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US HR4830

US HR4830
Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025


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Introduced
08/01/2025
In Committee
08/01/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

119th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China and to counter the genocidal policies of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill aims to expand and strengthen sanctions and accountability measures against human rights abuses committed by the Chinese government against Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The bill includes several key provisions: expanding the scope of the existing Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act to include additional human rights violations such as forced sterilization, child separation, and human trafficking; denying U.S. entry to individuals involved in forced population control; providing physical and psychological support for Uyghur and Kazakh survivors outside China; creating initiatives to preserve the cultural heritage of oppressed groups; mandating investigations into Chinese companies potentially complicit in human rights abuses; developing strategies to counter Chinese propaganda about genocide; supporting efforts to document atrocities; prohibiting U.S. government agencies from contracting with entities linked to human rights violations; investigating allegations of forced organ harvesting; collecting information about detained family members of U.S. citizens; and implementing prohibitions on procuring seafood from China that may be produced using forced labor. The bill demonstrates a comprehensive approach to addressing what the U.S. government considers genocidal policies in Xinjiang, using diplomatic, economic, and investigative tools to hold the Chinese government accountable for its treatment of Uyghurs and other minority groups.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 08/01/2025)

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