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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1025 

To counter the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims, including 

Uighurs, within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s 

Republic of China, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2019 

Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. YOHO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LYNCH, and 

Ms. WEXTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 

Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, 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 

A BILL 

To counter the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims, 

including Uighurs, within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uighur Intervention 

5 and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019’’ 

6 or the ‘‘UIGHUR Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The continued commitment of the United 

4 States to the international promotion of fundamental 

5 rights and freedoms is critical to global stability and 

6 the security and prosperity of the American people. 

7 (2) The relationship between the United States 

8 and the People’s Republic of China is of immense 

9 geopolitical and economic importance, and it is im10 perative that bilateral engagement encompass the 

11 full spectrum of contested issues, including human 

12 rights matters such as freedom of speech and free13 dom of religion. 

14 (3) The United Nations Committee on the 

15 Elimination of Racial Discrimination has cited esti16 mates that approximately 1,000,000 ethnic or reli17 gious minorities within the Xinjiang Uighur Autono18 mous Region of the People’s Republic of China are 

19 currently being arbitrarily detained in ‘‘political re20 education camps’’, including members of the Uighur, 

21 Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tartar communities, among 

22 others. 

23 (4) The mass arbitrary detention of persons on 

24 the basis of their religious or ethnic background, 

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1 vidual, is not a credible or effective counterterrorism 

2 strategy and constitutes a severe violation of inter3 national norms and standards. 

4 (5) Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur 

5 Autonomous Region, and elsewhere within the Peo6 ple’s Republic of China and globally, have further 

7 been subjected to discriminatory policies and prac8 tices that seek to limit or otherwise restrict their ex9 ercise of universal rights. 

10 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

11 United States to— 

12 (1) oppose the mass arbitrary detention of 

13 Turkic Muslims within the People’s Republic of 

14 China on the basis of their religion, ethnicity, or ac15 tual or perceived political views and without due 

16 process protections; 

17 (2) support efforts to combat governmental dis18 crimination against ethnic minorities within the Peo19 ple’s Republic of China, including against policies 

20 which seek to suppress or otherwise constrain the re21 ligious, cultural, or linguistic practices of Turkic 

22 Muslim communities or to limit the ability of mem23 bers of such communities to travel domestically or 

24 internationally; 


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1 (3) hold senior regional officials in the Xinjiang 

2 Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 

3 of China accountable for gross human rights viola4 tions within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Re5 gion, including through the application of United 

6 States sanctions authorities, and voice concerns re7 garding such violations in interactions with the Gov8 ernment of the People’s Republic of China; 

9 (4) seek the immediate cessation of all efforts 

10 by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

11 China to intimidate, harass, or intrusively surveil 

12 members of the Chinese diaspora community, includ13 ing Turkic Muslims, present within the United 

14 States; 

15 (5) pursue a lifting of all improper restrictions 

16 upon journalists, nongovernmental organizations, 

17 and American officials operating within, or seeking 

18 to operate within, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

19 Region; 

20 (6) recognize that the actions of the Govern21 ment of the People’s Republic of China in the 

22 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region are inherently 

23 linked with its One Belt One Road Initiative, as well 

24 as its Strike Hard Campaign; and 


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1 (7) engage all appropriate instruments of 

2 United States influence to combat gross violations of 

3 human rights in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

4 Region, penalize entities and persons that facilitate 

5 such violations within the Xinjiang Uighur Autono6 mous Region, including the mass arbitrary detention 

7 of Turkic Muslims, and deter policies or activities of 

8 the People’s Republic of China, or agents thereof, 

9 that seek to constrain the freedom of speech or reli10 gion of members of Turkic Muslim communities 

11 globally. 

12 SEC. 3. POLITICAL RE-EDUCATION AND MASS ARBITRARY 

13 DETENTION. 

14 (a) ADVOCACY WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES.—The 

15 Secretary of State, in meetings with representatives of the 

16 Government of the People’s Republic of China, should 

17 urge— 

18 (1) the release of all persons detained in the 

19 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s 

20 Republic of China on the basis of their religion, eth21 nicity, or actual or perceived political views; 

22 (2) an end to the practice of ‘‘political re-edu23 cation’’ or mass arbitrary detention practices deriva24 tive thereof; and 


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1 (3) the immediate cessation of all governmental 

2 actions that discriminately deprive members of 

3 Turkic Muslim communities, including the Uighur 

4 community, of fundamental rights, such as freedom 

5 of expression, freedom of religion, and freedom of 

6 movement, including with respect to domestic or 

7 international travel. 

8 (b) DOCUMENTATION STUDY AND REPORT.— 

9 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary of State, in coordi10 nation with the heads of other relevant Federal 

11 agencies, shall conduct a study to document the 

12 mass arbitrary detainment of Turkic Muslims in the 

13 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s 

14 Republic of China. Such study shall, at a minimum, 

15 include geographic information regarding the loca16 tion of suspected detainment facilities, estimates of 

17 the number of people detained in such facilities, a 

18 timeline of escalatory discrimination against Turkic 

19 Muslims, detailed information regarding the 

20 refoulement of Turkic Muslims to the People’s Re21 public of China, and, to the maximum extent prac22 ticable, information derived from interviews with 

23 former detainees of such facilities, including with re24 spect to conditions in detention facilities. 


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1 (2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 State shall prepare and make available to the public 

4 a report that contains the results of the study con5 ducted under paragraph (1). 

6 SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY. 

7 (a) ADVOCACY AT THE UNITED NATIONS.—The 

8 President should instruct representatives of the United 

9 States at the United Nations to use the voice and vote 

10 of the United States to condemn the mass arbitrary de11 tainment of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur 

12 Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, 

13 and to encourage United Nations Member States to simi14 larly condemn and advocate against such activities. 

15 (b) ADVOCACY IN CENTRAL ASIA.—The Secretary of 

16 State, in meetings with representatives of relevant govern17 ments of Central Asian countries, should urge such gov18 ernments to provide appropriate assistance, including as19 surances of safety, to Turkic Muslims from the Xinjiang 

20 Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

21 China residing in the respective territories of such coun22 tries. 

23 (c) ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY.—The 

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1 filiated with countries that participate in the Organisation 

2 of Islamic Cooperation, should urge such governments to 

3 raise the issue of human rights in the Xinjiang Uighur 

4 Autonomous Region in their respective interactions with 

5 officials of the People’s Republic of China. 

6 (d) ADVOCACY AGAINST REFOULEMENT.—The Sec7 retary of State, in appropriate meetings with representa8 tives of foreign governments identified in the report re9 quired under subsection (g) of section 302 of the U.S.- 

10 China Relations Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–286; 22 

11 U.S.C. 6912), pursuant to the information required under 

12 paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (h) of such section (as 

13 added by section 14 of this Act), describing those coun14 tries that have refouled Turkic Muslims to the People’s 

15 Republic of China, should urge such governments to not 

16 repatriate or extradite Turkic Muslims to the People’s Re17 public of China when such persons may be subject to gross 

18 violations of basic human rights, including mass arbitrary 

19 detention, or on the basis of conduct or associations which 

20 would not constitute offenses under United States law or 

21 regulation. 

22 SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF GLOBAL MAGNITSKY HUMAN 

23 RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. 

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1 tions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account2 ability Act (subtitle F of title XII of the National Defense 

3 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

4 328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)) against senior regional offi5 cials in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region respon6 sible for facilitating the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic 

7 Muslims within such region, until such time as such senior 

8 regional officials cease to participate in such activities. 

9 (b) PUBLIC STATEMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

11 shall release a public statement, to be made available 

12 prominently on the website of the White House or an ap13 propriate Federal agency, regarding any sanctions against 

14 senior regional officials in the Xinjiang Uighur Autono15 mous Region. 

