Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025

This bill targets abuses against Uyghurs and other groups in China. It expands U.S. sanctions, blocks entry to certain abusers, and helps survivors with medical and mental health care. It also pushes back on propaganda, preserves threatened cultures, and tightens U.S. government purchasing to avoid goods tied to forced labor. It orders reviews and reports to document crimes, check supply chains (including seafood), and track cases of Americans’ family members detained in Xinjiang .

Key steps include: adding new abuses to sanction lists (like forced sterilization, human trafficking for organ removal, and forced separation of children), requiring a quick review of named companies for sanctions (such as Hikvision, BGI, Dahua, and ByteDance), and banning many federal contracts linked to Xinjiang forced labor. It funds cultural preservation work at the Smithsonian and requires strategies to counter propaganda and address organ harvesting claims. It also bars the Defense Department from buying or selling most seafood from China for troops and commissaries, with limited exceptions and phase‑in dates .

• Who is affected:

  • Survivors from Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other oppressed groups living outside China can get medical, physical therapy, and psychological support; the U.S. share can cover up to half the costs .
  • Certain foreign officials and others complicit in forced abortion or sterilization are denied U.S. entry, with narrow waivers .
  • Specific Chinese companies face fast‑track review for sanctions and possible listing by the Treasury Department .
  • Federal agencies are barred from contracting with entities tied to Xinjiang forced labor; agencies must consult enforcement teams on this .

• What changes and when:

  • 30 days: State Department must deliver a strategy to counter propaganda about Xinjiang abuses .
  • 60 days: Treasury must decide on sanctions for named companies and report to Congress .
  • 90 days: State Department must assess and plan a response to forced organ harvesting claims .
  • 180 days: Pentagon Inspector General must report on keeping banned Chinese seafood out of military food supply chains .
  • 1 year: Reports on survivor care efforts and on a possible cultural‑heritage grant program; $2 million per year is authorized for 2026–2029 to support a Smithsonian initiative to preserve threatened cultures .
  • 30–90 days after enactment: Commissary sales of Chinese‑origin seafood stop after 30 days, and broader Defense seafood procurement bans take effect after 90 days, with limited waivers and transition rules .