Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8712 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8712 To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2026 Mr. Subramanyam (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Carson, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Titus, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Suozzi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, 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 ``Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act''. SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION AS PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES ON AN EXCHANGE. (a) In General.--Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(m) Reporting of Certain Activities Relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall issue rules-- ``(A) to require an issuer filing an application to register a security with a national securities exchange to-- ``(i) include in such application the documentation described under paragraph (2); and ``(ii) to file the application and documentation with the Commission; ``(B) to require an issuer