Proposed NDAA Amendment Could Require Forced Labor Disclosures From Public Companies
House lawmakers proposed several trade-related amendments as part of the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, including a Democrat-backed measure that could require publicly traded companies to annually disclose whether their imports originate in or are sourced in part from China’s Xinjiang region or from factories “implicated in forced labor schemes.”
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A Republican-backed proposed amendment could prohibit the sale of any goods manufactured, assembled or imported from China “at commissary stores or military exchanges,” while another Democrat proposal could require a warning label on all Chinese imports if the Chinese government “provides lethal arms” to Russia that it can use on Ukraine. The label would read: “Warning: Purchase of this product may facilitate war crimes against the people of Ukraine.”
Other amendments would require the secretary of homeland security and secretary of commerce to report on the “feasibility of establishing” a CBP “Preclearance Facility” in Taiwan, would insert the text of the Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023 in the NDAA, and would require a “security risk assessment” of port infrastructure equipment at certain “strategic seaports.”
The House Rules Committee is expected to consider the NDAA and the amendments later this month.