Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
Latest action · Feb 26, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedApr 20, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 15, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China.
The bill authorizes the establishment of a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues position within the Department of State.
The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may, subject to appropriations, make certain funds available to human rights advocates working on behalf of Uyghurs and members of other persecuted minority groups from the XUAR. The funds, if made available, shall be used to facilitate the presence of such human rights advocates at public diplomacy forums to speak on issues related to the human rights and religious freedoms of persecuted minority groups in China.
The State Department must ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers. It must also ensure that a Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service is assigned to U.S. diplomatic and consular posts in China.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 50 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed414–6 | Feb 15, 2024 |
Cosponsors 106
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 20, 2023 to Jan 25, 2024; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | May 15, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | May 24, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | May 26, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | May 26, 2023 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | May 26, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Michelle Steel | May 26, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | May 30, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | May 31, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jun 1, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Jun 5, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Jun 7, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 9, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 9, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Jun 14, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 14, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jun 23, 2023 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jun 27, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Jun 27, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Nov 13, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Dec 4, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jan 3, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jan 25, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2023Markup Nov 29, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2024 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Feb 15, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H659-660)
- Feb 15, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 6 (Roll no. 50). (text: 2/13/2024 CR H551-553)
- Feb 15, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 13, 2024Mrs. Kim (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H659enact | — | Feb 15, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H551–H554Text printed H551–H553 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Kathy E. Manning D-NC, Young Kim R-CA | Feb 13, 2024 |
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 estimate
- Dec 20, 2023H.R. 2766, Uyghur Policy Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 29, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 66, April 20, 2023, page H1911.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-64 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES201 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 29, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1252 | Uyghur Policy Act of 2023 | Related bill | Apr 20, 2023 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their distinct identity, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Albania
- Asia
- Canada
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional tributes
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Germany
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International exchange and broadcasting
- International organizations and cooperation
- Protest and dissent
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Turkey
- United Nations
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Referred in Senate
- Feb 15, 2024Engrossed in House
- Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
