3.0.0 4073 2022-12-29T23:48:36Z 2022-12-29T23:48:36Z Senate S 2022-04-07 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-04-07T21:18:04Z 2022-04-07 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N International Affairs Albania Asia Canada China Congressional oversight Congressional tributes Department of State Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Foreign language and bilingual programs Germany Government information and archives Human rights International exchange and broadcasting International organizations and cooperation Protest and dissent Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Religion Turkey United Nations International Affairs 00 2022-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-22T14:50:13Z Uyghur Policy Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of State to take various actions concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China. For example, the bill requires the State Department to (1) support human rights advocates representing such groups speaking at public diplomacy forums, including in Muslim-majority countries; (2) ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers; and (3) support the appointment of a special rapporteur or working group at the United Nations to monitor and report on human rights violations and abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.

]]> Uyghur Policy Act of 2022 Display Title Uyghur Policy Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Uyghur Policy Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other ethnic groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their district civilization and identity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4073is/xml/BILLS-117s4073is.xml 2022-04-07 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.