S 178 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

UIGHUR Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 17, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Marco Rubio R-FL

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Latest action · Oct 21, 2020 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)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2019
  2. Passed SenateSep 11, 2019
  3. Passed HouseDec 3, 2019
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Recorded votes 6

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Roll callQuestionResultDate
Senate 207Cloture Motion Rejected51–44Oct 21, 2020
Senate 202Motion to Table Agreed to48–42Oct 19, 2020
Senate 198Motion to Proceed Agreed to48–46Sep 30, 2020
Senate 168Cloture Motion Rejected52–47Sep 10, 2020
Senate 153Motion to Proceed Agreed to47–42Jul 30, 2020
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Cosponsors 50

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 17, 2019 to Mar 10, 2020; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalJan 17, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJan 17, 2019
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalJan 17, 2019
R-COCory GardnerOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJan 17, 2019
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJan 17, 2019
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 17, 2019
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJan 17, 2019
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalJan 17, 2019
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Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Jan 17, 2019Markup May 22, 2019Reported Jun 3, 2019
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 12, 2019Markup Oct 30, 2019
HouseIntelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Referred Sep 12, 2019
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 12, 2019

Actions 33

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2020Second 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)
  2. Oct 20, 2020Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6318)
  3. Oct 19, 2020Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6050-6052)
  4. Oct 19, 2020Second cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) presented in Senate. (CR S6050)
  5. Sep 30, 2020Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 178 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 46. Record Vote Number: 198. (CR S5923)
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In the Congressional Record 24

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6468–S6471Rob Portman R-OHOct 25, 2020
SenateDebate and remarks S6431, S6432Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Ron Johnson R-WI, Sherrod Brown D-OHOct 24, 2020
SenateDebate and remarks S6383, S6388, S6396Chuck Grassley R-IA, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Rob Portman R-OHOct 22, 2020
SenateDebate and remarks S6337–S6342, S6353–S6357, S6364–S6366Cloture motions S6343Recorded votes S6343cloture motion on House amendmentCharles E. Schumer D-NY, Chuck Grassley R-IA (cloture motion), Deb Fischer R-NE (cloture motion), James E. Risch R-ID (cloture motion), Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, John Barrasso R-WY (cloture motion), John Boozman R-AR (cloture motion), John Thune R-SD, Kevin Cramer R-ND (cloture motion), Lamar Alexander R-TN (cloture motion), Lindsey Graham R-SC (cloture motion), Michael B. Enzi R-WY (cloture motion), Mike Crapo R-ID, Mitch McConnell R-KY (cloture motion), Pat Roberts R-KS (cloture motion), Patrick J. Leahy D-VT, Richard C. Shelby R-AL (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Rob Portman R-OH (cloture motion), Roy Blunt R-MO (cloture motion), Sherrod Brown D-OH, Susan M. Collins R-ME (cloture motion), Thom Tillis R-NC (cloture motion), Todd Young R-IN (cloture motion), Tom Udall D-NMOct 21, 2020
SenateDebate and remarks S6303–S6315, S6318Motions S6318Recorded votes S6318McConnell motion to table McConnell amendment (SBA Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loan establishment)Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Debbie Stabenow D-MI, John Barrasso R-WY, John Thune R-SD, Marco Rubio R-FL, Mitch McConnell R-KY (motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Susan M. Collins R-MEOct 20, 2020
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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 3

  1. Oct 21, 2020Senate Amendment 2652 to S. 178, the Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses ActSenate Amendment 2652 as proposed by Senator McConnell on September 8, 2020
  2. Nov 27, 2019S. 178, Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019
  3. Jun 6, 2019S. 178, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 3, 2019

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS, FORCED LABOR, AND THE XINJIANG AUTONOMOUS REGION35 pagesCongressional-Executive Commission on ChinaMar 11, 2020
Serial No. 116-76MARKUP OF H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410, H.Res. 349, H.R. 4754, S. 178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R. 3763, H.Res. 446, H.R. 1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res. 546198 pagesForeign Affairs CommitteeOct 30, 2019
—FORCED LABOR, MASS INTERNMENT, AND SOCIAL CONTROL IN XINJIANG259 pagesCongressional-Executive Commission on ChinaOct 17, 2019

