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.

Summary as of 09/10/2026, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.

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