HR 2635
· 119th Congress
· International Affairs
Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
Sponsor
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Sep 03, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Foreign Relations Committee
Sep 02, 2025
floor
Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 02, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3738-3740)
Sep 02, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2635.
Sep 02, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 02, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3738-3740: 1)
Sep 02, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 09, 2025
committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Foreign Affairs Committee
Apr 09, 2025
committee
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Foreign Affairs Committee
Apr 03, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Apr 03, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Introduced in House
Apr 03, 2025
Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China.
The bill directs the Department of State to prioritize policies and programs to support the Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the XUAR and to lead coordination efforts for the release of certain political prisoners in the XUAR.
The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may make certain funds available to human rights advocates working on behalf of Uyghurs and members of other persecuted minority groups from the XUAR. The funds shall be used to facilitate the presence of such human rights advocates at public diplomacy forums to speak on issues related to the human rights and religious freedoms of persecuted minority groups in China.
The State Department must ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers. It must also ensure that a Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service is assigned to U.S. diplomatic and consular posts in China.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 2635 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
+[H.R. 2635 Engrossed in House (EH)]
<DOC>
+
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2635
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-September 3, 2025
-
-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
_______________________________________________________________________
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working group for the XUAR for the purposes of monitoring human
rights violations and abuses in the XUAR, and for making
reports available to the High Commissioner for Refugees, the
-High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human
-
-Rights Commission, the General Assembly, and other United
-Nations bodies.
+High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights
+Commission, the General Assembly, and other United Nations
+bodies.
Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2025.
Attest:
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
-
Clerk.
+119th CONGRESS
+
+1st Session
+
+H. R. 2635
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
+
+To support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority
+groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and
+safeguard their distinct identity, and for other purposes.
Cosponsors (14)
Members who signed on to support this bill.