Combating CCP Labor Abuses Act

Summary#

This bill would require the Secretary of Commerce to give training and written guidance about human rights abuses tied to certain foreign jurisdictions, including forced labor and abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The Commerce Department must train employees who counsel businesses on interstate commerce or foreign direct investment. The training must raise awareness about emerging trends and issues and be added to existing Commerce training where possible. The Secretary must also offer guidance to U.S. businesses that explains risk factors for identifying entities that may be implicated in such abuses, ways to avoid doing business with those entities, and potential reputational, economic, legal, and other risks. The guidance must be advisory only.

What it means for you#

• Commerce employees who counsel businesses may receive new or updated training about human rights risks, including forced labor in Xinjiang.
• U.S. businesses engaged in interstate commerce or foreign direct investment may be offered advisory guidance about how to spot and avoid transactions with entities linked to such abuses.
• The guidance is advisory; the bill does not impose new business penalties or mandatory compliance steps within its text.

Expenses#

No publicly available information. The bill text does not include specific funding amounts, budget estimates, or instructions about how the training and guidance would be funded or staffed.

Proponents' View#

The sponsors introduced the bill to require training and guidance aimed at raising awareness of human rights abuses, including forced labor against Uyghurs, and to inform Commerce staff and U.S. businesses about risk factors and ways to avoid transactions that could be linked to those abuses.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information.