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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 580 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated |
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| 7 | 7 | | against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People’s Repub- |
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| 8 | 8 | | lic of China, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. P |
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| 12 | 12 | | ETERS(for himself, Ms. LUMMIS, and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the fol- |
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| 13 | 13 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | merce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training |
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| 17 | 17 | | and guidance relating to human rights abuses, including |
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| 18 | 18 | | such abuses perpetrated against the Uyghur population |
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| 19 | 19 | | by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, |
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| 20 | 20 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating CCP Labor 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Abuses Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 580 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | OF COMMERCE RELATING TO AWARENESS OF 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | provide training described in subsection (b) to such em-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ployees of the Department of Commerce who provide coun-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | seling services to businesses engaged in interstate com-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | merce or foreign direct investment as the Secretary con-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | siders appropriate. 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) C |
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| 40 | 40 | | ONTENTS OFTRAINING.—The training required 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | under subsection (a) shall be— 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) designed to raise awareness about emerging 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | trends and issues with respect to human rights 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | abuses perpetrated by the Government of the Peo-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ple’s Republic of China, including the use of forced 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | labor, against Uyghurs and other ethnic minority 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | populations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | gion; and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) incorporated to the greatest extent possible 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | into existing training provided by the Department of 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Commerce. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c) T |
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| 53 | 53 | | IMING.—The training required under subsection 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a) shall be offered and updated at such times as the Sec-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | retary considers appropriate. 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 580 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | SEC. 3. GUIDANCE FOR UNITED STATES BUSINESSES RE-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | LATING TO AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ABUSES. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (a) I |
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| 63 | 63 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | shall— 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (1) offer guidance for United States businesses 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | engaged in interstate commerce or foreign direct in-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | vestment, including such businesses that are, or are 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | considering, conducting transactions with entities 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | subject to the control or influence of jurisdictions 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | where significant human rights abuses have oc-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | curred, such as the People’s Republic of China; and 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) incorporate the guidance required under 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | paragraph (1) into any counseling services that the 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Department of Commerce provides to such busi-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | nesses as the Secretary considers appropriate. 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (b) C |
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| 77 | 77 | | ONTENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance re-17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | quired under subsection (a) shall— 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (1) provide information about emerging trends 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | and issues involving human rights abuses per-20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | petrated by the Government of the People’s Republic 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of China, consisting of the use of forced labor 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | against Uyghurs and other ethnic minority popu-23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | lations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | including information about— 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | •S 580 IS |
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| 89 | 89 | | (A) risk factors that may be used to iden-1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | tify entities subject to the influence or control 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | of jurisdictions such as the People’s Republic of 3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | China that may be implicated in human rights 4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | abuses; 5 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (B) ways to avoid doing business with enti-6 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ties described in subparagraph (A); and 7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (C) potential reputational, economic, legal, 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | and other risks of conducting transactions with 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | an entity described in subparagraph (A); and 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (2) make clear that the guidance is for advisory 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | purposes only. 12 |
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