379 
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with other Federal agencies, as 
appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report detailing for the 
previous fiscal year— 
(A) the number of Hong Kong SAR resi-
dents who have applied for United States visas 
or immigration benefits, disaggregated by visa 
type or immigration benefit, including asylum, 
refugee status, temporary protected status, and 
lawful permanent residence; 
(B) the number of approvals, denials, or re-
jections of applicants for visas or immigration 
benefits 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
disaggregated by visa type or immigration ben-
efit and basis for denial; 
(C) the number of pending refugee and asy-
lum applications for Hong Kong SAR residents, 
and the length of time and reason for which such 
applications have been pending; and 
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(D) other matters determined relevant by 
the Secretaries relating to efforts to protect and 
facilitate the resettlement of refugees and victims 
of persecution in Hong Kong. 
(2) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form and published 
on a text-searchable, publicly available website of the 
Department of State and the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(h) STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON 
HONG KONG.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
(A) to support the people of Hong Kong by 
providing safe haven to Hong Kong SAR resi-
dents who are nationals of the PRC following the 
enactment of the Hong Kong National Security 
Law that places certain Hong Kong persons at 
risk of persecution; and 
(B) to encourage like-minded nations to 
make similar accommodations for Hong Kong 
people fleeing persecution by the Government of 
the PRC. 
(2) PLAN.—The Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the heads of other Federal agencies, as ap-
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propriate, shall develop a plan to engage with other 
countries, including the United Kingdom, on coopera-
tive efforts to— 
(A) provide refugee and asylum protections 
for victims of, and individuals with a fear of, 
persecution in Hong Kong, either by Hong Kong 
authorities or other authorities acting on behalf 
of the PRC; 
(B) enhance protocols to facilitate the reset-
tlement of refugees and displaced persons from 
Hong Kong; 
(C) identify and prevent the exploitation of 
immigration and visa policies and procedures by 
corrupt officials; and 
(D) expedite the sharing of information, as 
appropriate, related to the refusal of individual 
applications for visas or other travel documents 
submitted by residents of the Hong Kong SAR 
based on— 
(i) national security or related grounds 
under section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)); 
or 
(ii) fraud or misrepresentation under 
section 212(a)(6)(C) of the Immigration 
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and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the heads of other Federal 
agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees, the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report on 
the plan described in paragraph (2). 
(i) REFUGEE STATUS FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTS OF 
HONG KONG.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Aliens described in paragraph 
(2) may establish, for purposes of admission as a ref-
ugee under sections 207 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) or asylum under section 
208 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158), that such alien has 
a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, 
religion, nationality, membership in a particular so-
cial group, or political opinion by asserting such a 
fear and a credible basis for concern about the possi-
bility of such persecution. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if such alien— 
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(i) is a Priority Hong Kong Resident 
and— 
(I) had a significant role in a 
civil society organization supportive of 
the protests in 2019 and 2020 related 
to the Hong Kong National Security 
Law and the encroachment on the au-
tonomy of Hong Kong by the PRC; 
(II) was arrested, charged, de-
tained, or convicted of an offense aris-
ing from their participation in an ac-
tion as described in section 206(b)(2) 
of the United States-Hong Kong Policy 
Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5726(b)(2)) 
that was not violent in nature; or 
(III) has had their citizenship, 
nationality, or residency revoked for 
having submitted to any United States 
Government agency a nonfrivolous ap-
plication for refugee status, asylum, or 
any other immigration benefit under 
the immigration laws (as defined in 
section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))); 
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(ii) is a Priority Hong Kong Resident 
spouse or child of an alien described in 
clause (i); or 
(iii) is the parent of an alien described 
in clause (i), if such parent is a citizen of 
the PRC and no other foreign state. 
(B) OTHER CATEGORIES.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, may designate other cat-
egories of aliens for purposes of establishing a 
well-founded fear of persecution under paragraph 
(1) if such aliens share common characteristics 
that identify them as targets of persecution in 
the PRC on account of race, religion, nation-
ality, membership in a particular social group, 
or political opinion. 
(C) SIGNIFICANT
ROLE.—For purposes of 
subclause (I) of paragraph (2)(A)(i), a signifi-
cant role shall include, with respect to the pro-
tests described in such clause— 
(i) an organizing role; 
(ii) a first aid responder; 
(iii) a journalist or member of the 
media covering or offering public com-
mentary; 
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(iv) a provider of legal services to one 
or more individuals arrested for partici-
pating in such protests; or 
(v) a participant who during the pe-
riod beginning on June 9, 2019, and ending 
on June 30, 2020, was arrested, charged, 
detained, or convicted as a result of such 
participation. 
