[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9596 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9596
To require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities are
responsible for human rights abuses that meet the criteria for the
imposition of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act or the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 15, 2022
Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Ellzey, and Ms. Sherrill) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
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A BILL
To require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities are
responsible for human rights abuses that meet the criteria for the
imposition of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act or the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review
Act''.
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACTIONS OF CERTAIN CHINESE ENTITIES
MEET CRITERIA FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, shall--
(1) determine whether any entity specified in subsection
(b)--
(A) is responsible for or complicit in, or has
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights
abuses against Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim
ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
of the People's Republic of China; and
(B) meets the criteria for the imposition of
sanctions under--
(i) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);
(ii) section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights
Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145; 22
U.S.C. 6901 note); or
(iii) Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking the property of
persons involved in serious human rights abuse
or corruption), as amended on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on that determination that
includes the reasons for the determination.
(b) Entities Specified.--An entity specified in this subsection is
any of the following:
(1) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
(2) Shenzhen Huada Gene Technology Co., Ltd. (BGI Group).
(3) Tiandy Technologies Co., Ltd.
(4) Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.
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