16 (c) REPORT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the event sanctions have 

18 not been imposed against senior regional officials in 

19 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region by the date 

20 that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act, the President shall transmit to the Com22 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela24 tions of the Senate and make available to the public 

25 a report detailing the deliberations underlying the 


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1 determinations of the President to not impose such 

2 sanctions. 

3 (2) FORM.—Any report required under para4 graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form 

5 but may contain a classified annex. 

6 SEC. 6. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. 

7 (a) FOREIGN PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in 

8 subsection (d), the head of an executive agency may not 

9 enter into or renew a contract, on or after the date that 

10 is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 for the procurement of goods or services with a foreign 

12 person who at any time within the preceding three years 

13 substantially facilitated or provided substantial knowing 

14 assistance, as determined by such head in accordance with 

15 subsection (c), with respect to the mass arbitrary detain16 ment of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur Au17 tonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China on the 

18 basis of associations or conduct which would not constitute 

19 offenses under United States law or regulation. 

20 (b) DOMESTIC CONSIDERATION.—Except as provided 

21 in subsection (d), the head of an executive agency shall, 

22 before entering into or renewing a contract, on or after 

23 the date that is one year after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act, for the procurement of goods or services with 

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1 ceding three years substantially facilitated or provided 

2 substantial knowing assistance, as determined by such 

3 head in accordance with subsection (c), with respect to the 

4 mass arbitrary detainment of Turkic Muslims within the 

5 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Re6 public of China on the basis of associations or conduct 

7 which would not constitute offenses under United States 

8 law or regulation, take into consideration such facilitation 

9 or assistance (as the case may be), provide adverse consid10 eration to such proposed contract, and, to the extent prac11 ticable, assess the availability of such goods or services 

12 from alternative United States persons. 

13 (c) PROCEDURE.—In making the determinations and 

14 assessments required under subsections (a) and (b), as the 

15 case may be, the head of the executive agency at issue 

16 shall, except in the case of contracts for the procurement 

17 of routine goods or services in support of United States 

18 Government activities or operations within the People’s 

19 Republic of China or any Special Administrative Region 

20 thereof, consult with the Secretary of Commerce, unless 

21 such agency has independently determined the contract to 

22 be entered into or renewed would be denied as a result 

23 of being entered into or renewed with a— 

24 (1) foreign person domiciled or having its prin25 cipal place of business within the People’s Republic 


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1 of China, or United States person such agency has 

2 reasonable grounds to believe is a corporate affiliate 

3 thereof; 

4 (2) foreign or United States person with respect 

5 to whom such agency has reasonable grounds to be6 lieve the prohibitions or requirements under sub7 sections (a) or (b), as the case may be, likely apply; 

8 or 

9 (3) foreign person whom the Committee on 

10 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives or 

11 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

12 or any Member thereof, identifies in a written com13 munication to such agency is likely subject to the 

14 prohibitions or requirements under subsections (a) 

15 or (b), as the case may be. 

16 (d) WAIVER.—The President is authorized, upon 30 

17 days prior written notification to the Committee on For18 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, to waive the 

20 prohibitions and requirements under subsections (a) and 

21 (b), as the case may be, with respect to a person if the 

22 President determines that such prohibition or require23 ment, as the case may be, would negatively impact the 

24 national security or national interests of the United 

25 States. 


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1 (e) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an4 nually thereafter for a period of five years or until 

5 such time as the President certifies in writing to the 

6 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela8 tions of the Senate that the mass arbitrary detain9 ment of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur 

10 Autonomous Region has ceased, the President shall 

11 transmit to such committees a report that identifies 

12 each foreign person the President has determined is 

13 described in the prohibition under subsection (a) or 

14 each United States person that has been denied a 

15 contract subject to the adverse consideration pro16 vided for under subsection (b) and, in addition, an 

17 identification of each foreign person and United 

18 States person with respect to whom the President 

19 has authorized a waiver under subsection (d). 