(3) AGE
OUT
PROTECTIONS.—For purposes of 
this subsection, a determination of whether an alien 
is a child shall be made using the age of the alien on 
the date an application for refugee or asylum status 
in which the alien is a named beneficiary is filed 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(4) 
EXCLUSION
FROM
NUMERICAL
LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens provided refugee status under this 
subsection shall not be counted against the numerical 
limitation on refugees established in accordance with 
the procedures described in section 207 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157). 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
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submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate a report on the mat-
ters described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each re-
port required by subparagraph (A) shall include, 
with respect to applications submitted under this 
section— 
(i) the total number of refugee and asy-
lum applications that are pending at the 
end of the reporting period; 
(ii) the average wait-times for all ap-
plicants for refugee status or asylum pend-
ing— 
(I) a prescreening interview with 
a resettlement support center; 
(II) an interview with United 
States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services; and 
(III) the completion of security 
checks; 
(iii) the number of approvals, referrals 
including the source of the referral, denials 
of applications for refugee status or asylum, 
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disaggregated by the reason for each such 
denial; and 
(iv) the number of refugee circuit rides 
to interview populations that would include 
Hong Kong SAR completed in the last 90 
days, and the number planned for the subse-
quent 90-day period. 
(C) FORM.—Each report required by sub-
paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(D) PUBLIC
REPORTS.—The Secretary of 
State shall make each report submitted under 
this paragraph available to the public on the 
internet website of the Department of State. 
(j) ADMISSION FOR CERTAIN HIGHLY SKILLED HONG 
KONG RESIDENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of State in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, may provide an alien described in subsection (b) 
with the status of a special immigrant under section 
101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), if the alien— 
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(A) or an agent acting on behalf of the 
alien, submits a petition for classification under 
section 
203(b)(4) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1153(b)(4)); 
(B) is otherwise eligible to receive an immi-
grant visa; 
(C) is otherwise admissible to the United 
States for permanent residence (excluding the 
grounds for inadmissibility specified in section 
212(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. (a)(4))); and 
(D) clears a background check and appro-
priate screening, as determined by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) PRINCIPAL
ALIENS.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subsection if— 
(i) the alien— 
(I) is a Priority Hong Kong Resi-
dent; and 
(II) has earned a bachelor’s or 
higher degree from an institution of 
higher education; and 
(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity determines that such alien’s relocation 
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to the United States would provide a sig-
nificant benefit to the United States. 
(B) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.—An alien is 
described in this subsection if the alien is the 
spouse or child of a principal alien described in 
paragraph (1). 
(3) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided special 
immigrant status under this section may not ex-
ceed 5,000 per year for each of the five fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
prioritize the issuance of visas to individuals 
with a bachelor’s or higher degree in science, 
technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine, 
or health care. 
(B) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens provided immigrant status under 
this section shall not be counted against any nu-
merical limitation under section 201, 202, 203, 
or 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1157). 
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(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION UNDER OTHER 
CLASSIFICATION.—No alien shall be denied the oppor-
tunity to apply for admission under this section sole-
ly because such alien qualifies as an immediate rel-
ative or is eligible for any other immigrant classifica-
tion. 
(5) TIMELINE FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that all steps under the control of the 
United States Government incidental to the ap-
proval of such applications, including required 
screenings and background checks, are completed 
not later than one year after the date on which 
an eligible applicant submits an application 
under subsection (a). 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), the relevant Federal agencies may 
take additional time to process applications de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if satisfaction of na-
tional security concerns requires such additional 
time, provided that the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or the designee of the Secretary, has de-
termined that the applicant meets the require-
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ments for status as a special immigrant under 
this section and has so notified the applicant. 
(k) TERMINATION.—Except as provided in section 6 
of this Act, this section shall cease to have effect on the date 
that is five years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 304. EXPORT PROHIBITION OF MUNITIONS ITEMS TO 
THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prohibit the 
commercial export of covered munitions items to the Hong 
Kong Police Force’’, approved November 27, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–77; 133 Stat. 1173), is amended by striking ‘‘on 
December 31, 2021.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘on the 
date on which the President certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of State has, on or after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph, certified 
under section 205 of the United States-Hong Kong 
Policy Act of 1992 that Hong Kong warrants treat-
ment under United States law in the same manner 
as United States laws were applied to Hong Kong be-
fore July 1, 1997; 
‘‘(2) the Hong Kong Police have not engaged in 
gross violations of human rights during the 1-year pe-
riod ending on the date of such certification; and 
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‘‘(3) there has been an independent examination 
of human rights concerns related to the crowd control 
tactics of the Hong Kong Police and the Government 
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has 
adequately addressed those concerns.’’. 
SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TREATMENT OF 
UYGHURS AND OTHER ETHNIC MINORITIES 
IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Uyghurs are one of several predomi-
nantly Muslim Turkic groups living in the Xinjiang 
Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in the north-
west of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). 
(2) Following Uyghur demonstrations and unrest 
in 2009 and clashes with government security per-
sonnel and other violent incidents in subsequent 
years, PRC leaders sought to ‘‘stabilize’’ the XUAR 
through large-scale arrests and extreme security meas-
ures, under the pretext of combatting alleged ter-
rorism, religious extremism, and ethnic separatism. 
(3) In May 2014, the PRC launched its ‘‘Strike 
Hard Against Violent Extremism’’ campaign, which 
placed further restrictions on and facilitated addi-
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tional human rights violations against minorities in 
the XUAR under the pretext of fighting terrorism. 
(4) In August 2016, Chinese Communist Party 
(CCP) Politburo member Chen Quanguo, former Tibet 
Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary, known 
for overseeing intensifying security operations and 
human rights abuses in the TAR, was appointed as 
Party Secretary of the XUAR. 
(5) Beginning in 2017, XUAR authorities have 
sought to forcibly ‘‘assimilate’’ Uyghurs and other 
Turkic minorities into Chinese society through a pol-
icy of cultural erasure known as ‘‘Sinicization’’. 
(6) Since 2018, credible reporting including from 
the BBC, France24, and the New York Times has 
shown that the Government of the PRC has built mass 
internment camps in the XUAR, which it calls ‘‘voca-
tional training’’ centers, and detained Uyghurs and 
other groups in them and other facilities. 
(7) Since 2015, XUAR authorities have arbi-
trarily detained an estimated 1,500,000 Uyghurs— 
12.5 percent of the XUAR’s official Uyghur popu-
lation of 12,000,000—and a smaller number of other 
ethnic minorities in the ‘‘vocational training’’ centers 
and other detention and pre-detention facilities. 
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(8) In 2017, the XUAR accounted for less than 
two percent of the PRC’s total population but 21 per-
cent of all arrests in China. 
(9) The Atlantic, Radio Free Asia, and other 
sources have revealed that detainees are forced to re-
nounce many of their Islamic beliefs and customs and 
repudiate Uyghur culture, language, and identity. 
(10) Investigations by Human Rights Watch and 
other human rights organizations have documented 
how detainees are subject to political indoctrination, 
forced labor, crowded and unsanitary conditions, in-
voluntary biometric data collection, both medical ne-
glect and intrusive medical interventions, food and 
water deprivation, beatings, sexual violence, and tor-
ture. 
(11) Research by the Australian Strategic Policy 
Institute suggests that, since late 2019, many detain-
ees have been placed in higher security facilities and 
convicted of formal crimes. 
(12) Human Rights Watch has reported that the 
PRC uses data collection programs, including facial 
recognition technology, to surveil Uyghurs in the 
XUAR and to identify individuals whom authorities 
may detain. 
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(13) PRC authorities have placed countless chil-
dren whose parents are detained or in exile in state- 
run institutions and boarding schools without the 
consent of their parents. 
(14) New York Times reporting revealed that nu-
merous local PRC officials who did not agree with the 
policies carried out in XUAR have been fired and im-
prisoned. 
(15) Associated Press reporting documented 
widespread and systemic efforts by PRC authorities 
to force Uyghur women to take contraceptives or to 
subject them to sterilization or abortion, threatening 
to detain those who do not comply. 
(16) PRC authorities prohibit family members 
and advocates inside and outside China from having 
regular communications with relatives and friends 
imprisoned in the XUAR, such as journalist and en-
trepreneur Ekpar Asat. 
(17) PRC authorities have imposed pervasive re-
strictions on the peaceful practice of Islam in the 
XUAR, to the extent that Human Rights Watch as-
serts the PRC ‘‘has effectively outlawed the practice of 
Islam’’. 
(18) Individuals who are not detained in camps 
have been forced to attend political indoctrination ses-
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sions, subjected to movement restrictions, mass sur-
veillance systems, involuntary biometric data collec-
tion, and other human rights abuses. 
(19) International media, nongovernmental or-
ganizations, scholars, families, and survivors have re-
ported on the systemic nature of many of these abuses. 
(20) On June 26, 2020, a group of 50 inde-
pendent United Nations experts jointly expressed 
alarm over China’s deteriorating human rights 
record, including its repression in Xinjiang, and 
called on the international community ‘‘to act collec-
tively and decisively to ensure China respects human 
rights and abides by its international obligations’’. 
