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US HB5838
Bill
Status
10/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mark Alford
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AI Summary
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Chinese government officials responsible for religious freedom abuses—including arbitrary detention, forced sterilization, torture, and forced labor against Protestant Christians, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, and Falun Gong practitioners—may be sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
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State Department bureaus, including the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, should support programs promoting religious freedom in China and monitoring transnational repression of religious minorities
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China should remain designated as a "country of particular concern" for religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 as long as severe violations continue
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U.S. should strengthen diplomacy on behalf of persecuted religious groups, raise prisoner cases at the highest levels with Chinese officials, and call for unconditional release of unjustly detained religious and political prisoners
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Detainees who remain in custody should have access to family, legal counsel, independent medical care, international monitoring, and the ability to practice their faith while detained
Legislative Description
Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in China Act
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
10/28/2025