Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
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Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
This bill requires the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to complete and submit to Congress the results of an investigation into the alleged use of forced labor in the cobalt mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Specifically, the task force must (1) submit to Congress strategies for preventing the importation of cobalt mined using forced labor, and (2) provide semiannual briefings to Congress.
This requirement ceases to have effect on the earlier of (1) eight years after the date of enactment, or (2) the date on which the President submits to Congress a determination that forced labor in the DRC mining industry has ended.
What just happenedSep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 10, 2026
- Sep 16, 2026Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 16, 2026Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 10, 2026IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 10, 2026IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 10, 2026IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House