3.0.0 2972 2022-10-28T01:46:07Z 2022-10-28T01:46:07Z Senate S 2019-12-04 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-04T17:01:09Z UIGHUR Act of 2019 116 178 S 2020-10-21 Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207. (CR S6343) Related bill CRS 2019-12-04 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2019-12-04 True International Affairs Asia China Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Human rights Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information International organizations and cooperation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Labor standards Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Racial and ethnic relations Religion Right of privacy Trade restrictions International Affairs 00 2019-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-06T14:22:59Z 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.

]]> UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019 Display Title UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response and Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to restrict the export, reexport, and in-country transfers of certain items that provide a critical capability to the Government of the People's Republic of China to suppress individual privacy, freedom, and other basic human rights. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2972is/xml/BILLS-116s2972is.xml 2019-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.