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Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act

USA118th CongressHR-1324| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
August Pfluger

August Pfluger

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (12)
Mikie Sherrill (Democratic)Zachary Nunn (Republican)Michael Waltz (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Jake Ellzey (Republican)Brian J. Mast (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)John R. Moolenaar (Republican)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Josh Gottheimer (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-9596
Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
Mar 1, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-585
Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 1, 2023
Referred 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.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-9596
    Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act


  • March 1, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-585
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 1, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • March 1, 2023
    Referred 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.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 118-585: Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
  • S 118-1770: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2023

Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act

USA118th CongressHR-1324| House 
| Updated: 12/17/2024
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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-9596
Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
Mar 1, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 118-585
Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced in House
Mar 1, 2023
Referred 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.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-9596
    Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act


  • March 1, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 118-585
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 1, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • March 1, 2023
    Referred 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.


  • December 17, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
August Pfluger

August Pfluger

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (12)
Mikie Sherrill (Democratic)Zachary Nunn (Republican)Michael Waltz (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Jake Ellzey (Republican)Brian J. Mast (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)John R. Moolenaar (Republican)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Josh Gottheimer (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Trade Subcommittee, Financial Services Committee, Judiciary Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 118-585: Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
  • S 118-1770: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2023
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted