Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Summary
The bill lets the President block assets and deny U.S. visas to any foreign individual or company that employs forced or child labor in cobalt mines abroad. It also requires revoking any existing visas for those individuals. The measure includes narrow exceptions for humanitarian aid and United Nations obligations.
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