20 (2) FORM.—Each report required under para21 graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form 

22 but may contain a classified annex. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 

25 agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 


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1 133 of title 41, United States Code, other than any 

2 element described in section 3(4) of the National Se3 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

4 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per5 son’’ means any person, including any corporation, 

6 partnership, or other organization, that is not a 

7 United States person. 

8 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

9 ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 

10 citizen or alien admitted for permanent residence in 

11 the United States, and any corporation, partnership, 

12 or other organization organized under the laws of 

13 the United States or of any State or United States 

14 territory. 

15 SEC. 7. EXPORT CONTROL RESTRICTIONS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 902(b) 

17 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 

18 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 22 U.S.C. 2151 

19 note) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph 

20 (A), by inserting ‘‘and, in the case of any report issued 

21 on or after the date of the enactment of the Uighur Inter22 vention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act 

23 of 2018, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region’’ after 

24 ‘‘Tibet’’. 


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1 (b) DATA ANALYSIS AND BIOMETRIC TECH2 NOLOGIES.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 

4 shall deny any application for a license under part 

5 I of subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2209; 50 

8 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) for export to the People’s Re9 public of China, including any Special Administra10 tive Region thereof, of any machine learning, pattern 

11 recognition, artificial intelligence, quantum com12 puting, or biometric technology unless the applicant 

13 provides a sworn affirmative written certification 

14 that such technology will not knowingly be used by 

15 such applicant or any affiliate of such applicant, or 

16 knowingly sold or otherwise provided to any third 

17 party, to facilitate the mass arbitrary detention of 

18 Turkic Muslims in the People’s Republic of China on 

19 the basis of associations or conduct which would not 

20 constitute offenses under United States law or regu21 lation or to otherwise further conduct described in 

22 any regulation promulgated pursuant to paragraph 

23 (2)(A). 

24 (2) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL CONDUCT

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1 may prescribe regulations applying the prohibitions 

2 and requirements described in paragraph (1) to ad3 ditional categories of— 

4 (A) conduct directly relating to pervasive 

5 human rights violations targeted against Turkic 

6 Muslims in the People’s Republic of China; or 

7 (B) advanced technology determined by the 

8 Secretary to be substantially derivative of the 

9 technologies described in paragraph (1). 

10 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

11 paragraph (1) or (2) shall be construed to require or 

12 endorse the issuance of a license for export to any 

13 applicant with respect to any of the technologies de14 scribed in paragraph (1) irrespective of such appli15 cant’s provision of an affirmative written certifi16 cation described in paragraph (1). 

17 (c) ENTITY LIST.—Not later than one year after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com19 merce shall, in consultation with other relevant Federal 

20 officials, promulgate regulations providing for end-user re21 strictions on any element of the Ministry of Public Secu22 rity of the People’s Republic of China, or entity acting 

23 on its behalf, which is located in the Xinjiang Uighur Au24 tonomous Region and is determined to substantially facili25 tate the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims in 


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1 the People’s Republic of China on the basis of associations 

2 or conduct that would not constitute offenses under 

3 United States law or regulation. 

4 SEC. 8. DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING 

5 XINJIANG AUTHORITIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 

7 require any person seeking any license under part I of sub8 title B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

10 115–232 Stat. 2209; 50 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) to provide, 

11 prior to the issuance of any license for export to the Peo12 ple’s Republic of China, including any Special Administra13 tive Region thereof, to the Secretary either— 

14 (1) a sworn written declaration listing all sales 

15 or transfers of products or services within the prior 

16 three years to any law enforcement, public safety, or 

17 state security agency, or provider of law enforce18 ment, public safety, or state security services to any 

19 such agency, located within the Xinjiang Uighur Au20 tonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, 

21 irrespective of whether such products or services are 

22 subject to export control restrictions, which shall 

23 contain an annex specifically identifying any such 

24 sales or transfers which the applicant knows 

25 furthered or advanced the mass arbitrary detention 


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1 or targeted surveillance of Turkic Muslims within 

2 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo3 ple’s Republic of China; or 

4 (2) a certification describing that such person 

5 has not knowingly engaged in any sales or transfers 

6 of products or services within the prior three years 

7 to any law enforcement, public safety, or state secu8 rity agency, or provider of law enforcement, public 

9 safety, or state security services to any such agency, 

10 located within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Re11 gion of the People’s Republic of China, irrespective 

12 of whether such products or services are subject to 

13 export control restrictions. 

