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Senate Bill 2972
116th Congress(2019-2020)
UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 4, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 4, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 4, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
2972
Congress
116
Policy Area
International Affairs
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
John Cornyn
Texas
Democrat
Mark Warner
Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response and Protection Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019

This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group.

The President shall identify items that provide China with a critical capability to suppress basic human rights, including items that provide capability to (1) conduct surveillance, (2) monitor and restrict an individual's movement, (3) monitor and restrict access to the internet, and (4) identify individuals through facial or voice recognition. The President shall (1) place such items on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls); and (2) require authorization for the export, reexport, or transfer of such items to or within China.

The bill terminates certain prohibitions, such as a prohibition against obligating funds for U.S. Trade and Development Agency activities in China, upon a report by the President to Congress that China has taken specified actions, including ending the mass internment of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
December 4, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Dec 03, 2019
Passed House
51
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 178
UIGHUR Act of 2019
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Related Bill
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Actions (2)
12/04/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
12/04/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
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Oct 28, 2022 1:46:07 AM
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