SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States Department of State has 
recognized and documented repeated human rights 
abuses of the Uighur people by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) The United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom has recognized and doc-
umented the repeated human rights abuses of the 
Uighur people by the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(3) The House of Representatives has and con-
tinues to recognize that the authorities in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China have manipulated the stra-
tegic objectives of the international ‘‘war on terror’’ 
to increase their cultural and religious oppression of 
the Uighur people. 
(4) In early July 2009, ethnic unrest developed 
in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, result-
ing in the unfortunate death of both Han Chinese 
and Uighurs. 
(5) In the aftermath of this unrest, authorities 
in the People’s Republic of China allegedly detained 
hundreds of Uighurs and, according to Human 
Rights Watch, 43 Uighur men have disappeared. 
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(6) Following the ethnic unrest, the People’s 
Republic of China arrested a number of Uighurs and 
Han Chinese and charged 21 individuals with mur-
der, arson, robbery, and property damage. 
(7) Human Rights Watch found the trials of 
the 21 individuals did not meet minimum inter-
national standards of due process and fair trials. 
Despite this, the Government of the People’s Repub-
lic of China handed down death sentences, and 9 of 
the individuals were executed in November 2009. 
(8) In late November and early December 
2009, 22 Uighurs, including 3 children, fled China 
to Cambodia to seek refugee status. There the 
Uighurs worked with the United Nations High Com-
missioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Cam-
bodian Government to follow international refugee 
law and convention. 
(9) The Government of Cambodia made assur-
ances to UNHCR that the 22 Uighurs could follow 
UNHCR procedures so refugee status could be de-
termined before repatriation to China. 
(10) Despite assurances and agreements with 
UNHCR, the Government of Cambodia sent the 20 
Uighur refugees back to China before a refugee de-
termination could be made. Two of the refugees were 
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able to escape Cambodian custody before deporta-
tion. 
(11) Before their deportation, the Uighur refu-
gees told UNHCR that they had fears of imprison-
ment, torture, and death in China. 
(12) Since arriving in China, media reports 
suggest that the 20 Uighurs may have been put on 
trial. No further information about the Uighurs, in-
cluding the children, has been made available. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) support and encourage countries that com-
ply with international conventions, agreements, and 
understandings; 
(2) support and encourage countries that re-
spect human rights and the protection of refugee 
populations; 
(3) assist refugees and minority populations 
seeking asylum and protection from oppressive gov-
ernments and regimes; and 
(4) support and encourage countries that value 
and protect minority populations seeking asylum and 
protection from oppressive governments and regimes. 
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SEC. 4. LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
Notwithstanding part V of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (relating to debt reduction for developing 
countries with tropical forests; 22 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) 
or any other provision of law providing for the reduction 
or forgiveness of the debt of a foreign country, the United 
States may not reduce or forgive any debt owed by Cam-
bodia to the United States. 
SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL ARTICLES 
OF CAMBODIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) or any other 
provision of law providing duty free treatment, no textile 
or apparel article that is the product of Cambodia may 
be extended duty-free treatment when entered into the 
customs territory of the United States. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘textile 
or apparel article’’ means— 
(1) any apparel article classified under any 
chapter of section XII of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States; 
(2) any textiles classified under any such chap-
ter from which apparel articles can be produced; and 
(3) any footwear article classified under chapter 
64 of such Schedule. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act takes effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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