(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and an-
nually thereafter for a period of five years or until 
such time as the President certifies in writing to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate that the mass arbitrary detain-
ment of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur 
Autonomous Region has ceased, the President shall 
transmit to such committees a report that identifies 
each foreign person the President has determined is 
described in the prohibition under subsection (a) or 
each United States person that has been denied a 
contract subject to the adverse consideration pro-
vided for under subsection (b) and, in addition, an 
identification of each foreign person and United 
States person with respect to whom the President 
has authorized a waiver under subsection (d). 
(2) FORM.—Each report required under para-
graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
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133 of title 41, United States Code, other than any 
element described in section 3(4) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any person, including any corporation, 
partnership, or other organization, that is not a 
United States person. 
(3) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 
citizen or alien admitted for permanent residence in 
the United States, and any corporation, partnership, 
or other organization organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any State or United States 
territory. 
SEC. 7. EXPORT CONTROL RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 902(b) 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246; 22 U.S.C. 2151 
note) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘and, in the case of any report issued 
on or after the date of the enactment of the Uighur Inter-
vention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act 
of 2018, the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region’’ after 
‘‘Tibet’’. 
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(b) 
DATA
ANALYSIS
AND
BIOMETRIC
TECH-
NOLOGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall deny any application for a license under part 
I of subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2209; 50 
U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) for export to the People’s Re-
public of China, including any Special Administra-
tive Region thereof, of any machine learning, pattern 
recognition, artificial intelligence, quantum com-
puting, or biometric technology unless the applicant 
provides a sworn affirmative written certification 
that such technology will not knowingly be used by 
such applicant or any affiliate of such applicant, or 
knowingly sold or otherwise provided to any third 
party, to facilitate the mass arbitrary detention of 
Turkic Muslims in the People’s Republic of China on 
the basis of associations or conduct which would not 
constitute offenses under United States law or regu-
lation or to otherwise further conduct described in 
any regulation promulgated pursuant to paragraph 
(2)(A). 
(2) DESIGNATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
CONDUCT 
AND TECHNOLOGIES.—The Secretary of Commerce 
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may prescribe regulations applying the prohibitions 
and requirements described in paragraph (1) to ad-
ditional categories of— 
(A) conduct directly relating to pervasive 
human rights violations targeted against Turkic 
Muslims in the People’s Republic of China; or 
(B) advanced technology determined by the 
Secretary to be substantially derivative of the 
technologies described in paragraph (1). 
(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be construed to require or 
endorse the issuance of a license for export to any 
applicant with respect to any of the technologies de-
scribed in paragraph (1) irrespective of such appli-
cant’s provision of an affirmative written certifi-
cation described in paragraph (1). 
(c) ENTITY LIST.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall, in consultation with other relevant Federal 
officials, promulgate regulations providing for end-user re-
strictions on any element of the Ministry of Public Secu-
rity of the People’s Republic of China, or entity acting 
on its behalf, which is located in the Xinjiang Uighur Au-
tonomous Region and is determined to substantially facili-
tate the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims in 
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the People’s Republic of China on the basis of associations 
or conduct that would not constitute offenses under 
United States law or regulation. 
SEC. 
8. 
