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Introduced July 30, 2025 by Daniel Scott Sullivan · Last progress July 30, 2025
Requires U.S. officials to investigate and report on human-rights abuses in Xinjiang (including a determination on forced organ harvesting) and to develop strategies and sanctions to hold perpetrators accountable. It limits federal purchases and commissary sales of seafood from the People’s Republic of China, directs sanctions reviews of specific Chinese entities, authorizes care and support for victims abroad, funds cultural-preservation activities, requires counter-propaganda and investigative support, and bars federal contracts with entities linked to forced labor or Uyghur abuses.
The bill strengthens U.S. tools to document abuses, support survivors, and sanction responsible actors—improving accountability and protections—at the cost of increased federal spending, administrative burdens, privacy risks for diaspora communities, and substantial potential to escalate diplomatic and economic friction with China and partners.
Victims, survivors, and U.S. policymakers gain strengthened tools to identify, expose, and hold accountable individuals, companies, and state actors responsible for abuses (investigations, sanctions, blacklisting, procurement bans, and targeted admissions/parole authorities).
Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and other oppressed ethnic minorities in the diaspora (and related service providers) receive expanded medical, psychosocial, legal, investigative, and cultural-preservation support through grants, training, and Smithsonian-funded programs.
Military personnel, their families, and federal procurement systems gain stronger protections against forced-labor tainted goods and potentially contaminated PRC seafood through DoD reviews, commissary restrictions, and consultation with the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force.
U.S.-China diplomatic relations and cooperation could be strained or retaliatory responses triggered, potentially complicating trade, consular services, and broader bilateral or multilateral cooperation.
American taxpayers, consumers, and U.S. businesses may face higher costs and disrupted supply chains from sanctions, blacklisting, procurement exclusions, commissary sourcing changes, and new grant or program funding obligations.
Compiling and publishing names, identifying alleged perpetrators, and documenting witnesses can create privacy, safety, and legal risks for diaspora families, witnesses, and activists if data is exposed or protections fail.