S. 178: UIGHUR Act of 2019

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S. 178: UIGHUR Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-17 · International Affairs · Latest: Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207. (CR S6343)

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UIGHUR Act of 2019

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Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Act of 2019 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. The President shall report to Congress a list of senior Chinese government officials who are engaged in or responsible for serious human rights abuses, including mass incarceration and political indoctrination, against Turkic Muslims in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The President shall impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on such individuals. The President may waive the imposition of such sanctions on U.S. national interest grounds. The President shall identify items that provide China with a critical capability to suppress basic human rights, including items that provide capability to (1) conduct surveillance, (2) monitor and restrict an individual's movement, (3) monitor and restrict access to the internet, and (4) identify individuals through facial or voice recognition. The President shall (1) place such items on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls); and (2) require authorization for the export, reexport, or transfer of such items to or within China. The bill terminates certain prohibitions, such as a prohibition against obligating funds for U.S. Trade and Development Agency activities in China, upon a report by the President to Congress that China has taken specified actions, including ending the mass internment of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The Department of State shall report to Congress on human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including an assessment of the number of individuals detained in forced labor camps.

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Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · 50 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 178, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 (2019-06-06); CBO cost estimate: S. 178, Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 (2019-11-27); CBO cost estimate: Estimate for Senate Amendment 2652 to S. 178, the Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act (2020-10-21); CBO cost estimate: Senate Amendment 2652 to S. 178, the Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act (2020-10-21)

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Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Rounds (R-SD), James Lankford (R-OK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tina Smith (D-MN), Todd Young (R-IN)

Recorded votes

• House roll call 644 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, S178 (2019-12-03): Passed
• Senate vote 153 (2020): On the Motion to Proceed, S178 (2020-07-30): Motion to Proceed Agreed to
• Senate vote 168 (2020): On the Cloture Motion, S178 (2020-09-10): Cloture Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 198 (2020): On the Motion to Proceed, S178 (2020-09-30): Motion to Proceed Agreed to
• Senate vote 199 (2020): On the Motion to Table, S178 (2020-09-30): Motion to Table Failed
• Senate vote 202 (2020): On the Motion to Table, S178 (2020-10-19): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 203 (2020): On the Motion to Table, S178 (2020-10-20): Motion to Table Failed
• Senate vote 207 (2020): On the Cloture Motion, S178 (2020-10-21): Cloture Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 216 (2020): On the Motion, S178 (2020-10-23): Motion Agreed to

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s178.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

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