Uyghur Policy Act of 2026
Latest action · Jul 27, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496.
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 30, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2026 to Jul 22, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Jul 22, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2025Markup Jun 17, 2026Reported Jul 27, 2026 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2026Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 27, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496.
- Jun 17, 2026Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 30, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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
- Jul 28, 2026S. 1542, Uyghur Policy Act of 2026As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 27, 2026
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49036 | “Transnational Repression” and U.S. Policy: In Brief | Report | Jul 15, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to safeguard their distinct identity, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Uyghur Policy Act of 2026
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 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2026Reported to Senate
- Apr 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