CRS reports 14

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 14

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Amendments 147

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
SA 2499In the nature of a substitute.Mitch McConnell R-KYProposed amendment SA 2499 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S5433)
SA 2503No description on fileKelly Loeffler R-GASenate amendment submitted
SA 2504No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2505No description on fileMarco Rubio R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2506No description on fileMarco Rubio R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2507No description on fileMarco Rubio R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2508No description on fileMarco Rubio R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2509No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2510No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2511No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2513No description on fileBill Cassidy R-LASenate amendment submitted
SA 2514No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2515No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2516No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2517No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2518No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2519No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2520No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2521No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2522No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2523No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2524No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2525No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2526No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2527No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2528No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2529No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2530No description on fileLamar Alexander R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2531No description on fileLamar Alexander R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2532No description on fileLamar Alexander R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2533No description on fileLamar Alexander R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2534No description on fileLamar Alexander R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2535No description on fileShelley Moore Capito R-WVSenate amendment submitted
SA 2536No description on fileShelley Moore Capito R-WVSenate amendment submitted
SA 2537No description on fileSteve Daines R-MTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2538No description on fileLindsey Graham R-SCSenate amendment submitted
SA 2539No description on fileLindsey Graham R-SCSenate amendment submitted
SA 2540No description on fileJohn Barrasso R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2541No description on fileJohn Barrasso R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2542No description on fileMike Crapo R-IDSenate amendment submitted
SA 2543No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2544No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2545No description on fileDavid Perdue R-GASenate amendment submitted
SA 2546No description on fileDavid Perdue R-GASenate amendment submitted
SA 2547No description on fileSteve Daines R-MTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2548No description on fileSteve Daines R-MTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2549No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2550No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2551No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2552No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2553No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2554No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2555No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2556No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2557No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2558No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2559No description on fileMitt Romney R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2560No description on fileTom Cotton R-ARSenate amendment submitted
SA 2561No description on fileShelley Moore Capito R-WVSenate amendment submitted
SA 2562No description on fileShelley Moore Capito R-WVSenate amendment submitted
SA 2563No description on fileTodd Young R-INSenate amendment submitted
SA 2564No description on fileJerry Moran R-KSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2565No description on fileJohn Cornyn R-TXSenate amendment submitted
SA 2566No description on fileCindy Hyde-Smith R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2568No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2569No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2570No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2571No description on fileRon Johnson R-WISenate amendment submitted
SA 2572No description on fileSteve Daines R-MTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2573No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2574No description on fileKevin Cramer R-NDSenate amendment submitted
SA 2575No description on fileKevin Cramer R-NDSenate amendment submitted
SA 2576No description on fileKevin Cramer R-NDSenate amendment submitted
SA 2577No description on fileJohn Barrasso R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2578No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2579No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2580No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2581No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2582No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2583No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2584No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2585No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2586No description on fileSteve Daines R-MTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2587No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2588No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2589No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2590No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2591No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2592No description on fileRick Scott R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2593No description on fileSusan M. Collins R-MESenate amendment submitted
SA 2595No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2596No description on fileJerry Moran R-KSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2597No description on fileTim Scott R-SCSenate amendment submitted
SA 2598No description on fileJames M. Inhofe R-OKSenate amendment submitted
SA 2599No description on fileMike Lee R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2600No description on fileMike Lee R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2601No description on fileMike Lee R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2602No description on fileMike Lee R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2603No description on fileMike Lee R-UTSenate amendment submitted
SA 2604No description on fileJohn Cornyn R-TXSenate amendment submitted
SA 2605No description on fileMarco Rubio R-FLSenate amendment submitted
SA 2606No description on fileKelly Loeffler R-GASenate amendment submitted
SA 2607No description on fileJoni Ernst R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2608No description on fileTodd Young R-INSenate amendment submitted
SA 2609No description on fileKirsten E. Gillibrand D-NYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2610No description on fileDan Sullivan R-AKSenate amendment submitted
SA 2611No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2612No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2613No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2614No description on fileMike Braun R-INSenate amendment submitted
SA 2615No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2616No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2617No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2618No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2619No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2620No description on fileJames Lankford R-OKSenate amendment submitted
SA 2621No description on fileRoy Blunt R-MOSenate amendment submitted
SA 2622No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2623No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2624No description on fileJerry Moran R-KSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2625No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2626No description on filePatrick J. Toomey R-PASenate amendment submitted
SA 2627No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2628No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2629No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2630No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2631No description on fileSusan M. Collins R-MESenate amendment submitted
SA 2632No description on fileKevin Cramer R-NDSenate amendment submitted
SA 2633No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2634No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2635No description on fileRoger F. Wicker R-MSSenate amendment submitted
SA 2639No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2640No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2641No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2643No description on fileMarsha Blackburn R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2644No description on fileMarsha Blackburn R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2645No description on fileMarsha Blackburn R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2646No description on fileJohn Cornyn R-TXSenate amendment submitted
SA 2648No description on fileChuck Grassley R-IASenate amendment submitted
SA 2649No description on fileMarsha Blackburn R-TNSenate amendment submitted
SA 2650No description on fileMichael B. Enzi R-WYSenate amendment submitted
SA 2651No description on fileMartha McSally R-AZSenate amendment submitted
SA 2652To provide for a complete substitute.Mitch McConnell R-KYConsidered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6318)
SA 2653No description on fileSusan M. Collins R-MESenate amendment submitted
SA 2654No description on fileBill Cassidy R-LASenate amendment submitted
SA 2673To amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions.Thom Tillis R-NCProposed amendment SA 2673 withdrawn in Senate. (CR S6050)
SA 2680To improve the small business programs.Mitch McConnell R-KYMotion to table amendment SA 2680 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 57. Record Vote Number: 203.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 649Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019Related billMar 4, 2019
S 2972UIGHUR Protection Act of 2019Related billDec 4, 2019

Titles 9

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
Short Titles as Passed House
UIGHUR Act of 2019
Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019
Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment House bill text
Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019
UIGHUR Act of 2019
Short Titles from RFH (Referred to House) bill text
Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019

Subjects

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Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 3, 2019Engrossed Amendment House
  2. Sep 12, 2019Referred in House
  3. Sep 11, 2019Engrossed in Senate
  4. Jun 3, 2019Reported to Senate
  5. Jan 17, 2019Introduced in Senate

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