I will work to authorize targeted sanctions against people responsible for labor trafficking of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities.

Authorize the President to apply targeted sanctions on anyone responsible for the labor trafficking of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities;

The reintroduced bill would authorize targeted sanctions against people responsible for labor trafficking of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.

McGovern, Smith, Colleagues Re-Introduce the Bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act | U.S. House of Representatives
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Congress.gov lists Rep. James P. McGovern as sponsor, introduced 03/11/2020; the bill passed the House 406-3 on 09/22/2020. CRS says it required reports on foreign entities and individuals knowingly facilitating forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang, followed by property-blocking and visa sanctions.

McGovern introduced and advanced a concrete sanctions bill in the 116th Congress, but it did not become law in that Congress.

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H.R.6210 - Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, 116th Congress
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Congress.gov lists Rep. McGovern as sponsor, introduced 02/18/2021; the bill passed the House 428-1 on 12/08/2021. CRS says the President would report foreign entities and individuals facilitating forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Muslim minority groups and impose property-blocking and visa sanctions.

McGovern reintroduced the sanctions proposal and secured House passage in the 117th Congress.

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H.R.1155 - Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, 117th Congress
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 412 on H.R.1155, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: status passed, 428 yeas and 1 nay. The individual vote list records McGovern, Democratic, Massachusetts, voted Yea.

Official roll-call records show McGovern voted for House passage of his Uyghur forced-labor sanctions bill.

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Roll Call 412, H.R.1155, Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House
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Congress.gov lists Rep. McGovern as sponsor, introduced 12/14/2021, with latest action 12/23/2021 becoming Public Law 117-78. CRS summarizes the public law as imposing import limits on goods produced using forced labor in China and imposing sanctions related to such forced labor.

The compromise House bill sponsored by McGovern became law and included sanctions related to forced labor.

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H.R.6256 - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
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Section 5 amends the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act to cover serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor. It requires a presidential report identifying foreign persons responsible for such abuses involving Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or other persecuted groups in Xinjiang, and states the President shall impose sanctions on each identified foreign person.

The enacted law directly authorizes and requires targeted sanctions against foreign persons responsible for forced-labor-related abuses involving Uyghurs and other persecuted groups.

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Public Law 117-78, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
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