Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§2496 Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 147— - COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES › § 2496

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must not knowingly allow commissaries or military exchanges to sell goods made, even partly, with forced labor from XUAR, or goods from entities that used XUAR labor under "poverty alleviation" or "pairing assistance." Forced labor — work done under threat or penalty. XUAR — the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2496

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense may not knowingly permit the sale, at a commissary store or military exchange, of any good, ware, article, or merchandise—

(1)containing any product mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced labor from the XUAR; or

(2)from an entity that has used labor from within or transferred from XUAR as part of a “poverty alleviation” or “pairing assistance” program.

(b)In this section:

(1)The term “forced labor” means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not offer to perform.

(2)The term “XUAR” means the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2496

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73