[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY ACT OF 2019

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                               speech of

                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 3, 2019

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an exchange of 
letters between me and the Chair of the Committee on Intelligence on S. 
178, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019.

                                         House of Representatives,


                                 Committee on Foreign Affairs,

                                 Washington, DC, December 2, 2019.
     Hon. Adam B. Schiff,
     House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Chairman Schiff: I am writing to you concerning S. 
     178, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019. I appreciate 
     your willingness to work cooperatively on this legislation.
       I acknowledge that provisions of the bill fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the House Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence under House Rule X, and that your Committee will 
     forgo action on S. 178 to expedite floor consideration. I 
     further acknowledge that the inaction of your Committee with 
     respect to the bill does not waive any future jurisdictional 
     claim over the matters contained in the bill that fall within 
     your jurisdiction. I will also support the appointment of 
     House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence conferees 
     during any House-Senate conference convened on this 
     legislation.
       Lastly, I will ensure that our exchange of letters is 
     included in the Congressional Record during floor 
     consideration of the bill. Thank you again for your 
     cooperation regarding the legislation. I look forward to 
     continuing to work with you as the measure moves through the 
     legislative process.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Eliot L. Engel,
                                                         Chairman.
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         House of Representatives, Permanent Select Committee on 
           Intelligence,
                                 Washington, DC, December 6, 2019.
     Hon. Eliot Engel,
     Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs,
     House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Engel: I write in reply to your letter of 
     December 2, 2019, regarding S. 178--legislation referred in 
     the House as the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, and passed 
     on the House floor as amended as the Uighur Intervention and 
     Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019.
       Provisions of S. 178 fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     (``Committee''), as set forth by House Rule X.
       Nevertheless, the Committee worked with the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs to ensure the legislation's expeditious 
     consideration on the House floor--but without waiving any 
     potential jurisdictional claims as to subjects addressed by 
     S. 178.
       I am grateful for our continuing work together, on this and 
     other important measures regarding human rights and other 
     matters. I very much look forward to S. 178's swift enactment 
     into law.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Adam B. Schiff,
     Chairman.

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