(21) On October 6, 2020, 39 United Nations 
member countries issued a public statement con-
demning human rights violations by PRC authorities 
and calling on the PRC to allow the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Human Rights unfettered ac-
cess to Xinjiang. 
(22) The United States Congress passed the 
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public 
Law 116–145). 
(23) The United States Congress passed the Glob-
al Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (sub-
title F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 
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2656 note), which has been used to sanction PRC offi-
cials and entities for their activities in the XUAR. 
(24) The United States Government has imple-
mented additional targeted restrictions on trade with 
Xinjiang and imposed visa and economic sanctions 
on PRC officials and entities for their activities in 
the XUAR. 
(25) The United States Government has docu-
mented human rights abuses and violations of indi-
vidual freedoms in the XUAR, including in the 2019 
Department of State Report on International Reli-
gious Freedom. 
(26) On January 19, 2021, during his confirma-
tion hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken testi-
fied that ‘‘forcing men, women, and children into con-
centration camps, trying to in effect reeducate them 
to be adherents to the Chinese Communist Party—all 
of that speaks to an effort to commit genocide’’. 
(27) On January 19, 2021, Secretary of the 
Treasury Janet L. Yellen, during her confirmation 
hearing, publicly stated that China is guilty of ‘‘hor-
rendous human rights abuses’’. 
(28) On January 27, 2021, in response to a 
question from the press regarding the Uyghurs, Sec-
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retary Blinken stated that his ‘‘judgement remains 
that genocide was committed against the Uyghurs’’. 
(29) On March 10, 2021, in response to a ques-
tion on Xinjiang during his testimony before the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, Secretary Blinken reiterated, ‘‘We‘ve 
been clear, and I’ve been clear, that I see it as geno-
cide, other egregious abuses of human rights, and we’ll 
continue to make that clear.’’. 
(30) The 2020 Department of State Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices: China states that 
‘‘[g]enocide and crimes against humanity occurred 
during the year against the predominantly Muslim 
Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority 
groups in Xinjiang’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the atrocities committed by the PRC against 
Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim Turkic 
groups in Xinjiang, including forced labor, sexual vi-
olence, the internment of over 1,000,000 individuals, 
and other horrific abuses must be condemned; 
(2) the President, the Secretary of State, and the 
United States Ambassador to the United Nations 
should speak publicly about the ongoing human rights 
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abuses in the XUAR, including in formal speeches at 
the United Nations and other international fora; 
(3) the President, the Secretary of State, and the 
United States Ambassador to the United Nations 
should appeal to the United Nations Secretary-Gen-
eral to take a more proactive and public stance on the 
situation in the XUAR, including by supporting calls 
for an investigation and accountability for individ-
uals and entities involved in abuses against the peo-
ple of the XUAR; 
(4) the United States should continue to use tar-
geted sanctions and all diplomatic tools available to 
hold those responsible for the atrocities in Xinjiang to 
account; 
(5) United States agencies engaged with China 
on trade, climate, defense, or other bilateral issues 
should include human rights abuses in the XUAR as 
a consideration in developing United States policy; 
(6) the United States supports Radio Free Asia 
Uyghur, the only Uyghur-language news service in 
the world independent of Chinese government influ-
ence; and 
(7) the United States recognizes the repeated re-
quests from the United Nations High Commissioner 
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for Human Rights for unfettered access to the XUAR 
and the PRC’s refusal to comply, and therefore— 
(A) PRC authorities must allow unfettered 
access by the United Nations Office of the High 
Commissioner for Human Rights to the XUAR; 
(B) the United States should urge collabo-
rative action between the United States Govern-
ment and international partners to pressure 
PRC authorities to allow unfettered access to the 
XUAR; 
(C) the President, the Secretary of State, 
and the United States Ambassador to the United 
Nations should simultaneously outline a strategy 
to investigate the human rights abuses and 
crimes that have taken place in the XUAR, col-
lect evidence, and transfer the evidence to a com-
petent court; and 
(D) United States partners and allies 
should undertake similar strategies in an effort 
to build an international investigation outside of 
the PRC if PRC authorities do not comply with 
a United Nations investigation in the XUAR. 
