{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-10346","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":10346,"title":"Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2026-09-10","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S000522","fullName":"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]","party":"R","state":"NJ","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-09-16","text":"Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8."},"policyArea":"Foreign Trade and International Finance","subjects":["Africa","Asia","China","Civil actions and liability","Congressional oversight","Customs enforcement","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Government studies and investigations","Metals","Mining","Trade restrictions","Youth employment and child labor"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-09-16","text":"Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-16","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-09-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act</strong></p><p>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).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>","updateDate":"2026-09-28T15:28:32Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":363,"ts":"2026-10-13T18:56:29.629Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Stop%20China%E2%80%99s%20Exploitation%20of%20Congolese%20Children%20and%20Adult%20Fo"}]}}