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This bill requires the U.S. Department of Commerce to add the Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science of China to its Entity List within 60 days of the bill's enactment. The Entity List is a commerce department database that restricts certain foreign entities from receiving U.S. exports. The bill specifically targets the institute under two potential alias names and aims to sanction the organization for its potential involvement in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The bill provides a potential presidential waiver mechanism, where the President can avoid adding the institute to the list if they can certify to congressional committees that the organization is not engaging in activities contrary to U.S. foreign policy interests or contributing to human rights violations. The bill is part of a broader effort to confront human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and is officially titled the "Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act."

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3461/all-info