Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025

This bill targets human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other groups in China. It expands U.S. sanctions to cover more kinds of abuse, like forced sterilization, organ removal, separating children from parents, and forced deportations, including when victims are outside China. It denies U.S. entry to people involved in forced abortions or sterilizations. Survivors living outside China could get medical care, physical therapy, and mental health support. The State Department must counter propaganda that denies these crimes and help document evidence for investigations .

The bill orders a quick review of certain Chinese companies—such as Hikvision, BGI, Dahua, Tiandy, Uniview, CETC, and ByteDance—to see if they meet sanction criteria; if so, they must be added to the U.S. sanctions list and Congress notified. U.S. agencies would be barred from contracting with companies tied to forced labor or linked to abuses in Xinjiang. The State Department must track relatives of U.S. citizens detained in Xinjiang and develop a plan on alleged forced organ harvesting . It also requires a report on federal purchases of seafood from China and bans the Defense Department from buying China-origin seafood for military dining or selling it in commissaries, with narrow exceptions; the commissary sales ban starts 30 days after enactment, and broader prohibitions take effect after 90 days . The bill supports preserving threatened cultures and authorizes $2 million per year (2026–2029) for a Smithsonian initiative on repressed cultures.

Key points

• Who is affected:
  • Survivors in exile from Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other oppressed groups (access to medical and mental health care).
  • U.S. federal agencies, contractors, and military families (contracting limits; no China-origin seafood in commissaries and military dining) .
  • Named Chinese companies facing possible sanctions (e.g., Hikvision, BGI, ByteDance).
• What changes:
  • Broader sanctions and visa bans; strategy to counter propaganda; documentation of crimes; plan on organ harvesting; cultural preservation funding; tracking detained relatives; limits on federal contracts and seafood sourcing .
• When:
  • Propaganda strategy due in 30 days.
  • Company sanction decisions due in 60 days.
  • Organ harvesting determination/strategy due in 90 days.
  • Seafood report due in 120 days.
  • Commissary sales ban starts 30 days after enactment; broader prohibitions take effect after 90 days.