In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 3, 2019. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 178) entitled 

‘‘An Act to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic 

Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uighur Intervention and 

3 Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019’’ or the 

4 ‘‘UIGHUR Act of 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

6 The purpose of this Act is to direct United States re7 sources to address human rights violations and abuses, in8 cluding gross violations of human rights, by the People’s 

9 Republic of China’s mass surveillance and internment of 

10 over 1,000,000 Uighurs and other predominantly Turkic 

11 Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Au12 tonomous Region. 
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1 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com5 mittee on Financial Services, and the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

8 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 

9 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 

11 Congress makes the following findings: 

12 (1) The Government of the People’s Republic of 

13 China has a long history of repressing Turkic Mus14 lims, particularly Uighurs, in China’s Xinjiang 

15 Uighur Autonomous Region. 

16 (2) In May 2014, Chinese authorities launched 

17 their latest ‘‘Strike Hard against Violent Extremism’’ 

18 campaign, using wide-scale, internationally-linked 

19 threats of terrorism as a pretext to justify pervasive 

20 restrictions on and human rights violations of mem21 bers of the ethnic minority communities of the 

22 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The August 

23 2016 transfer of former Tibet Autonomous Region 

24 Party Secretary Chen Quanguo to become the 

25 Xinjiang Party Secretary prompted an acceleration 

26 in the crackdown across the region. Scholars, human 
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1 rights organizations, journalists, and think tanks 

2 have provided ample evidence substantiating the es3 tablishment by Chinese authorities of ‘‘reeducation’’ 

4 camps. Since 2014, Chinese authorities have detained 

5 no less than 800,000 Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, 

6 Kyrgyz, and other ethnic minorities in these camps. 

7 (3) Those detained in such facilities have de8 scribed forced political indoctrination, torture, beat9 ings, and food deprivation, as well as denial of reli10 gious, cultural, and linguistic freedoms, and con11 firmed that they were told by guards that the only 

12 way to secure release was to demonstrate sufficient 

13 political loyalty. Poor conditions and lack of medical 

14 treatment at such facilities appear to have contrib15 uted to the deaths of some detainees, including the el16 derly and infirm. 

17 (4) Uighurs and ethnic Kazakhs, who have now 

18 obtained permanent residence or citizenship in other 

19 countries, attest to receiving threats and harassment 

20 from Chinese officials. At least five journalists for 

21 Radio Free Asia’s Uighur service have publicly de22 tailed abuses their family members in Xinjiang have 

23 endured in response to their work exposing abusive 

24 policies across the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Re25 gion. 
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1 (5) In September 2018, United Nations High 

2 Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet 

3 noted in her first speech as High Commissioner the 

4 ‘‘deeply disturbing allegations of large-scale arbitrary 

5 detentions of Uighurs and other Muslim communities, 

6 in so-called re-education camps across Xinjiang’’. 

7 (6) The Government of the People’s Republic of 

8 China’s actions against Turkic Muslims in the 

9 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, whose popu10 lation was approximately 13 million at the time of 

11 the last Chinese census in 2010, are in contravention 

12 of international human rights laws, the International 

13 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Ra14 cial Discrimination, and the Convention against Tor15 ture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat16 ment or Punishment, both of which China has signed 

17 and ratified, and the Universal Declaration of 

18 Human Rights and the International Covenant on 

19 Civil and Political Rights, which China has signed. 

20 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 

22 (1) the President should condemn abuses against 

23 Turkic Muslims by Chinese authorities and call on 

24 such authorities immediately— 

25 (A) to close the ‘‘reeducation’’ camps; 
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1 (B) to lift all restrictions on and ensure re2 spect for human rights; and 

3 (C) to allow those inside China to reestab4 lish contact with their loved ones, friends, and 

5 associates outside China; 

6 (2) the Secretary of State should— 

7 (A) fully implement the provisions of the 

8 Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom 

9 Act (Public Law 114–281); and 

10 (B) should consider strategically employing 

11 sanctions and other tools under the International 

12 Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 

13 et seq.), including measures required by reason of 

14 the designation of the People’s Republic of China 

15 as a country of particular concern for religious 

16 freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such 

17 Act that directly address particularly severe vio18 lations of religious freedom; 

19 (3) the Secretary of State should work with 

20 United States allies and partners as well as through 

21 multilateral institutions to condemn the mass arbi22 trary detention of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang 

23 Uighur Autonomous Region and coordinate closely 

24 with the international community on targeted sanc25 tions and visa restrictions; and 
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1 (4) the journalists of the Uighur language service 

2 of Radio Free Asia should be commended for their re3 porting on the human rights and political situation 

4 in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region despite 

5 efforts by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

6 China to silence or intimidate their reporting through 

7 the detention of family members and relatives in 

8 China, and the United States should expand the 

9 availability of and capacity for Uighur language pro10 gramming on Radio Free Asia in the region. 

