116 S5273 IS: Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act U.S. Senate 2022-12-15 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 5273IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 15, 2022Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities are responsible for human rights abuses that meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act or the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act.

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Determination of whether actions of certain Chinese entities meet criteria for imposition of sanctions

(a)

In general

Not later than 30 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; and (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); or (iii)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; and(2)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.