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US HB7516

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Suhas Subramanyam

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Secretary of the Treasury must instruct U.S. Executive Directors at international financial institutions to oppose loans to projects that pose significant risk of using forced labor or are carried out by state-owned entities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

  • International financial institutions must provide project-specific explanations of how they vetted for forced labor risks and actions taken to mitigate, track, and reverse those risks

  • "Forced labor" is defined per Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and includes convict labor and indentured labor under penal sanctions

  • Secretary of the Treasury must submit annual reports for 6 years to House Financial Services, House Foreign Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations, and Senate Banking committees detailing projects where forced labor could be used and U.S. efforts to convince other countries to oppose such projects

  • Reports must be made publicly available, with unclassified versions if necessary

Legislative Description

No Funds for Forced Labor Act

International affairs

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Financial Services2/11/2026

Full Bill Text

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