No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act

The No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act would prevent the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from using federal funds to purchase or support programs involving goods from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or goods produced by forced labor in that region. This would apply to direct purchases from Xinjiang as well as goods from companies that source materials from the region or work with the Xinjiang government on labor practices.

The bill would allow the State Department to waive these restrictions in specific cases, but only after notifying Congress and obtaining written assurance from program partners that they will not use Xinjiang-produced goods and will establish systems to verify compliance with the ban.

For everyday citizens, this bill would mean that U.S. government agencies could not fund international programs or contracts that rely on products potentially made with forced labor in Xinjiang. This reflects concerns about labor practices in that region and aims to ensure federal spending does not support or enable such practices. The bill has passed the House and is currently being reviewed by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.