Last progress April 30, 2025 (7 months ago)
Introduced on April 30, 2025 by John R. Curtis
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
This bill focuses on protecting the human rights and culture of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China’s Xinjiang region. It tells the U.S. State Department to make Uyghur issues a priority, keep close contact with Uyghur leaders, support independent reporting like Radio Free Asia, and set up a way for people to report harassment by foreign governments in the U.S. It also requires yearly updates to Congress on efforts to stop transnational repression, and these steps last for five years . To build global pressure, the U.S. must develop a plan within 180 days to push China to close detention camps, allow real outside access, and protect human rights, with a progress report due in one year . The bill adds Uyghur language training and aims to place at least one Uyghur-speaking officer at every U.S. post in China, with follow-up reports on staffing . It also directs U.S. diplomats at the United Nations to fight efforts to silence debate on abuses and to support a special UN monitor for Xinjiang . For outreach, it sets aside $250,000 per year in 2025–2027 (from existing public diplomacy funds) to bring Uyghur rights advocates to speak, especially in Muslim‑majority countries; no extra money is authorized overall . The bill cites evidence of mass detentions, abuse, and international findings of severe human rights violations to explain why these steps are needed .