DISCLOSURE 
OF 
TRANSACTIONS 
INVOLVING 
XINJIANG AUTHORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
require any person seeking any license under part I of sub-
title B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232 Stat. 2209; 50 U.S.C. 4811 et seq.) to provide, 
prior to the issuance of any license for export to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, including any Special Administra-
tive Region thereof, to the Secretary either— 
(1) a sworn written declaration listing all sales 
or transfers of products or services within the prior 
three years to any law enforcement, public safety, or 
state security agency, or provider of law enforce-
ment, public safety, or state security services to any 
such agency, located within the Xinjiang Uighur Au-
tonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, 
irrespective of whether such products or services are 
subject to export control restrictions, which shall 
contain an annex specifically identifying any such 
sales or transfers which the applicant knows 
furthered or advanced the mass arbitrary detention 
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or targeted surveillance of Turkic Muslims within 
the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; or 
(2) a certification describing that such person 
has not knowingly engaged in any sales or transfers 
of products or services within the prior three years 
to any law enforcement, public safety, or state secu-
rity agency, or provider of law enforcement, public 
safety, or state security services to any such agency, 
located within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Re-
gion of the People’s Republic of China, irrespective 
of whether such products or services are subject to 
export control restrictions. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Commerce may waive 
or limit the requirement under subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary provides a written certifi-
cation to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate that the People’s 
Republic of China has ceased to detain or discrimi-
nate as a matter of policy against Turkic Muslims 
within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on 
the basis of their religion, ethnicity, or actual or per-
ceived political views; 
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(2) the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case 
basis, that the application of subsection (a) to any 
particular person would be impracticable and the ap-
plicant for issuance of a license under part I of sub-
title B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
commits in writing to submit to the Secretary of 
Commerce written records of any subsequent or 
pending sale or transfer that would have been re-
quired to be declared under subsection (a) absent a 
finding of impracticability that occurs within three 
years of the date of issuance of the requested license 
within 30 days of the instigation of any such subse-
quent or pending sale of transfer; or 
(3) the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case 
basis, and provides a written certification to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate that the application of subsection 
(a) to any particular person with respect to a spe-
cific transaction would negatively impact the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.—On not less than 
an annual basis, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate any declarations provided to the Secretary 
under subsection (a)(1) which contain information which 
demonstrates a person has engaged in transactions which 
likely contributed to the mass arbitrary detention or tar-
geted surveillance of Turkic Muslims within the Xinjiang 
Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(d) 
FURTHER
DISCLOSURE.—Notwithstanding 
clause (ii) of section 1761(h)(2)(B) of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, 
a committee or subcommittee of Congress of appropriate 
jurisdiction may disclose any information made available 
under clause (i) of such section that relates to any declara-
tion provided to the Secretary of Commerce under sub-
section (a)(1) if such information— 
(1) is redacted to only include information 
which demonstrates a person has engaged in trans-
actions which likely contributed to the mass arbi-
trary detention or targeted surveillance of Turkic 
Muslims within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 
Region of the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) does not contain any technical plans or 
other technical data consisting of nonpublic propri-
etary information of the applicant. 
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SEC. 9. PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS AND NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to— 
(1) engage all appropriate instruments of 
United States influence to seek the release of United 
States citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence in the United States and personnel 
of United States-based nongovernmental organiza-
tions or journalistic enterprises, including Radio 
Free Asia, and family members thereof, detained by 
the People’s Republic of China as a result of jour-
nalistic, religious, academic, economic, or peaceful 
advocacy activities undertaken within or regarding 
the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China that would be lawful if un-
dertaken in the United States; 
(2) protest any inappropriate restrictions im-
posed upon United States persons serving as jour-
nalists or employees of nongovernmental organiza-
tions, journalists or employees affiliated with news 
publications or nongovernmental organizations based 
in the United States, or United States officials with 
respect to travel to or within the People’s Republic 
of China, including to or within the Xinjiang Uighur 
Autonomous Region; and 
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(3) make relevant United States officials, in-
cluding officials of the Department of State, reason-
ably available to such family members, publications, 
or organizations impacted by such detentions or re-
strictions within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 
Region for purposes of discussing the detention of or 
restrictions placed upon their respective family mem-
bers, publications, or organizations by the People’s 
Republic of China and the efforts of the United 
States to address such detentions or restrictions. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (12) of section 116(d) (22 
U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) in countries in which United States 
persons serving as journalists or employees of 
nongovernmental organizations, or journalists 
or employees affiliated with news publications 
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or nongovernmental organizations based in the 
United States, or family members thereof, have 
been detained, an assessment of— 
‘‘(i) whether such detentions are likely 
intended to chill or otherwise restrict free 
speech or advocacy activities; and 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which the United 
States has taken or will take action to en-
courage an end to such detentions.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)— 
(A) by redesignating the second subsection 
(i), (relating to child marriage, as added by sec-
tion 1207(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113– 
4)), as subsection (j); and 
(B) in subsection (i) (relating to the status 
of freedom of the press in certain countries)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) in countries in which United States per-
sons serving as journalists or employees of non-
governmental organizations, or journalists or em-
ployees affiliated with news publications or non-
governmental organizations based in the United 
States, or family members thereof, have been de-
tained, an assessment of— 
‘‘(A) whether such detentions are likely in-
tended to chill or otherwise restrict free speech 
or advocacy activities; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the United States 
has taken or will take action to encourage an 
end to such detentions.’’. 
