CECC Says Draft DHS Bills Do Not Have Enough Funding for Forced Labor Ban Work
Members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China are asking appropriators in the House and Senate to dedicate more than the $9 million or $10 million currently slated to strengthen CBP enforcement of the ban on imports of goods made with…
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forced labor. "Given the subsequent enactment of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the request by the Biden Administration for additional resources to implement it, we respectfully request that the conference report on the FY2022 bill include an even greater amount for forced labor enforcement," they wrote Feb. 2. Congress has not yet passed bills to fund the government for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2021, but appropriators are trying to reach agreement by Feb. 18 on the rest of the fiscal year's funding levels.