3.0.0 1029 2023-01-11T13:47:53Z 2023-01-11T13:47:53Z Senate S 2021-03-25 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-25T20:38:25Z 2021-03-25 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N International Affairs Abortion Asia China Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Family planning and birth control Foreign property Government information and archives Human rights Political parties and affiliation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sanctions Visas and passports War and emergency powers International Affairs 00 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-12T21:52:16Z Sanctioning and Highlighting Authoritarian Medicine and Eugenics Act of 2021 or the SHAME Act

This bill imposes sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for carrying out coercive policies to limit births in China's Xinjiang province.

Specifically, the Department of State shall annually report to Congress the identities of any Chinese government official or agency or any member of the Chinese Communist Party that knowingly orders, controls, or routinely carries out such coercive policies in Xinjiang, such as requiring involuntary abortions or mandatory contraception use. The State Department shall also publish a list of the named entities and individuals on its website in English and Mandarin Chinese.

The President shall impose property-blocking sanctions on the individuals and entities named in the report, as well as visa-blocking sanctions on the named individuals. An individual or entity that violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate the sanctions provided under this bill may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

]]> SHAME Act Display Title SHAME Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced abortions by the Government of the People's Republic of China. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced SHAME Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Sanctioning and Highlighting Authoritarian Medicine and Eugenics Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1029is/xml/BILLS-117s1029is.xml 2021-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.