[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 585 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 585
To require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities meet the
criteria for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 1, 2023
Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities meet the
criteria for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review
Act''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER CERTAIN CHINESE ENTITIES MEET CRITERIA
FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 60 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; or
(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);
(iii) section 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22
U.S.C. 8514, 8514a, 8514b, and 8514c);
(iv) 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; or
(v) Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property of certain
persons with respect to serious human rights
abuses by the Government of Iran and taking
certain other actions), as amended on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines under
paragraph (1) that an entity is responsible for or complicit
in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human
rights abuses described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph
or meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions described
in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, the Secretary shall
include the entity on the list of specially designated
nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control; and
(3) 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.
(5) China Electronics Technology Group Co.
(6) Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.
(7) Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.
(8) Baidu, Inc.
(9) ByteDance Ltd.
(10) China TransInfo Technology Co., Ltd.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)(3) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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