,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afhe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,merkley7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of the ,treasury 
to instruct the ,united ,states         
,executive ,directors at the            
international financial institutions to 
advocate for opposition to projects that
 make use of forced labor4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,funds for ,forced ,labor ,act4  #b4   
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,the ,international      
,labour ,organization has expressed deep
 concern about the extensive use of     
forced labor in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur   
,autonomous ,region4  7#b7 ,in its #bjbb
 annual report1 the                     
,congressional-,executive ,commission on
 ,china found1 ,authorities in the      

,,xuar 7,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous   
,region7 maintained a system of forced  
labor that involved former mass         
internment camp detainees and other     
,turkic and ,muslim individuals44  7#c7 
,in #bjbb1 the ,atlantic ,council       
published a report detailing that the   
,world ,bank's private lending body1 the
 ,international ,finance ,corporation1  
determined that several clients of the  
,corporation were active participants in
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china      
campaign against the ,uyghur people and 
,uyghur culture in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur
 ,autonomous ,region4  #c4 ,sense of    
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 international financial     
institutions should not fund1 finance1  
or provide loan guarantees to any entity
 that has been credibly accused of using
 forced labor2 and  7#b7 the ,united    
,states should work with allies1        
partners1 and all countries around the  
globe to eliminate forced labor and     
ensure that international financial     

institutions do not fund projects that  
use forced labor4  #d4 ,united ,states  
opposition to international financial   
institution loans for projects that     
would use1 or have a significant risk of
 using1 forced labor  7a7 ,in general   
,title ,,vii of the ,international      
,financial ,institutions ,act 7#bb      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfb;d1 #bfb;c note1 #bfb;e1  
and #bfb;d note7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  #gjf4 ,united  
,states opposition to loans for projects
 that would use1 or have a significant  
risk of using1 forced labor  7a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury
 shall instruct the ,united ,states     
,executive ,director at each            
international financial institution 7as 
defined in section #agja7;c77#b77 to use
 the voice1 vote1 and influence of the  
,united ,states1 to the maximum extent  
practicable1 to-- 7#a7 oppose the       
provision of a loan to any project that 
will-- 7,a7 pose a significant risk of  
using forced labor2 or  7,b7 be carried 

out by a state-owned or heavily         
state-influenced entity in the ,xinjiang
 ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region of the     
,people's ,republic of ,china2 and  7#b7
 require the institution to provide1    
with respect to each project supported  
by the institution1 an explanation1     
specific to the project1 of-- 7,a7 how  
the institution has vetted the project  
for forced labor risks2 and  7,b7 the   
actions taken to mitigate1 track1 and   
reverse that risk4  7b7 ,definition of  
forced labor ,in this section1 the term 
forced labor-- 7#a7 has the meaning     
given the term in section #cjg of the   
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#acjg72 and  7#b7 includes convict labor
 and indentured labor under penal       
sanctions4  4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and annually thereafter for the next #e 
years1 the ,secretary of the ,treasury  
shall submit to the committees specified
 in paragraph 7#b7 a written report on  

the implementation of the amendment made
 by subsection 7a71 which shall include 
details about-- 7,a7 any project        
approved by an international financial  
institution 7as defined in section      
#agja7;c77#b7 of the ,international     
,financial ,institutions ,act 7#bb      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfbr7c77#b777 in which forced
 labor could possibly be used2 and  7,b7
 the efforts of the ,united ,states     
,executive ,director at each such       
institution to convince other countries 
to oppose any project in which forced   
labor could be used4  7#b7 ,committees  
specified ,the committees specified in  
this paragraph are-- 7,a7 the ,committee
 on ,financial ,services and the        
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations   
and the ,committee on ,banking1         
,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the    
,senate4  7#c7 ,public availability ,the
 ,secretary of the ,treasury shall make 
the report 7or an unclassified version  

of the report7 available to the public4