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US SB2560

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dan Sullivan

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Expands sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 to cover additional abuses including systematic rape, forced sterilization, forced abortion, human trafficking for organ removal, forced separation of children into boarding schools, and forced deportation

  • Requires the Secretary of Treasury to determine within 60 days whether specific Chinese entities (Hikvision, BGI Group, Tiandy, Dahua, China Electronics Technology Group, Uniview, and ByteDance) meet criteria for sanctions related to human rights abuses against Uyghurs

  • Prohibits U.S. government agency contracts with persons identified as human rights abusers in Xinjiang or those facilitating forced labor, and bans Department of Defense procurement and commissary sales of seafood originating or processed in China

  • Authorizes $2,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2026-2029 to establish a Repressed Cultures Preservation Initiative at the Smithsonian Institution to preserve cultural, religious, and linguistic heritage of oppressed ethnic groups

  • Mandates denial of U.S. entry for individuals complicit in forced abortions or sterilizations, requires a strategy to counter Chinese government propaganda about the genocide, and directs the State Department to compile information on detained family members of U.S. citizens in Xinjiang

Legislative Description

Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

7/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations7/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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