Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§2496 Sale of Certain Goods From the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Prohibited

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Defense Secretary must not knowingly allow commissaries or exchanges to sell items made or mined with forced labor from Xinjiang or sold by companies that used Xinjiang workers in “poverty alleviation” programs. Forced labor means work done under threat, not freely chosen. XUAR means Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2496

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Prohibition.—

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)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110