H.R. 10346 Introduced Foreign Trade and International Finance

Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act

To ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt extracted or processed with the use of child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter the United States market.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] Introduced September 10, 2026 Cosponsors 0 Latest action September 16, 2026

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Sep 16, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
  2. Sep 16, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  3. Sep 10, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Sep 10, 2026 Introduced in House

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