Sanction Xi Jinping for Xinjiang Atrocities Act
Bill: S.5082 | Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh (R-MO)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Sanction Xi Jinping for Xinjiang Atrocities Act
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on the senior Chinese Communist Party officials who directed, oversaw, monitored, or were otherwise complicit in the perpetration of genocide and other crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

To impose sanctions with respect to General Secretary Xi Jinping and 
other senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party complicit in the 
  perpetration of genocide and other crimes against humanity against 
 Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
                                Region.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sanction Xi Jinping for Xinjiang 
Atrocities Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On August 31, 2022, the Office of the United Nations 
        High Commissioner for Human Rights released an assessment that 
        found that--
                    (A) ``serious human rights violations have been 
                committed'' by authorities of the People's Republic of 
                China against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in 
                the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and
                    (B) such violations may ``constitute international 
                crimes, in particular crimes against humanity''.
            (2) The Secretary of State has found that treatment by 
        authorities of the People's Republic of China of Uyghurs and 
        other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
        Region constitutes genocide and other crimes against humanity.
            (3) The Xinjiang Police Files published in May 2022 offered 
        unprecedented insight into the human rights violations 
        perpetrated by authorities of the People's Republic of China 
        against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang 
        Uyghur Autonomous Region, including--
                    (A) imprisonment of the elderly, young mothers, and 
                other adults considered to be a threat by the Chinese 
                Communist Party, including individuals alleged to have 
                engaged in forbidden religious activities;
                    (B) imprisonment of children as young as 14, some 
                of whom were apparently instructed to smile for 
                detention photos;
                    (C) use of armed strike groups and other personnel 
                armed with clubs, batons, bayonets, machine guns, 
                assault rifles, sniper rifles, and other military-grade 
                weapons to intimidate and control detainees;
                    (D) directives for police forces to ``shoot dead'' 
                detainees who fail to heed orders, including to prevent 
                individuals from escaping alive; and
                    (E) restrictions on medical care afforded to 
                detainees.
            (4) The Xinjiang Police Files provide further evidence, 
        including speeches by Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi 
        and then-Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, that General 
        Secretary Xi Jinping directed and oversaw persecution of 
        Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
        Autonomous Region, including by--
                    (A) directing Chen to travel to Xinjiang and ``make 
                a stable Xinjiang arise'';
                    (B) issuing ``important instructions on governing 
                Xinjiang according to the law, unifying and stabilizing 
                Xinjiang, and building Xinjiang over the long term''; 
                and
                    (C) ordering Xinjiang authorities to--
                            (i) ``conduct de-extremification work'', 
                        including ``transformation through education''; 
                        and
                            (ii) ``implement practical measures such as 
                        expanding the number of employed [staff in 
                        detention facilities], enlarging the capacity 
                        [of those facilities], and increasing 
                        investment [in those facilities] within the set 
                        time frame''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) General Secretary Xi Jinping is complicit in the 
        genocide and other crimes against humanity perpetrated against 
        Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 
        Autonomous Region; and
            (2) General Secretary Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese 
        Communist Party officials should be held accountable for such 
        genocide and crimes against humanity, including through the 
        imposition of sanctions.

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SENIOR CHINESE 
              COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS COMPLICIT IN XINJIANG HUMAN 
              RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

    (a) Identification of Senior Chinese Communist Party Officials 
Complicit in Xinjiang Human Rights Violations.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes the following:
            (1) A list of senior Chinese Communist Party officials who 
        directed, oversaw, monitored, or were otherwise complicit in 
        the perpetration of genocide and other crimes against humanity 
        against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang 
        Uyghur Autonomous Region.
            (2) A description of actions taken by senior Chinese 
        Communist Party officials listed under paragraph (1) that 
        resulted in their inclusion on such list.
    (b) Sanctions.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall 
impose the sanctions described in section 1263(b) of the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10102(b)) with 
respect to individuals identified under subsection (a).
    (c) Report on Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after first 
imposing sanctions under subsection (b), the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding measures 
taken by the President to implement this section.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Financial Services, the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Senior chinese communist party officials.--The term 
        ``senior Chinese Communist Party officials'' means--
                    (A) the General Secretary of the Party Central 
                Committee;
                    (B) members of the Political Bureau Standing 
                Committee;
                    (C) members of the Political Bureau;
                    (D) members of the Central Military Commission;
                    (E) members of the Central Committee;
                    (F) members of the Central Commission for 
                Discipline Inspection; and
                    (G) members of the Secretariat.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

    This Act shall terminate on January 1, 2033.
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