H.R. 1724 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House May 5, 2025. Received May 6, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryBlocks US aid dollars tied to Xinjiang labor
The bill stops the U.S. State Department and the international development agency from spending money on programs or contracts that use goods from China's Xinjiang region or goods made through forced labor there. This applies to goods made directly in the region, goods made by companies that get materials from there, and goods made by companies working with the Xinjiang government to move forced laborers. The State Department can get around this rule only if it gets written promises from program partners that they won't use Xinjiang goods and will set up systems to make sure they follow the rule.
How it affects you
This mainly affects U.S. government agencies and their international partners who receive State Department or development aid funding. These organizations would need to check their supply chains to avoid Xinjiang goods, which could change how they source materials and what programs they can fund overseas.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 27, 2025)
No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act
This bill prohibits the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development from spending funds on a policy, program, or contract that knowingly uses goods from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) or produced by entities associated with forced labor in XUAR.
This prohibition includes goods from (1) the XUAR; (2) entities that source materials from the XUAR; or (3) entities involved with forced labor from the XUAR, such as entities in the XUAR that manufacture goods with forced labor or entities working with the XUAR government to transport forced laborers.
The State Department may waive this prohibition, after notifying Congress, if it obtains written assurance that the relevant program partner (1) will not use goods produced in the XUAR for the program, and (2) will develop a system to ensure compliance with the bill's prohibitions.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 1724
AN ACT
No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act
Sponsor: Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1) · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · International Affairs · 3 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 6, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.”