10 USC 2496: Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited

10 USC 2496: Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited Text contains those laws in effect on November 24, 2024

From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTYCHAPTER 147-COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIESSUBCHAPTER III-MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES

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

(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) 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.

(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI, §651(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2639 .)