SEC. 306. PREVENTION OF UYGHUR FORCED LABOR. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
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(5) to regard the prevention of atrocities as in its 
national interest, including efforts to prevent torture, 
enforced disappearances, severe deprivation of liberty, 
including mass internment, arbitrary detention, and 
widespread and systematic use of forced labor, and 
persecution targeting any identifiable ethnic or reli-
gious group; and 
(6) to address gross violations of human rights 
in the XUAR through bilateral diplomatic channels 
and multilateral institutions where both the United 
States and the People’s Republic of China are mem-
bers and with all the authorities available to the 
United States Government, including visa and finan-
cial sanctions, export restrictions, and import con-
trols. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE 
IN THE XUAR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part 
in the XUAR of China, or by persons working with 
the XUAR government for purposes of the ‘‘poverty 
alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ pro-
gram which subsidizes the establishment of manufac-
turing facilities in the XUAR, shall be deemed to be 
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goods, wares, articles, and merchandise described in 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307) 
and shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports 
of the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition described in 
paragraph (1) shall not apply if the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
(A) determines, by clear and convincing evi-
dence, that any specific goods, wares, articles, or 
merchandise described in paragraph (1) were not 
produced wholly or in part by convict labor, 
forced labor, or indentured labor under penal 
sanctions; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and makes available to the 
public a report that contains such determina-
tion. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect on the date that is 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XUAR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Forced 
Labor Enforcement Task Force, established under sec-
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tion 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agree-
ment Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 4681), shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that contains an enforcement strategy to effec-
tively address forced labor in the XUAR of China or 
products made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibet-
ans, or members of other persecuted groups through 
forced labor in any other part of the People’s Repub-
lic of China. The enforcement strategy shall describe 
the specific enforcement plans of the United States 
Government regarding— 
(A) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
described in subsection (b)(1) that are imported 
into the United States directly from the XUAR 
or made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, 
or members of other persecuted groups in any 
other part of the People’s Republic of China; 
(B) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
described in subsection (b)(1) that are imported 
into the United States from the People’s Republic 
of China and are mined, produced, or manufac-
tured in part in the XUAR or by persons work-
ing with the XUAR government or the Xinjiang 
Production and Construction Corps for purposes 
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of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ program or the 
‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program; and 
(C) goods, wares, articles, and merchandise 
described in subsection (b)(1) that are imported 
into the United States from third countries and 
are mined, produced, or manufactured in part 
in the XUAR or by persons working with the 
XUAR government or the Xinjiang Production 
and Construction Corps for purposes of the ‘‘pov-
erty alleviation’’ program or the ‘‘pairing-assist-
ance’’ program. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the actions taken by 
the United States Government to address forced 
labor in the XUAR under section 307 of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including a de-
scription of all Withhold Release Orders issued, 
goods detained, and fines issued. 
(B) A list of products made wholly or in 
part by forced or involuntary labor in the XUAR 
or made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, 
or members of other persecuted groups in any 
other part of the People’s Republic of China, and 
a list of businesses that sold products in the 
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United States made wholly or in part by forced 
or involuntary labor in the XUAR or made by 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or mem-
bers of other persecuted groups in any other part 
of the People’s Republic of China. 
(C) A list of facilities and entities, includ-
ing the Xinjiang Production and Construction 
Corps, that source material from the XUAR or 
by persons working with the XUAR government 
or the Xinjiang Production and Construction 
Corps for purposes of the ‘‘poverty alleviation’’ 
program or the ‘‘pairing-assistance’’ program, a 
plan for identifying additional such facilities 
and entities, and facility- and entity-specific en-
forcement plans, including issuing specific With-
hold Release Orders to support enforcement of 
subsection (b), with regard to each listed facility 
or entity. 
(D) A list of high-priority sectors for en-
forcement, 
including 
cotton, 
tomatoes, 
polysilicon, and a sector-specific enforcement 
plan for each high-priority sector. 
(E) A description of the additional re-
sources necessary for U.S. Customs and Border 
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Protection to effectively implement the enforce-
ment strategy. 
(F) A plan to coordinate and collaborate 
with appropriate nongovernmental organizations 
and private sector entities to discuss the enforce-
ment strategy for products made in the XUAR. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(4) UPDATES.—The Forced Labor Enforcement 
Task Force shall provide briefings to the appropriate 
congressional committees on a quarterly basis and, as 
applicable, on any updates to the strategy required by 
paragraph (1) or any additional actions taken to ad-
dress forced labor in the XUAR, including actions de-
scribed in this section. 
(5) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have ef-
fect on the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is eight years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
determination that the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China has ended mass intern-
ment, forced labor, and any other gross viola-
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tions of human rights experienced by Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim 
minority groups in the XUAR. 
(d) DETERMINATION RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST 
HUMANITY OR GENOCIDE IN THE XUAR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall— 
(A) determine if the practice of forced labor 
or other crimes against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, 
Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority 
groups in the XUAR of China can be considered 
systematic and widespread and therefore con-
stitutes crimes against humanity or constitutes 
genocide as defined in subsection (a) of section 
1091 of title 18, United States Code; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and make available to the public a 
report that contains such determination. 
(2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) shall be submitted in unclassified form 
but may include a classified annex, if necessary; 
and 
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(B) may be included in the report required 
by subsection (e). 
