[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2560 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2560
To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights
Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and to
counter the genocidal policies of the Government of the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 30, 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations
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A BILL
To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights
Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and to
counter the genocidal policies of the Government of the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Uyghur Genocide
Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Expansion of sanctions under Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of
2020.
Sec. 3. Denial of United States entry for individuals complicit in
forced abortions or forced sterilizations.
Sec. 4. Physical and psychological support for Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and
other ethnic groups.
Sec. 5. Preservation of cultural, religious, and linguistic heritage of
ethnic and religious groups oppressed by
the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 6. Determination of whether actions of certain Chinese entities
meet criteria for imposition of sanctions.
Sec. 7. Countering propaganda from the People's Republic of China about
genocide and crimes against humanity.
Sec. 8. Documenting atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region.
Sec. 9. Prohibition on certain United States Government agency
contracts.
Sec. 10. Strategy to address allegations of forced organ harvesting in
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Sec. 11. Information on detained family members of United States
citizens in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region.
Sec. 12. Report on ability of Department of Defense to identify
prohibited seafood imports in supply chain
for food procurement.
Sec. 13. Prohibition on procurement and commissary sales of seafood
originating or processed in the People's
Republic of China.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SANCTIONS UNDER UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ACT OF
2020.
(a) In General.--Section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of
2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``persons in Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region'' and inserting ``persons
residing in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region or members of those groups in countries
outside of the People's Republic of China'';
and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F)
the following:
``(G) Systematic rape, coercive abortion, forced
sterilization, or involuntary contraceptive
implantation policies and practices.
``(H) Human trafficking for the purpose of organ
removal.
``(I) Forced separation of children from their
parents to be placed in boarding schools.
``(J) Forced deportation or refoulement to the
People's Republic of China.'';
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Additional matters to be included.--The President
shall include in the report required by paragraph (1) an
identification of--
``(A) each foreign person that knowingly provides
significant goods, services, or technology to or for a
person identified in the report; and
``(B) each foreign person that knowingly engages in
a significant transaction relating to any of the acts
described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of paragraph
(1).'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)''
and inserting ``subsection (a)''; and
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
``(d) Implementation; Regulatory Authority.--
``(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under section 203 of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) to carry out
this section.
``(2) Regulatory authority.--The President shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as necessary to carry out
this section.''.
(b) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendments made by this
section--
(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
(2) apply with respect to the first report required by
section 6(a)(1) of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
submitted after such date of enactment.
SEC. 3. DENIAL OF UNITED STATES ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUALS COMPLICIT IN
FORCED ABORTIONS OR FORCED STERILIZATIONS.
Section 801 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (8 U.S.C.
1182e) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``may not'' each place
it appears and inserting ``shall not''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the prohibitions in
subsection (a) with respect to a foreign national if the Secretary--
``(1) determines that--
``(A) the foreign national is not directly
complicit in atrocities, specifically the oversight of
programs or policies the intent of which is to destroy,
in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or
religious group through the use of forced
sterilization, forced abortion, or other egregious
population control policies;
``(B) admitting or paroling the foreign national
into the United States is necessary--
``(i) to permit the United States to comply
with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success
on June 26, 1947, and entered into force
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations
and the United States, or other applicable
international obligations of the United States;
or
``(ii) to carry out or assist law
enforcement activity of the United States; and
``(C) it is important to the national security
interest of the United States to admit or parole the
foreign national into the United States; and
``(2) provides written notification to the appropriate
congressional committees containing a justification for the
waiver.
``(d) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall make a public
announcement whenever the prohibitions under subsection (a) are imposed
under this section.
``(e) Information Requested by Congress.--The Secretary of State,
upon the request of a Member of Congress, shall provide information
about the use of the prohibitions under subsection (a), including the
number of times such prohibitions were imposed, disaggregated by
country and by year and whether additional sanctions under any other
Act were employed to advance the purposes of this section.''.
SEC. 4. PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR UYGHURS, KAZAKHS, AND
OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS.
