Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2024Markup Apr 17, 2024Reported Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-895.
- Dec 17, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 730.
- Apr 17, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 17, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 12.
- Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 16, 2024H.R. 7981, Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor Through Cobalt Mining ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 17, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 64, April 15, 2024, page H2397.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 10346 | Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 16, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt extracted or processed with the use of child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter the United States market.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- This Act may be cited as the “Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Reported in House
- Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
