Bill Details
S.580 - 119th Congress
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2025-07-28 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 129.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
International Affairs
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This bill would direct the Commerce Department to help U.S. businesses better understand human rights abuses linked to the Chinese government, especially the use of forced labor against Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang. It would require the department to train certain staff who advise businesses on trade and foreign investment, and to give companies guidance on how to spot warning signs, avoid risky business relationships, and understand the possible business, legal, and public image risks of dealing with entities tied to such abuses. The guidance would be meant to inform businesses, not create a new legal requirement.
- Commerce Department employees who counsel businesses on trade or foreign investment would receive training on human rights abuses, with a focus on forced labor and abuses against Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.
- The training would be folded into existing Commerce Department training as much as possible and updated when the Secretary of Commerce thinks it is needed.
- The department would also give guidance to U.S. businesses that work in interstate commerce or foreign investment, including companies considering deals with entities influenced by governments where serious human rights abuses have happened.
- The guidance would explain how to identify risky entities, how to avoid business with them, and what reputational, financial, and legal risks could come from those transactions.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 580 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 129
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 580
[Report No. 119-48]
To require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance
relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated
against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Curtis) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
July 28, 2025
Reported by Mr. Cruz, without amendment
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance
relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated
against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combating CCP Labor Abuses Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RELATING
TO AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall provide training
described in subsection (b) to such employees of the Department of
Commerce who provide counseling services to businesses engaged in
interstate commerce or foreign direct investment as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(b) Contents of Training.--The training required under subsection
(a) shall be--
(1) designed to raise awareness about emerging trends and
issues with respect to human rights abuses perpetrated by the
Government of the People's Republic of China, including the use
of forced labor, against Uyghurs and other ethnic minority
populations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and
(2) incorporated to the greatest extent possible into
existing training provided by the Department of Commerce.
(c) Timing.--The training required under subsection (a) shall be
offered and updated at such times as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
SEC. 3. GUIDANCE FOR UNITED STATES BUSINESSES RELATING TO AWARENESS OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall--
(1) offer guidance for United States businesses engaged in
interstate commerce or foreign direct investment, including
such businesses that are, or are considering, conducting
transactions with entities subject to the control or influence
of jurisdictions where significant human rights abuses have
occurred, such as the People's Republic of China; and
(2) incorporate the guidance required under paragraph (1)
into any counseling services that the Department of Commerce
provides to such businesses as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(b) Contents of Guidance.--The guidance required under subsection
(a) shall--
(1) provide information about emerging trends and issues
involving human rights abuses perpetrated by the Government of
the People's Republic of China, consisting of the use of forced
labor against Uyghurs and other ethnic minority populations in
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including information
about--
(A) risk factors that may be used to identify
entities subject to the influence or control of
jurisdictions such as the People's Republic of China
that may be implicated in human rights abuses;
(B) ways to avoid doing business with entities
described in subparagraph (A); and
(C) potential reputational, economic, legal, and
other risks of conducting transactions with an entity
described in subparagraph (A); and
(2) make clear that the guidance is for advisory purposes
only.
Calendar No. 129
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 580
[Report No. 119-48]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance
relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated
against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 28, 2025
Reported without amendment