H.R. 6270: Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
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H.R. 6270: Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-12 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 209 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR6270 (2020-09-30), Failed. See all
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
Plain summary
Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 This bill requires issuers of securities to publicly disclose their activities related to China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Specifically, issuers must disclose the importation of manufactured goods and materials that originated or are sourced from that region, as well as details about the commercial activity, gross revenue and net profits, and future import plans regarding these goods and materials. Furthermore, issuers must disclose whether any of these goods or materials are from forced labor camps.
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Official text
Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10] · 5 cosponsors
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Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Al Green (D-TX)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 209 (2020): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR6270 (2020-09-30): Failed
- House roll call 210 (2020): On Passage, HR6270 (2020-09-30): Passed
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr6270.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr6270 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116