Sec. 4. Annual report on foreign countries that use human rights abuses to create a competitive advantage in trade
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Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the United States Trade Representative, and other Federal officials that the Secretary of Commerce determines appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing, to the extent practicable, how any foreign government gains a competitive advantage in international trade by permitting, or engaging in, through its agents, representatives, or enterprises, wholly- or partly-owned, or in collaboration with a private entity, the use of forced or compulsory labor, child labor, or unacceptable conditions of work with respect to occupational safety and health, within its sovereign territory or abroad.
Each report submitted under subsection
(a)shall identify foreign countries that use human rights abuses to extract critical minerals or rare earths. Each report submitted under subsection
(a)shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.