Sens. Rick Scott, Jeff Merkley Introduce Legislation Targeting Global Use of Forced Labor

Sens. Rick Scott, Jeff Merkley Introduce Legislation Targeting Global Use of Forced Labor
May 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C.
— Today, Senators Rick Scott and Jeff Merkley introduced the bipartisan
No Funds for Forced Labor Act
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director at international financial institutions to oppose projects that use forced labor practices, specifically in Communist China’s Xinjiang region known for forced labor.
Senator Rick Scott
said, “Among its many human rights abuses, Communist China has a proven and disgusting record of genocide and forced labor of Uyghurs and other minority groups. This is a human rights crisis, and the United States will not be complicit. I was proud to lead an
effort
with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his time in the Senate to ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labor do not enter the United States’ supply chain. Our bill, the
No
Funds for Forced Labor Act
, will take another step in ensuring American tax dollars are not spent to support these gross abuses by Communist China.”
Senator Jeff Merkley
said, “Your tax dollars should never inadvertently fund forced labor. This bipartisan bill builds off my
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
and ensures the United States is not complicit in horrific human rights abuses. We need to send a strong message against slave labor wherever this evil appears.”
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https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/5/sens-rick-scott-jeff-merkley-introduce-legislation-targeting-global-use-of-forced-labor