(e) DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
TO ADDRESS FORCED 
LABOR IN THE XUAR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the heads of other appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that contains a United States strategy to promote ini-
tiatives to enhance international awareness of and to 
address forced labor in the XUAR of China. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy 
required by paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a plan to enhance bilateral and multi-
lateral coordination, including sustained engage-
ment with the governments of United States 
partners and allies, to end forced labor of 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the XUAR; 
(B) public affairs, public diplomacy, and 
counter-messaging efforts to promote awareness 
of the human rights situation, including forced 
labor in the XUAR; and 
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(C) opportunities to coordinate and collabo-
rate with appropriate nongovernmental organi-
zations and private sector entities to raise 
awareness about forced labor made products from 
the XUAR and to provide assistance to Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim 
minority groups in the XUAR, including those 
formerly detained in mass internment camps in 
the region. 
(3) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 
The report required by paragraph (1) shall also in-
clude— 
(A) to the extent practicable, a list of— 
(i) entities in the People’s Republic of 
China or affiliates of such entities that di-
rectly or indirectly use forced or involun-
tary labor in the XUAR; and 
(ii) foreign persons that acted as 
agents of the entities or affiliates of entities 
described in clause (i) to import goods into 
the United States; and 
(B) a description of actions taken by the 
United States Government to address forced 
labor in the XUAR under existing authorities, 
including— 
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(i) the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; 22 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); 
(ii) the Elie Wiesel Genocide and 
Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and 
(iii) the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note). 
(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex, if necessary. 
(5) UPDATES.—The Secretary of State shall in-
clude any updates to the strategy required by para-
graph (1) in the annual Trafficking in Persons report 
required by section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
(6) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to have ef-
fect the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is eight years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
determination that the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China has ended mass intern-
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ment, forced labor, and any other gross viola-
tions of human rights experienced by Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim 
minority groups in the XUAR. 
(f) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO FORCED 
LABOR
IN
THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS RE-
GION.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
not less frequently than annually thereafter, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that identifies 
each foreign person, including any official of the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China, 
that the President determines— 
(i) knowingly engages in, is responsible 
for, or facilitates the forced labor of 
Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of 
other Muslim minority groups in the 
XUAR; and 
(ii) knowingly engages in, contributes 
to, assists, or provides financial, material 
or technological support for efforts to con-
travene United States law regarding the 
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importation of forced labor goods from the 
XUAR. 
(B) FORM.—The report required under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
(2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph (3) 
with respect to each foreign person identified in the 
report required under paragraph (1)(A). 
(3) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall 
exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the 
extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in property and interests in property of 
a foreign person identified in the report required 
under paragraph (1)(A) if such property and in-
terests in property— 
(i) are in the United States; 
(ii) come within the United States; or 
(iii) come within the possession or con-
trol of a United States person. 
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(B) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.— 
(i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
An alien described in paragraph (1)(A) 
is— 
(I) inadmissible to the United 
States; 
(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 
other 
documentation 
to 
enter 
the 
United States; and 
(III) otherwise ineligible to be ad-
mitted or paroled into the United 
States or to receive any other benefit 
under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—An alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) is subject 
to revocation of any visa or other entry 
documentation regardless of when the 
visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued. 
(II) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A rev-
ocation under subclause (I) shall— 
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(aa) take effect immediately; 
and 
(bb) 
automatically 
cancel 
any other valid visa or entry doc-
umentation that is in the alien’s 
possession. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(A) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may 
exercise all authorities provided under sections 
203 and 205 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) to carry out this section. 
(B) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided 
for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign 
person that engages in an activity described in 
paragraph (1)(A) to the same extent that such 
penalties apply to a person that commits an un-
lawful act described in subsection (a) of such sec-
tion 206. 
(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of sanctions under this section with respect 
to a foreign person identified in the report required 
under paragraph (1)(A) if the President determines 
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and certifies to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that such a waiver is in the national interest of 
the United States. 
(6) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI-
TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not 
apply to any activity subject to the reporting re-
quirements under title V of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any 
authorized intelligence activities of the United 
States. 
(B) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph 
(3)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 
if admitting or paroling the alien into the 
United States is necessary— 
(i) to permit the United States to com-
ply with the Agreement regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed at 
Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 
into force November 21, 1947, between the 
United Nations and the United States, or 
other applicable international obligations; 
or 
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(ii) to carry out or assist law enforce-
ment activity in the United States. 