14 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Commerce may waive 

15 or limit the requirement under subsection (a) if— 

16 (1) the Secretary provides a written certifi17 cation to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Foreign Relations of the Senate that the People’s 

20 Republic of China has ceased to detain or discrimi21 nate as a matter of policy against Turkic Muslims 

22 within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on 

23 the basis of their religion, ethnicity, or actual or per24 ceived political views; 


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1 (2) the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case 

2 basis, that the application of subsection (a) to any 

3 particular person would be impracticable and the ap4 plicant for issuance of a license under part I of sub5 title B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National 

6 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

7 commits in writing to submit to the Secretary of 

8 Commerce written records of any subsequent or 

9 pending sale or transfer that would have been re10 quired to be declared under subsection (a) absent a 

11 finding of impracticability that occurs within three 

12 years of the date of issuance of the requested license 

13 within 30 days of the instigation of any such subse14 quent or pending sale of transfer; or 

15 (3) the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case 

16 basis, and provides a written certification to the 

17 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela19 tions of the Senate that the application of subsection 

20 (a) to any particular person with respect to a spe21 cific transaction would negatively impact the na22 tional security of the United States. 

23 (c) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.—On not less than 

24 an annual basis, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide 

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1 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

2 the Senate any declarations provided to the Secretary 

3 under subsection (a)(1) which contain information which 

4 demonstrates a person has engaged in transactions which 

5 likely contributed to the mass arbitrary detention or tar6 geted surveillance of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang 

7 Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

8 China. 

9 (d) FURTHER DISCLOSURE.—Notwithstanding 

10 clause (ii) of section 1761(h)(2)(B) of the John S. McCain 

11 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, 

12 a committee or subcommittee of Congress of appropriate 

13 jurisdiction may disclose any information made available 

14 under clause (i) of such section that relates to any declara15 tion provided to the Secretary of Commerce under sub16 section (a)(1) if such information— 

17 (1) is redacted to only include information 

18 which demonstrates a person has engaged in trans19 actions which likely contributed to the mass arbi20 trary detention or targeted surveillance of Turkic 

21 Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

22 Region of the People’s Republic of China; and 

23 (2) does not contain any technical plans or 

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1 SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS AND NONGOVERN2 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

3 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

4 United States to— 

5 (1) engage all appropriate instruments of 

6 United States influence to seek the release of United 

7 States citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for per8 manent residence in the United States and personnel 

9 of United States-based nongovernmental organiza10 tions or journalistic enterprises, including Radio 

11 Free Asia, and family members thereof, detained by 

12 the People’s Republic of China as a result of jour13 nalistic, religious, academic, economic, or peaceful 

14 advocacy activities undertaken within or regarding 

15 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo16 ple’s Republic of China that would be lawful if un17 dertaken in the United States; 

18 (2) protest any inappropriate restrictions im19 posed upon United States persons serving as jour20 nalists or employees of nongovernmental organiza21 tions, journalists or employees affiliated with news 

22 publications or nongovernmental organizations based 

23 in the United States, or United States officials with 

24 respect to travel to or within the People’s Republic 

25 of China, including to or within the Xinjiang Uighur 

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1 (3) make relevant United States officials, in2 cluding officials of the Department of State, reason3 ably available to such family members, publications, 

4 or organizations impacted by such detentions or re5 strictions within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

6 Region for purposes of discussing the detention of or 

7 restrictions placed upon their respective family mem8 bers, publications, or organizations by the People’s 

9 Republic of China and the efforts of the United 

10 States to address such detentions or restrictions. 

11 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Foreign As12 sistance Act of 1961 is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (12) of section 116(d) (22 

14 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

19 and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

21 subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(D) in countries in which United States 