11 SEC. 6. UPDATING STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICY 

12 TOWARD THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

13 Section 901(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

14 Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 104 

15 Stat. 84) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) 

17 as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(7) United States policy toward the People’s 

21 Republic of China should be explicitly linked with the 

22 situation in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 

23 Region, specifically as to whether— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the mass internment of ethnic Uighur 

2 and other Turkic Muslims in ‘political edu3 cation’ camps has ended; 

4 ‘‘(B) all political prisoners in the region are 

5 released; 

6 ‘‘(C) the use of high-tech mass surveillance 

7 and predictive policing to discriminate against 

8 and violate the human rights of members of spe9 cific ethnic groups is evident in other parts of 

10 China; and 

11 ‘‘(D) the Government of the People’s Repub12 lic of China has ended efforts aimed at cultural 

13 assimilation and particularly severe restrictions 

14 of religious practice in the region;’’. 

15 SEC. 7. APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS UNDER GLOBAL 

16 MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNT17 ABILITY ACT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 

18 SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB19 LIC OF CHINA. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

22 to the appropriate congressional committees a list of senior 

23 officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

24 who the President determines are responsible for or who 

25 have knowingly engaged in serious human rights abuses 
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1 against Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang Uighur Autono2 mous Region and elsewhere in China. Such list shall in3 clude the following: 

4 (1) Senior Chinese officials, such as Xinjiang 

5 Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, who are directly re6 sponsible for the ongoing repression in the Xinjiang 

7 Uighur Autonomous Region. 

8 (2) Senior Chinese officials responsible for mass 

9 incarceration, political indoctrination, or reeducation 

10 efforts targeting Uighurs and other predominantly 

11 Muslim ethnic minorities. 

12 (b) FORM.—The list required under subsection (a) 

13 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

14 a classified annex. 

15 (c) SANCTIONS IMPOSED.—On the date on which the 

16 President submits to the appropriate congressional commit17 tees the list described in subsection (a), and as appropriate 

18 thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions de19 scribed in section 1263(b) of the Global Magnitsky Human 

20 Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public 

21 Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) with respect to any 

22 foreign person that the President has identified on the list. 

23 (d) EXCEPTION FOR UNITED NATIONS HEAD24 QUARTERS AGREEMENT; ENFORCEMENT.—Subsections (e) 

25 and (f) of section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human 
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1 Rights Accountability Act apply with respect to the imposi2 tion of sanctions under this section to the same extent as 

3 such subsections apply with respect to the imposition of 

4 sanctions under such section 1263. 

5 (e) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL INTERESTS.—The Presi6 dent may waive the imposition of sanctions under sub7 section (c) if the President— 

8 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na9 tional interests of the United States; and 

10 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

11 committees notice of, and a justification for, the waiv12 er. 

13 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

14 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary 

15 to carry out this section. 

16 (g) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF

17 GOODS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require19 ments to impose sanctions authorized under this Act 

20 shall not include the authority or requirement to im21 pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

22 (2) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

23 ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub24 stance, material, supply or manufactured product, in-
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1 cluding inspection and test equipment, and excluding 

2 technical data. 

3 SEC. 8. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CHINA’S 

4 XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

7 in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal de8 partments and agencies and civil society organizations, 

9 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

10 and make available on the website of the Department of 

11 State a report on human rights abuses in the Xinjiang 

12 Uighur Autonomous Region. 

13 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 

14 by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

15 (1) An assessment of the number of individuals 

16 detained in political ‘‘reeducation camps’’ in the re17 gion and conditions in the camps for detainees, in18 cluding an assessment, to the extent practicable, of 

19 whether detainees endure torture, efforts at forced re20 nunciation of their faith, or other mistreatment. 

21 (2) An assessment of, to the extent practicable, 

22 the number of individuals in the region in highly-con23 trolled forced labor camps. 

24 (3) A description of the methods used by People’s 

25 Republic of China authorities to ‘‘reeducate’’ Uighur 
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1 detainees, including an identification of the Chinese 

2 agencies in charge of such reeducation. 

3 (4) An assessment of the use and nature of forced 

4 labor in and related to the detention of Turkic Mus5 lims in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, and 

6 a description of foreign companies and industries 

7 benefitting from such labor in the region. 

