Us Code § 2496 - Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited
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§ 2496. Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited
(a)
(1) containing any product mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced labor from the XUAR; or
(2) from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of a "poverty alleviation" or "pairing assistance" program.
(b)
(1) The term "forced labor" means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not offer to perform.
(2) The term "XUAR" means the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI, §651(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2639.)
[CHAPTER 148—REPEALED]
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior chapter 148, comprised of section 2501 et seq., relating to defense industrial base, was repealed, except for sections 2504 to 2507, by Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLII, §4202(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2659. Sections 2504 to 2507 of that chapter were renumbered sections 2531 to 2534, respectively, of this chapter by Pub. L. 102–484, §4202(a). Sections 2531 and 2532 of this title were subsequently transferred to subchapter I of chapter 385 of this title and renumbered as sections 4851 and 4852, respectively, by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1870(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4284. Sections 2533, 2533a, 2533b, and 2534 of this title were subsequently transferred to subchapter II of chapter 385 of this title and renumbered as sections 4861 to 4864, respectively, by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1870(c)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4285. Section 2533c of this title was subsequently transferred to subchapter III of chapter 385 of this title and renumbered as section 4872 by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1870(d)(3)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4286, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, §1701(t)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2150. Sections 2533d and 2533e of this title were subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1881(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4293.
[SUBCHAPTER I—REPEALED]
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