23 persons serving as journalists or employees of 

24 nongovernmental organizations, or journalists 

25 or employees affiliated with news publications 


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1 or nongovernmental organizations based in the 

2 United States, or family members thereof, have 

3 been detained, an assessment of— 

4 ‘‘(i) whether such detentions are likely 

5 intended to chill or otherwise restrict free 

6 speech or advocacy activities; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the extent to which the United 

8 States has taken or will take action to en9 courage an end to such detentions.’’; and 

10 (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)— 

11 (A) by redesignating the second subsection 

12 (i), (relating to child marriage, as added by sec13 tion 1207(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women 

14 Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113– 

15 4)), as subsection (j); and 

16 (B) in subsection (i) (relating to the status 

17 of freedom of the press in certain countries)— 

18 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

22 and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(4) in countries in which United States per2 sons serving as journalists or employees of non3 governmental organizations, or journalists or em4 ployees affiliated with news publications or non5 governmental organizations based in the United 

6 States, or family members thereof, have been de7 tained, an assessment of— 

8 ‘‘(A) whether such detentions are likely in9 tended to chill or otherwise restrict free speech 

10 or advocacy activities; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the extent to which the United States 

12 has taken or will take action to encourage an 

13 end to such detentions.’’. 

14 SEC. 10. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND CENSORSHIP. 

15 (a) RADIO FREE ASIA.—It is the sense of Congress 

16 that the United States should— 

17 (1) take measures, both technical and diplo18 matic, to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia 

19 in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region by the 

20 Government of the People’s Republic of China; and 

21 (2) expand the availability of and capacity for 

22 Uighur language Radio Free Asia programming in 

23 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. 

24 (b) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

25 It is the sense of Congress that the United States Agency 


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1 for Global Media (formerly known as the Broadcasting 

2 Board of Governors) should— 

3 (1) applaud reporters of entities affiliated with 

4 the Agency who, in their independent journalistic 

5 discretion, pursue reporting relating to human rights 

6 issues in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of 

7 the People’s Republic of China; and 

8 (2) recognize the importance of widely distrib9 uting news content regarding human rights issues in 

10 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo11 ple’s Republic of China, particularly within the Mid12 dle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, 

13 and Southeast Asia, consistent with the Agency’s 

14 independent editorial discretion. 

15 (c) INTERNET CENSORSHIP.— 

16 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

17 Congress that internet filtering and censorship, as 

18 undertaken by the People’s Republic of China 

19 through the Great Firewall and related technical 

20 means, is an infringement upon the universal right 

21 to free speech, a violation of the Chinese people’s 

22 right to access information, and a trade barrier 

23 against United States technology enterprises. 

24 (2) LEGAL STRATEGY AGAINST CENSORSHIP

25 PRACTICES.—Not later than one year after the date 


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1 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in 

2 consultation with the Office of the Legal Advisor of 

3 the Department of State and the general counsel of4 fices of such other Federal elements as the President 

5 determines appropriate, transmit to the Committee 

6 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen8 ate a strategy to contest the legality under inter9 national law of the internet censorship practices of 

10 the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 

11 including within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

12 Region, including details regarding measures the 

13 United States could undertake in international fo14 rums to contest such practices. 

15 SEC. 11. PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE UIGHUR 

16 LANGUAGE. 

17 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the United States should— 

19 (1) oppose efforts by the People’s Republic of 

20 China to restrict usage of local languages within the 

21 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s 

22 Republic of China, including the Uighur language, 

23 including bans on such usage in educational facilities 

24 attended by members of Turkic Muslim commu25 nities; 


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1 (2) support efforts to preserve the Uighur lan2 guage; and 

3 (3) expand opportunities for the people of the 

4 United States to gain exposure to and expertise in 

5 the Uighur language. 

