S. 4073 · 117th Congress · Senate

Uyghur Policy Act of 2022

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced
Apr 7, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

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.

Action Timeline

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  1. APR 07, 2022IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. APR 07, 2022IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Committees

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Referred: Apr 7, 2022

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