Sec. 2. Prohibition on use of funds supporting any activities within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China
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No funds available to the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development may be used to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a policy, program, or contract that uses goods, wares, articles, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China or produced by a covered entity, unless such activity is specifically authorized pursuant to subsection (b). The Secretary of State may specifically authorize an activity otherwise prohibited by subsection
(a)if— the Secretary— determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the good, ware, article, or merchandise was not mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor; and provides notice to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not later than 15 days before authorizing the activity; and Congress has not otherwise prohibited the activity pursuant to enactment of a joint resolution. In this section— the term covered entity means an entity listed pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iv), or
(v)of section 2(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 117–78 (135 Stat. 1527) under the strategy developed by section 2(c) of such Public Law 117–78 ; and the term forced labor has the meaning given that term in section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1307 ).
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Prohibition on use of funds supporting any activities within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China
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