8 (5) An assessment of the level of access to the re9 gion Chinese authorities grant to foreign diplomats 

10 and consular agents, independent journalists, and 

11 representatives of nongovernmental organizations. 

12 (6) An assessment of the repressive surveillance, 

13 detection, and control methods used by Chinese au14 thorities in the region. 

15 (7) A description, as appropriate, of diplomatic 

16 efforts by United States allies and other nations to 

17 address the gross violations of universally recognized 

18 human rights in the region and to protect asylum 

19 seekers from the region. 
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1 SEC. 9. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT, REEXPORT, AND IN2 COUNTRY TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN ITEMS 

3 THAT PROVIDE A CRITICAL CAPABILITY TO 

4 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB5 LIC OF CHINA TO SUPPRESS INDIVIDUAL PRI6 VACY, FREEDOM, AND OTHER BASIC HUMAN 

7 RIGHTS. 

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

9 United States to protect the basic human rights of Uighurs 

10 and other ethnic minorities in the People’s Republic of 

11 China. 

12 (b) LIST OF COVERED ITEMS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, and as appro15 priate thereafter, the President— 

16 (A) shall identify those items that provide a 

17 critical capability to the Government of the Peo18 ple’s Republic of China, or any person acting on 

19 behalf of such Government, to suppress indi20 vidual privacy, freedom of movement, and other 

21 basic human rights, specifically through— 

22 (i) surveillance, interception, and re23 striction of communications; 

24 (ii) monitoring of individual location 

25 or movement or restricting individual move26 ment; 
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1 (iii) monitoring or restricting access to 

2 and use of the internet; 

3 (iv) monitoring or restricting use of so4 cial media; 

5 (v) identification of individuals 

6 through facial recognition, voice recognition, 

7 or biometric indicators; 

8 (vi) detention of individuals who are 

9 exercising basic human rights; and 

10 (vii) forced labor in manufacturing; 

11 and 

12 (B) shall, pursuant to the Export Control 

13 Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), in14 clude items identified pursuant to subparagraph 

15 (A) on the Commerce Control List in a category 

16 separate from other items, as appropriate, on the 

17 Commerce Control List. 

18 (2) SUPPORT AND COOPERATION.—Upon request, 

19 the head of a Federal agency shall provide full sup20 port and cooperation to the President in carrying out 

21 this subsection. 

22 (3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub23 section, the President shall consult with the relevant 

24 technical advisory committees of the Department of 

25 Commerce to ensure that the composition of items 
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1 identified under paragraph (1)(A) and included on 

2 the Commerce Control List under paragraph (1)(B) 

3 does not unnecessarily restrict commerce between the 

4 United States and the People’s Republic of China, 

5 consistent with the purposes of this section. 

6 (c) SPECIAL LICENSE OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 President shall, pursuant to the Export Control Re10 form Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), require a 

11 license or other authorization for the export, reexport, 

12 or in-country transfer to or within the People’s Re13 public of China of an item identified pursuant to sub14 section (b)(1)(A) and included on the Commerce Con15 trol List pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B). 

16 (2) PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL.—An application 

17 for a license or other authorization described in para18 graph (1) shall be subject to a presumption of denial. 

19 (3) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT.—The Presi20 dent shall provide for notice and public comment with 

21 respect actions necessary to carry out this subsection. 

22 (d) INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND MULTILAT23 ERAL CONTROLS.—It shall be the policy of the United 

24 States to seek to harmonize United States export control 

25 regulations with international export control regimes with 
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1 respect to the items identified pursuant to subsection 

2 (b)(1)(A), including through the Wassenaar Arrangement 

3 and other bilateral and multilateral mechanisms involving 

4 countries that export such items. 

5 (e) TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN OTHER

6 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section 902(b)(1) of the For7 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 

8 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

11 by inserting ‘‘and China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autono12 mous Region’’ after ‘‘Tibet’’; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 

16 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 

17 (4) by adding the following new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(F) the ending of the mass internment of 

19 ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in the 

20 Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, including 

21 the intrusive system of high-tech surveillance and 

22 policing in the region; or’’. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) COMMERCE CONTROL LIST.—The term ‘‘Com25 merce Control List’’ means the list set forth in Sup-
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1 plement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administra2 tion Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII 

3 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

4 (2) EXPORT, IN-COUNTRY TRANSFER, ITEM, AND

5 REEXPORT.—The terms ‘‘export’’, ‘‘in-country trans6 fer’’, ‘‘item’’, and ‘‘reexport’’ have the meanings given 

7 such terms in section 1742 of the Export Control Re8 form Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801). 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 178 

AMENDMENT