6 (b) UIGHUR LANGUAGE TRAINING.—The Secretary 

7 of State shall endeavor, to the maximum extent prac8 ticable, to make Uighur language training available to 

9 Foreign Service officers and other relevant United States 

10 Government personnel employed by or affiliated with the 

11 Department of State with portfolios involving the Xinjiang 

12 Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

13 China. 

14 (c) UIGHUR LANGUAGE VISA SERVICES.—The Sec15 retary of State shall ensure that— 

16 (1) at a minimum, either the United States dip17 lomatic facility closest in proximity to the Xinjiang 

18 Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 

19 of China or the embassy in Beijing has the capa20 bility and capacity to process visa applications and 

21 provide related immigration or travel services in the 

22 Uighur language; and 

23 (2) to the extent practicable, United States 

24 forms for visa applications or related immigration or 

25 travel services frequently utilized by members of the 


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1 Uighur community be made available in the Uighur 

2 language. 

3 (d) UIGHUR LANGUAGE WEBSITE.—The Secretary of 

4 State shall— 

5 (1) establish a website in the Uighur language, 

6 either affiliated with the United States diplomatic 

7 facility closest in proximity to the Xinjiang Uighur 

8 Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 

9 China or the embassy in Beijing; 

10 (2) endeavor to ensure such website contains 

11 key documents, press releases, and other such mate12 rials determined to be uniquely relevant to Turkic 

13 Muslim communities within the People’s Republic of 

14 China; and 

15 (3) to the extent practicable, take technological 

16 measures to protect against the blocking or censor17 ship of such website. 

18 SEC. 12. PROTECTIONS FOR DIASPORA. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that the United States should forcefully oppose and 

21 protest all unlawful efforts by the Government of the Peo22 ple’s Republic of China to censor, monitor, or otherwise 

23 exert pressure against Turkic Muslims present within the 

24 United States, as well as all other persons present within 

25 the United States. 


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1 (b) MECHANISM FOR REPORTING INCIDENTS.—The 

2 Secretary of State shall— 

3 (1) not later than one year after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act, establish a website for the 

5 confidential reporting of harassment or surveillance 

6 by representatives or agents of the Government of 

7 the People’s Republic of China within the United 

8 States or against United States persons located 

9 abroad; 

10 (2) take technical measures to ensure reports 

11 submitted over such website are encrypted and that, 

12 to the maximum extent practicable, the identifying 

13 information of those individuals who submit such re14 ports remains confidential; 

15 (3) endeavor to publicize the availability of such 

16 website to individuals and personnel who are not 

17 subject to any mandatory foreign contact reporting 

18 requirements, including to individuals on college 

19 campuses, including international student groups, 

20 college administrators, and campus public safety 

21 personnel, and to personnel of nongovernmental or22 ganizations, policy institutes, and other similar enti23 ties, and who are likely to be subject to harassment 

24 or surveillance by representatives or agents of the 

25 Government of the People’s Republic of China; 


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1 (4) transmit to appropriate Federal, State, or 

2 local law enforcement information, whether obtained 

3 through the reporting mechanism described in para4 graph (1) or otherwise obtained from any non5 governmental source, regarding credible allegations 

6 of unlawful harassment or surveillance, including 

7 any potential conspiracies against rights under sec8 tion 241 of title 18, United States Code, by rep9 resentatives or agents of the Government of the Peo10 ple’s Republic of China within the United States, or 

11 in the event the transmittal of such information to 

12 such law enforcement may negatively impact the na13 tional security or national interests of the United 

14 States or such information relates to activity outside 

15 the jurisdiction of any such law enforcement entity, 

16 to at least one Federal element described in section 

17 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

18 U.S.C. 3003(4)); and 

19 (5) in coordination with the heads of other rel20 evant Federal agencies, prepare a strategy for coun21 tering harassment or surveillance by representatives 

22 or agents of the Government of the People’s Repub23 lic of China within the United States, including 

24 against members of Turkic Muslim communities. 


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1 (c) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION REPORTING RE2 QUIREMENT.—The President shall promulgate and en3 force regulations requiring any institution of higher edu4 cation that participates in a program under title IV of the 

5 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.) 

