#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #djci  ,,an ,,act  ,to prohibit the 
use of funds supporting any activities  
within the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous
 ,region of the ,people's ,republic of  
,china4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,no ,dollars to ,uyghur
 ,forced ,labor ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition 
on use of funds supporting any          
activities within the ,xinjiang ,uyghur 
autonomous region of the ,people's      
,republic of ,china  7a7 ,in general ,no
 funds available to the ,department of  
,state or the ,united ,states ,agency   
for ,international ,development may be  
used to develop1 design1 plan1          
promulgate1 implement1 or execute a     
policy1 program1 or contract that       
knowingly uses goods1 wares1 articles1  
or merchandise mined1 produced1 or      
manufactured wholly or in part in the   
,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china or   
produced by a covered entity1 unless    
such activity is specifically authorized

 pursuant to subsection 7b74  7b7       
,specific authorization ,the ,secretary 
of ,state may specifically authorize an 
activity otherwise prohibited by        
subsection 7a7 if-- 7#a7 the            
,secretary--  7,a7 obtains in writing an
 assurance from the relevant program    
partner1 implementor1 or contractor that
 such partner1 implementor1 or          
contractor-- 7i7 will not use goods1    
wares1 articles1 or merchandise mined1  
produced1 or manufactured wholly or in  
part in ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous   
,region of the ,,prc with respect to the
 program2 and  7ii7 will develop a      
system to ensure compliance with the    
requirements in subsection 7a72 and     
7,b7 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 #ae days before authorizing  
the activity2 and  7#b7 the activity is 

not otherwise prohibited4  7c7 ,report  
,the ,secretary of ,state shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  
of the ,house of ,representatives and   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of
 the ,senate a report on an annual basis
 for three years that describes--  7#a7 
all activities prohibited by subsection 
7a7 that were carried out in violation  
of such prohibition and not specifically
 authorized pursuant to subsection 7b7  
in the previous year2  7#b7 any         
challenges in enforcing the requirements
 of this section2 and  7#c7 a plan to   
improve enforcement of the requirements 
of this section4  7e7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3  7#a7 ,the term covered   
entity means an entity listed pursuant  
to clause 7i71 7ii71 7iv71 or 7v7 of    
section #b7;d77#b77;,b7 of ,public ,law 
#aag-gh 7#ace ,stat4 #aebg7 under the   
strategy developed by section #b7;c7 of 
such ,public ,law #aag-gh4  7#b7 ,the   
term forced labor has the meaning given 
that term in section #cjg of the ,tariff

 ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #acjg74   
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,february #ac1 #bjbd4;,clerk4