(a) Authorization.--
(1) In general.--Using funds appropriated to the Department
of State in annual appropriations Acts under the heading
``development assistance'', the Secretary of State is
authorized, subject to the requirements under chapters 1 and 10
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151
et seq.) and section 634A of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2394-1)--
(A) to provide the assistance described in
paragraph (2) to individuals who--
(i) belong to the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz,
or another oppressed ethnic group in the
People's Republic of China;
(ii) experienced torture, forced
sterilization, rape, forced abortion, forced
labor, or other atrocities in the People's
Republic of China; and
(iii) are residing outside of the People's
Republic of China; and
(B) to build local capacity for the assistance
described in paragraph (2) through--
(i) grants to treatment centers and
programs in foreign countries in accordance
with section 130(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152(b)); and
(ii) research and training to health care
providers outside of such treatment centers or
programs in accordance with section 130(c)(2)
of such Act.
(2) Authorized assistance.--The assistance described in
this paragraph is--
(A) medical care;
(B) physical therapy; and
(C) psychological support.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that
describes--
(1) the direct care or services provided in foreign
countries for individuals described in subsection (a)(1)(A);
and
(2) any projects started or supported in foreign countries
to provide the care or services described in paragraph (1).
(c) Federal Share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs of
providing the assistance authorized under subsection (a) may be paid by
the United States Government.
SEC. 5. PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND LINGUISTIC HERITAGE OF
ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS OPPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the genocide and crimes against
humanity perpetrated by officials of the Government of the People's
Republic of China in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region aim to erase
the distinct cultural, religious, and linguistic heritage of oppressed
ethnic and religious groups.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United
States Government should use its diplomatic, development, and cultural
activities to promote the preservation of cultural, religious, and
linguistic heritages of ethnic and religious groups in the People's
Republic of China threatened by officials of the Government of People's
Republic of China.
(c) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that--
(1) assesses the feasibility of establishing a grant
program to assist communities facing threats to their cultural,
religious, and linguistic heritage from officials of the
Government of the People's Republic of China; and
(2) provides recommendations for Congress with respect to
whether such a program needs additional authorities or funding.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, to
support the establishment of a Repressed Cultures Preservation
Initiative within the Smithsonian Institution to pool Institution-wide
efforts toward research, exhibitions, and education related to the
cultural, religious, and linguistic heritage of ethnic and religious
groups the cultures of which are threatened by repressive regimes,
including officials of the Government of People's Republic of China.
SEC. 6. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACTIONS OF CERTAIN CHINESE ENTITIES
MEET CRITERIA FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, shall--
(1) determine whether any entity specified in subsection
(b)--
(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights
abuses against Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim
ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
of the People's Republic of China; or
(B) meets the criteria for the imposition of
sanctions under--
(i) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);
(ii) section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights
Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22
U.S.C. 6901 note);
(iii) section 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8514, 8514a, 8514b, and 8514c);
(iv) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking the property of
persons involved in serious human rights abuse
or corruption), as amended on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act; or
(v) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property of certain
persons with respect to serious human rights
abuses by the Government of Iran and taking
certain other actions), as amended on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines under
paragraph (1) that an entity is responsible for or complicit
in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human
rights abuses described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph
or meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions described
in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, include the entity on
the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons
maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control; and
(3) submit to Congress a report on that determination that
includes the reasons for the determination.
(b) Entities Specified.--An entity specified in this subsection is
any of the following:
(1) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
(2) Shenzhen Huada Gene Technology Co., Ltd. (BGI Group).
(3) Tiandy Technologies Co., Ltd.
(4) Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.
(5) China Electronics Technology Group Co.
(6) Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.
(7) ByteDance Ltd.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)(3) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 7. COUNTERING PROPAGANDA FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ABOUT
GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a strategy for
countering propaganda and other messaging from news and information
sources associated with the Government of the People's Republic of
China or entities associated with the Chinese Communist Party or
influenced by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the
People's Republic of China that--
(1) deny the genocide, crimes against humanity, and other
egregious human rights abuses experienced by Uyghurs and other
predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region;
(2) spread propaganda regarding the role of the United
States Government in imposing economic and reputational costs
on the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the
People's Republic of China for its ongoing genocide;
(3) target Uyghurs and other people who publicly oppose the
Government of the People's Republic of China's genocidal
policies and forced labor practices, including the detention
and intimidation of their family members; or
(4) increase pressure on member countries of the United
Nations to deny or defend genocide or other egregious
violations of internationally recognized human rights in the
People's Republic of China within international organizations
and multilateral fora, including at the United Nations Human
Rights Council.
(b) Strategy Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) existing messaging strategies and specific broadcasting
efforts to counter the propaganda described in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (a) and the reach of such strategies and
efforts to audiences targeted by such