Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
- 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
- 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
- 2023-03-01Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
- 2023-03-01Introduced in House
- 2023-03-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-03-01 (00)
Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
This bill requires that certain Chinese companies be evaluated for placement on the specially designated nationals and blocked persons list, also known as the SDN list. (Being placed on the SDN list can deny the designated individual or entity access to nearly all aspects of the U.S. financial system; it can also deny access to any assets the designee has that are under U.S. jurisdiction, and U.S. persons are usually prohibited from transacting with the designee.)
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to determine if certain specified Chinese companies (such as Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd.) are (1) responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, or (2) meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions under certain U.S. laws or executive orders. If the Department of the Treasury determines that a company meets either of these criteria, Treasury must place the company on the SDN list.
Cosponsors (12)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- W. Steube (R-FL)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
- Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Michael Waltz (R-FL)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- John Moolenaar (R-MI)
- James Baird (R-IN)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
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