(7) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this 
section with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-
dent determines and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees not less than 15 days before the 
termination takes effect that— 
(A) information exists that the person did 
not engage in the activity for which sanctions 
were imposed; 
(B) the person has been prosecuted appro-
priately for the activity for which sanctions were 
imposed; 
(C) the person has credibly demonstrated a 
significant change in behavior, has paid an ap-
propriate consequence for the activity for which 
sanctions were imposed, and has credibly com-
mitted in the future to not engage in such activ-
ity; or 
(D) the termination of the sanctions is in 
the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(8) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanctions 
imposed under this section, shall terminate on the 
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date that is five years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(9) DEFINITIONS
OF
ADMISSION; 
ADMITTED; 
ALIEN.—In this section, the terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘ad-
mitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(g) DISCLOSURES
TO
THE SECURITIES
AND EX-
CHANGE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 
THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
(1) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 
United States to protect American investors, through 
stronger disclosure requirements, alerting them to the 
presence of Chinese and other companies complicit in 
gross violations of human rights in United States 
capital markets, including American and foreign 
companies listed on United States exchanges that en-
able the mass internment and population surveillance 
of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Muslim mi-
norities and source products made with forced labor 
in the XUAR. Such involvements represent clear, ma-
terial risks to the share values and corporate reputa-
tions of certain of these companies and hence to pro-
spective American investors, particularly given that 
the United States Government has employed sanctions 
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and export restrictions to target individuals and enti-
ties contributing to human rights abuses in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT-
ING
TO
THE
XINJIANG
UYGHUR
AUTONOMOUS
RE-
GION.—Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(s) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING 
TO THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each issuer required to file 
an annual or quarterly report under subsection (a) 
shall disclose in that report the information required 
by paragraph (2) if, during the period covered by the 
report, the issuer or any affiliate of the issuer— 
‘‘(A) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or the affiliate of an entity engaged in 
creating or providing technology or other assist-
ance to create mass population surveillance sys-
tems in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re-
gion (commonly referred to as ‘Xinjiang’ or 
‘XUAR’) of China, including any entity in-
cluded on the Department of Commerce’s ‘Entity 
List’ in the XUAR; 
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‘‘(B) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or an affiliate of an entity building 
and running detention facilities for Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other members of Muslim 
minority groups in the XUAR; 
‘‘(C) knowingly engaged in an activity with 
an entity or an affiliate of an entity described 
in section 306(e)(3)(A)(i) of the Ensuring Amer-
ican Global Leadership and Engagement Act, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) any entity engaged in the ‘pair-
ing-assistance’ program which subsidizes the 
establishment of manufacturing facilities in 
the XUAR; or 
‘‘(ii) any entity for which the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security has issued a 
‘Withhold Release Order’ under section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307); 
or 
‘‘(D) knowingly conducted any transaction 
or had dealings with— 
‘‘(i) any person the property and in-
terests in property of which were sanctioned 
by the Secretary of State for the detention 
or abuse of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or 
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other members of Muslim minority groups 
in the XUAR; 
‘‘(ii) any person the property and in-
terests in property of which are sanctioned 
pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 
note); or 
‘‘(iii) any person or entity responsible 
for, or complicit in, committing atrocities 
in the XUAR. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an issuer described 
under paragraph (1) or an affiliate of the issuer 
has engaged in any activity described in para-
graph (1), the information required by this 
paragraph is a detailed description of each such 
activity, including— 
‘‘(i) the nature and extent of the activ-
ity; 
‘‘(ii) the gross revenues and net profits, 
if any, attributable to the activity; and 
‘‘(iii) whether the issuer or the affiliate 
of the issuer (as the case may be) intends to 
continue the activity. 
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement to dis-
close information under this paragraph shall not 
include information on activities of the issuer or 
any affiliate of the issuer activities relating to— 
‘‘(i) the import of manufactured goods, 
including electronics, food products, textiles, 
shoes, and teas, that originated in the 
XUAR; or 
‘‘(ii) manufactured goods containing 
materials that originated or are sourced in 
the XUAR. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURES.—If an issuer re-
ports under paragraph (1) that the issuer or an affil-
iate of the issuer has knowingly engaged in any activ-
ity described in that paragraph, the issuer shall sepa-
rately file with the Commission, concurrently with the 
annual or quarterly report under subsection (a), a 
notice that the disclosure of that activity has been in-
cluded in that annual or quarterly report that identi-
fies the issuer and contains the information required 
by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMATION.— 
Upon receiving a notice under paragraph (3) that an 
annual or quarterly report includes a disclosure of an 
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activity described in paragraph (1), the Commission 
shall promptly— 
‘‘(A) transmit the report to— 
‘‘(i) the President; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) make the information provided in the 
disclosure and the notice available to the public 
by posting the information on the Internet 
website of the Commission. 
