) ). The requirements of this section shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification 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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