S 4073 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Uyghur Policy Act of 2022

Summary
Uyghur Policy Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of State to take various actions concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China. For example, the bill requires the State Department to (1) support human rights advocates representing such groups speaking at public diplomacy forums, including in Muslim-majority countries; (2) ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers; and (3) support the appointment of a special rapporteur or working group at the United Nations to monitor and report on human rights violations and abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Apr 2022
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Introduced Apr 7, 2022 Last action Apr 7, 2022
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