HR 10346
Cleared committee
Requires a federal investigation and enforcement strategy to keep cobalt mined with child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo out of the U.S. market.
Official title: Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-SEP-2026
Referred
10-SEP-2026
Approved by committee
16-SEP-2026
- Requires the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force to report within 180 days on an investigation into forced labor in the DRC cobalt mining industry
- The report must include a list of DRC entities that may use forced labor and priority product categories for enforcement under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930
- Directs the Task Force to give semiannual briefings to the Ways and Means and Finance committees on updates and enforcement actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- The investigation requirements end after 8 years or when the President determines forced labor in the DRC mining industry has ended
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 10-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
No cosponsors.