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Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 This bill imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and requires various reports on the topic. The President shall periodically report to Congress a list identifying foreign individuals and entities responsible for such human rights abuses. The President shall impose (1) property-blocking sanctions on the identified individuals and entities, and (2) visa-blocking sanctions on the identified individuals. The bill requires reports to Congress on (1) human rights abuses in Xinjiang; (2) efforts to protect U.S. citizens and residents, including ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals studying or working in the United States, from harassment and intimidation by the Chinese government; and (3) the Chinese government's acquisition and development of technology to facilitate internment and mass surveillance in Xinjiang. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a classified report to Congress on (1) Chinese government policies in Xinjiang that constitute gross violations of human rights, and (2) the scope and scale of the detention and forced labor of Muslim minority groups in China.

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Marco Rubio (R)*,  Michael Bennet (D),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Mike Braun (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Ben Cardin (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  John Cornyn (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Ted Cruz (R),  Steve Daines (R),  Dick Durbin (D),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Deb Fischer (R),  Cory Gardner (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Kamala Harris (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Josh Hawley (R),  John Hoeven (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Tim Kaine (D),  Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  James Lankford (R),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Kelly Loeffler (R),  Ed Markey (D),  Martha McSally (R),  Bob Menendez (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Patty Murray (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Jack Reed (D),  Jim Risch (R),  Mitt Romney (R),  Mike Rounds (R),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Ben Sasse (R),  Brian Schatz (D),  Rick Scott (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Tina Smith (D),  Dan Sullivan (R),  John Thune (R),  Thom Tillis (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Mark Warner (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Ron Wyden (D),  Todd Young (R), 

Became Public Law No: 116-145. (TXT | PDF) (on 06/17/2020)

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