Sec. 9. Prohibition on certain United States Government agency contracts
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The head of an executive agency may not enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with or for any of the following: Any person identified in the report required by section 6(a) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–145 ; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note). Any person that mined, produced, or manufactured goods, wares, articles, and merchandise detained and denied entry into the United States by U.S. Customs and Border Protection pursuant to section 3 of the Act entitled An Act to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes , approved December 23, 2021 ( Public Law 117–78 ; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) (commonly referred to as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ).
Any person that the head of the executive agency determines, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, facilitates the genocide and human rights abuses occurring in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. Any person, program, project, or activity that— contributes to forced labor, particularly through the procurement of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly, or in part, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or by the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs or other persecuted individuals or groups in the People’s Republic of China; or violates internationally recognized worker rights of individuals in the People’s Republic of China.
The head of each executive agency shall consult with the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, established under section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 4681 ), with respect to the implementation of subsection (a)(2). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report on the implementation of this section to— the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
In this section: The term executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. The term internationally recognized worker rights has the meaning given in section 507 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2467 ).
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