SEC. 10. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND CENSORSHIP. 
(a) RADIO FREE ASIA.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should— 
(1) take measures, both technical and diplo-
matic, to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia 
in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region by the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) expand the availability of and capacity for 
Uighur language Radio Free Asia programming in 
the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. 
(b) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States Agency 
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for Global Media (formerly known as the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors) should— 
(1) applaud reporters of entities affiliated with 
the Agency who, in their independent journalistic 
discretion, pursue reporting relating to human rights 
issues in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of 
the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) recognize the importance of widely distrib-
uting news content regarding human rights issues in 
the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, particularly within the Mid-
dle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, 
and Southeast Asia, consistent with the Agency’s 
independent editorial discretion. 
(c) INTERNET CENSORSHIP.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that internet filtering and censorship, as 
undertaken by the People’s Republic of China 
through the Great Firewall and related technical 
means, is an infringement upon the universal right 
to free speech, a violation of the Chinese people’s 
right to access information, and a trade barrier 
against United States technology enterprises. 
(2) LEGAL
STRATEGY
AGAINST
CENSORSHIP 
PRACTICES.—Not later than one year after the date 
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of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in 
consultation with the Office of the Legal Advisor of 
the Department of State and the general counsel of-
fices of such other Federal elements as the President 
determines appropriate, transmit to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate a strategy to contest the legality under inter-
national law of the internet censorship practices of 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China, 
including within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous 
Region, including details regarding measures the 
United States could undertake in international fo-
rums to contest such practices. 
SEC. 11. PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE UIGHUR 
LANGUAGE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should— 
(1) oppose efforts by the People’s Republic of 
China to restrict usage of local languages within the 
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s 
Republic of China, including the Uighur language, 
including bans on such usage in educational facilities 
attended by members of Turkic Muslim commu-
nities; 
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(2) support efforts to preserve the Uighur lan-
guage; and 
(3) expand opportunities for the people of the 
United States to gain exposure to and expertise in 
the Uighur language. 
(b) UIGHUR LANGUAGE TRAINING.—The Secretary 
of State shall endeavor, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, to make Uighur language training available to 
Foreign Service officers and other relevant United States 
Government personnel employed by or affiliated with the 
Department of State with portfolios involving the Xinjiang 
Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 
China. 
(c) UIGHUR LANGUAGE VISA SERVICES.—The Sec-
retary of State shall ensure that— 
(1) at a minimum, either the United States dip-
lomatic facility closest in proximity to the Xinjiang 
Uighur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic 
of China or the embassy in Beijing has the capa-
bility and capacity to process visa applications and 
provide related immigration or travel services in the 
Uighur language; and 
(2) to the extent practicable, United States 
forms for visa applications or related immigration or 
travel services frequently utilized by members of the 
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Uighur community be made available in the Uighur 
language. 
(d) UIGHUR LANGUAGE WEBSITE.—The Secretary of 
State shall— 
(1) establish a website in the Uighur language, 
either affiliated with the United States diplomatic 
facility closest in proximity to the Xinjiang Uighur 
Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of 
China or the embassy in Beijing; 
(2) endeavor to ensure such website contains 
key documents, press releases, and other such mate-
rials determined to be uniquely relevant to Turkic 
Muslim communities within the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
(3) to the extent practicable, take technological 
measures to protect against the blocking or censor-
ship of such website. 
SEC. 12. PROTECTIONS FOR DIASPORA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should forcefully oppose and 
protest all unlawful efforts by the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to censor, monitor, or otherwise 
exert pressure against Turkic Muslims present within the 
United States, as well as all other persons present within 
the United States. 
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