United States · Law · S
S. 3744 (116th)
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
Introduced
14 May 2020
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Status
Became Public Law No: 116-145.
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28 May 2025
Summary
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 This bill imposes sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region and requires various reports on the topic. The President shall periodically report to Congress a list identifying foreign individuals and entities responsible for such human rights abuses. The President shall impose (1) property-blocking sanctions on the identified individuals and entities, and (2) visa-blocking sanctions on the identified individuals. The bill requires reports to Congress on (1) human rights abuses in Xinjiang; (2) efforts to protect U.S. citizens and residents, including ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals studying or working in the United States, from harassment and intimidation by the Chinese government; and (3) the Chinese government's acquisition and development of technology to facilitate internment and mass surveillance in Xinjiang. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a classified report to Congress on (1) Chinese government policies in Xinjiang that constitute gross violations of human rights, and (2) the scope and scale of the detention and forced labor of Muslim minority groups in China.
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12 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 18 June 2020
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 18 June 2020
Public Law
summary · EN · 17 June 2020
Passed House
summary · EN · 27 May 2020
Considered and Passed Senate (text)
Considered and Passed Senate · EN · 14 May 2020
Considered and Passed Senate (PDF)
Considered and Passed Senate · EN · 14 May 2020
Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 14 May 2020
Engrossed in Senate (PDF)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 14 May 2020
Passed Senate
summary · EN · 14 May 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 May 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3744
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3744