6 to, in the event such institution becomes aware of any inci7 dent of harassment or surveillance within the United 

8 States by agents or representatives of the Government of 

9 the People’s Republic of China against persons affiliated 

10 with such institution or otherwise occurring on its campus, 

11 promptly report such incident to the Secretary of State, 

12 using either the mechanism described in subsection (b) or 

13 other available means. 

14 SEC. 13. REPORTS. 

15 (a) REPORT ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.—Not 

16 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec18 retary of Commerce and the heads of other relevant Fed19 eral agencies, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 

20 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com21 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and make avail22 able to the public a report— 

23 (1) describing the nature and specifications of 

24 software or hardware technologies, including relating 

25 to predictive policing and large-scale data collection 


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1 and analysis, used by the Government of the Peo2 ple’s Republic of China to enable or otherwise facili3 tate mass arbitrary detentions of Turkic Muslims in 

4 the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; and 

5 (2) to the extent practicable, identifying the 

6 companies or other entities that substantially par7 ticipated in the design, manufacturing, or deploy8 ment of such technologies. 

9 (b) REPORT ON SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM.—Not later 

10 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of 

12 other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the Com13 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

15 and make available to the public a report describing ef16 forts of the People’s Republic of China to establish a social 

17 credit system, including information regarding— 

18 (1) human rights concerns and implications of 

19 such system, including with respect to the Xinjiang 

20 Uighur Autonomous Region; 

21 (2) the ability of such system to harm or other22 wise impact the geopolitical or economic interests of 

23 the United States, including the potential use of 

24 such system as a means to disfavor persons who af25 filiate with the United States Government, purchase 


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1 from or establish commercial ties with entities based 

2 within or having a substantial presence within the 

3 United States, or engage in speech or publication ac4 tivities, including commercial speech or publication 

5 activities, which the Government of the People’s Re6 public of China is reasonably likely to seek to con7 strain; 

8 (3) the strategic and political considerations in9 forming the decision of the People’s Republic of 

10 China to pursue development of such system; 

11 (4) the extent to which such system may make 

12 use of United States technologies or contain per13 sonal information relating to United States persons 

14 or entities; and 

15 (5) such other additional matters relating to 

16 such system that the Secretary of State determines 

17 appropriate, particularly with respect to use and de18 ployment in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Re19 gion of such system. 

20 (c) FORM.—The reports required by subsections (a) 

21 and (b) shall be submitted and made available in unclassi22 fied form, but either or both of such reports, or any sepa23 rate components thereof, may contain or be included in, 

24 as the case may be, classified annexes if such is deter25 mined appropriate. 


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1 SEC. 14. CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON 

2 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 302 of 

4 the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 

5 286; 22 U.S.C. 6912; relating to the Congressional-Execu6 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

9 the semicolon at the end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(3) specific information regarding— 

15 ‘‘(A) activities of the Government of the 

16 People’s Republic of China in the Xinjiang 

17 Uighur Autonomous Region, or against Turkic 

18 Muslim communities elsewhere in the People’s 

19 Republic of China or globally, which may con20 stitute grounds for sanctions or other adverse 

21 actions under United States law or regulation; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) any countries which have refouled 

24 Turkic Muslims to the People’s Republic of 

25 China.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to 

4 the first report required under subsection (g) of section 

5 302 of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 that is issued 

6 after such date. 

7 SEC. 15. UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 

8 REVIEW COMMISSION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 1238(c) 

10 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 

11 Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398; 22 U.S.C. 

12 7002, relating to the United States-China Economic and 

13 Security Review Commission) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(L) The development or deployment of 

16 technologies by the People’s Republic of China 

17 that facilitate mass arbitrary detention of eth18 nic or religious minorities, the economic and se19 curity implications of such technologies, and the 

20 use of such technologies within the People’s Re21 public of China, including in the Xinjiang 

22 Uighur Autonomous Region.’’. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

24 subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the date 

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1 the first report required under paragraph (1) of section 

2 1238(c) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Author3 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 that is submitted after 

4 such date. 

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