‘‘(5) INVESTIGATIONS.—Upon receiving a report 
under paragraph (4) that includes a disclosure of an 
activity described in paragraph (1), the President 
shall— 
‘‘(A) make a determination with respect to 
whether any investigation is needed into the pos-
sible imposition of sanctions under the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2656 note) or section 306(f) of the 
Ensuring American Global Leadership and En-
gagement Act or whether criminal investigations 
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are warranted under statutes intended to hold 
accountable individuals or entities involved in 
the importation of goods produced by forced 
labor, including under section 545, 1589, or 
1761 of title 18, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after initi-
ating any such investigation, make a determina-
tion with respect to whether a sanction should be 
imposed or criminal investigations initiated 
with respect to the issuer or the affiliate of the 
issuer (as the case may be). 
‘‘(6) ATROCITIES DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘atrocities’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 6(2) of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atroc-
ities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 22 
U.S.C. 2656 note).’’. 
(3) SUNSET.—Section 13(s) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934, as added by paragraph (2), is re-
pealed on the earlier of— 
(A) the date that is eight years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a 
determination that the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China has ended mass intern-
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ment, forced labor, and any other gross viola-
tions of human rights experienced by Uyghurs, 
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim 
minority groups in the XUAR. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (2) shall take effect with respect to reports 
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission after the date that is 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate. 
(2) ATROCITIES.—The term ‘‘atrocities’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 6(2) of the Elie 
Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
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(3) CRIMES
AGAINST
HUMANITY.—The term 
‘‘crimes against humanity’’ includes, when committed 
as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed 
against any civilian population, with knowledge of 
the attack— 
(A) murder; 
(B) deportation or forcible transfer of popu-
lation; 
(C) torture; 
(D) extermination; 
(E) enslavement; 
(F) rape, sexual slavery, or any other form 
of sexual violence of comparable severity; 
(G) persecution against any identifiable 
group or collectivity on political, racial, na-
tional, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other 
grounds that are universally recognized as im-
permissible under international law; and 
(H) enforced disappearance of persons. 
(4) FORCED LABOR.—The term ‘‘forced labor’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 307 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
(5) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States per-
son. 
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(6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(7) MASS
POPULATION
SURVEILLANCE
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘mass population surveillance sys-
tem’’ means installation and integration of facial rec-
ognition cameras, biometric data collection, cell phone 
surveillance, and artificial intelligence technology 
with the ‘‘Sharp Eyes’’ and ‘‘Integrated Joint Oper-
ations Platform’’ or other technologies that are used 
by Chinese security forces for surveillance and big- 
data predictive policing. 
(8) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 307. UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) The Government of the People’s Republic of 
China (PRC) has a long history of repressing Turkic 
Muslims and other Muslim minority groups, particu-
larly Uyghurs, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region (commonly referred to as ‘‘Xinjiang’’ or 
‘‘XUAR’’), also known as East Turkestan. Central 
and regional PRC government policies have system-
atically discriminated against these minority groups 
by denying them a range of civil and political rights, 
particularly freedom of religion. Senior Chinese Com-
munist Party (CCP) officials bear direct responsi-
bility for these gross human rights violations. 
(2) PRC government abuses include the arbi-
trary detention of more than 1,000,000 Uyghurs, eth-
nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim 
minority groups, separation of working age adults 
from their children and elderly parents, and the inte-
gration of forced labor into supply chains. Those held 
in detention facilities and internment camps in the 
XUAR have described forced political indoctrination, 
torture, beatings, food deprivation, sexual assault, co-
ordinated campaigns to reduce birth rates among 
Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims through forced 
sterilization, and denial of religious, cultural, and 
linguistic freedoms. Recent media reports indicate 
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(iv) to encourage the adoption of such 
technologies and tools by the people of Hong 
Kong; 
(v) to scale up the distribution of such 
technologies and tools throughout Hong 
Kong; 
(vi) to prioritize the development of 
tools, components, code, and technologies 
that are fully open-source, to the extent 
practicable; 
(vii) to conduct research on repressive 
tactics that undermine internet freedom in 
Hong Kong; 
(viii) to ensure digital safety guidance 
and support is available to repressed indi-
vidual citizens, human rights defenders, 
independent journalists, civil society orga-
nizations and marginalized populations in 
Hong Kong; and 
(ix) to engage United States private 
industry, including e-commerce firms and 
social networking companies, on the impor-
tance of preserving internet access in Hong 
Kong. 
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‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORT; AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) FORM.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified index. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified portion of 
the report required by subsection (a) shall be posted 
on a publicly available internet website of the Depart-
ment of State. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘foreign na-
tional’ means a person that is neither— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional of the People’s Republic of China; or 
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