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Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act

This bill requires the U.S. Treasury Secretary to review 10 specific Chinese technology and electronics companies within 60 days to determine if they are responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim groups in Xinjiang. If the review finds these entities meet sanctions criteria under existing U.S. laws (like the Global Magnitsky Act), they must be added to the Treasury's sanctions list. The bill directly affects companies including Hikvision, BGI Group, Dahua Technology, Alibaba, and Baidu. It mandates a report to Congress detailing the findings but does not itself impose sanctions. The focus is on initiating a review process to identify entities for potential sanctions under current legal frameworks.
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Introduced Mar 1, 2023 Last action Mar 1, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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