Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§6965 Reports to Congress

Title 22 › Chapter 77— UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › Subchapter IV— TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA › Part A— Task Force on Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or Prison Labor From the People’s Republic of China › § 6965

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Task Force must send Congress a yearly report. The first report is due by October 10, 2001, and then one report is due each year after that. Each report covers the Task Force’s work for the previous year. Each report must at least say how many allegations of violations of section 1307 of title 19 involving products from the People's Republic of China were investigated, how many actual violations were found, and, for each attempted illegal entry found, who exported the goods, who tried to sell them for export, and who handled their transshipment. The Task Force can also include any other information it finds useful for enforcing section 1307 of title 19.

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Title 22, §6965

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(a)Not later than the date that is 1 year after October 10, 2000, and not later than the end of each 1-year period thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to the Congress a report on the work of the Task Force during the preceding 1-year period.
(b)Each report under subsection (a) shall set forth, at a minimum—
(1)the number of allegations of violations of section 1307 of title 19 with respect to products of the Peoples’ 11 So in original. Probably should be “People’s”. Republic of China that were investigated during the preceding 1-year period;
(2)the number of actual violations of section 1307 of title 19 with respect to the products of the People’s Republic of China that were discovered during the preceding 1-year period;
(3)in the case of each attempted entry of products of the People’s Republic of China in violation of such section 1307 of title 19 discovered during the preceding 1-year period—
(A)the identity of the exporter of the goods;
(B)the identity of the person or persons who attempted to sell the goods for export; and
(C)the identity of all parties involved in transshipment of the goods; and
(4)such other information as the Task Force considers useful in monitoring and enforcing compliance with section 1307 of title 19.

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22 U.S.C. § 6965

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60