US Legislation
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U.S. House and Senate Agree To Compromise Legislation on Uyghur Forced Labor Import Ban
Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to
address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and
here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/]
), the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have now reached a compromise
and drafted legislation that
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced
Labor Prevention Act
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is
intended to "[e]nsur[e] that goods made
Proposed U.S. CVD Legislation Addresses Chinese Subsidies in Foreign Countries
On December 2, U.S. Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH)
introduced legislation, H.R.6121
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6121?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22terri+sewell%22%2C%22terri%22%2C%22sewell%22%5D%7D&s=3&r=1]
, called
New Congressional Legislation Addresses "U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China"
Two Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee – Darin LaHood (IL)
and Carol Miller (WV) – have introduced the U.S. Trade Leadership in the
Indo-Pacific and China Act
[https://lahood.house.gov/_cache/files/e/7/e725cb55-8d7b-4fa6-ab06-459ff091963a/FB7BEE3A17EBE9498B7064B9DB2F714B.millwv-033-xml.pdf]
. The bill has two parts, one addressing the
New House Bill Would Restrict American Rescue Plan Funds from Being Used to Purchase Chinese Telecoms Equipment
Back in July, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced
legislation
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/proposed-legislation-would-restrict-american-rescue-plan-funds-from-being-used-to-purchase-chinese-telecoms-equipment/]
entitled the "American Telecommunications Security Act" to "prohibit federal
funding from the American Rescue Plan Act from being used to purchase Chinese
telecommunications equipment, including from Huawei and ZTE.
U.S. Senators Introduce New Bill to Broaden CFIUS
On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced
a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal
information is involved.
The bill, S. 3130
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/
New U.S. Law Further Restricts Use of Equipment from Huawei, ZTE, Others
After the U.S. House of Representatives passed
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3919/actions] similar
legislation on October 20, yesterday the Senate passed its own version
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1790/text] of a law
designed to tighten existing restrictions on products from companies