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On the recordDecember 14, 2021
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6256) to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6256 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the policy of the United States-- (1) to strengthen the prohibition against the importation of goods made with forced labor, including by ensuring that the Government of the People's Republic of China does not undermine the effective enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), which prohibits the importation of all ``goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by ...…
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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