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Requires the Secretary of Commerce to train Commerce Department counselors, and to issue advisory guidance to U.S. businesses, on human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, including forced labor.

Official title: Combating CCP Labor Abuses Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 13-FEB-2025
Referred 13-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 30-APR-2025
Reported 28-JUL-2025
On the calendar 28-JUL-2025
Key points
  • Requires training for Commerce Department employees who counsel businesses engaged in interstate commerce or foreign direct investment, covering forced labor and other abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
  • Requires guidance for U.S. businesses on risk factors for identifying entities tied to abuses, ways to avoid doing business with them, and the reputational, economic, legal, and other risks of such transactions.
  • States that the guidance is for advisory purposes only and is to be included in the Department's existing counseling services.
  • Short title: the Combating CCP Labor Abuses Act of 2025.
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International Affairs

Sponsor Gary C. Peters (D-MI) Cosponsors · 2
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