HR 7998 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act

Introduced Jun 9, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Jim Banks R-IN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 9, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act

This bill expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses (e.g., such as torture or forced labor) against members of Muslim minority groups or other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

Specifically, this bill requires sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly (1) provide material support to the parties subject to the existing sanctions for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, or (2) engage in a significant transaction relating to such human rights abuses.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2022 to Jul 1, 2022; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-CODoug LambornOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-KSJake LaTurnerOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-TNJohn W. RoseOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-COKen BuckOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-OKKevin HernOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-MILisa C. McClainOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-WIMike GallagherOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-LAMike JohnsonOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-GARick W. AllenOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-TNTim BurchettOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-NMYvette HerrellOriginalJun 9, 2022
R-FLGus M. BilirakisJun 15, 2022
R-TXPat FallonJun 15, 2022
R-IDRuss FulcherJun 15, 2022
R-MOVicky HartzlerJun 15, 2022
R-VABen ClineJul 1, 2022
R-FLDaniel WebsterJul 1, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanJul 1, 2022
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.Jul 1, 2022
R-VARobert J. WittmanJul 1, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 9, 2022
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 9, 2022
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jun 9, 2022Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 99, June 9, 2022, page H5447.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4714Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor ActRelated billAug 2, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 to impose additional sanctions relating to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 9, 2022Introduced in House

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