H.R. 7998
Referred to CommitteeSanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
11/1/2022 • House
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Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act
This bill expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses (e.g., such as torture or forced labor) against members of Muslim minority groups or other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
Specifically, this bill requires sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly (1) provide material support to the parties subject to the existing sanctions for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, or (2) engage in a significant transaction relating to such human rights abuses.
Introduced in House • 6/9/2022
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June 9, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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