HR 2635
Passed a chamber
Directs the State Department to press China to end the detention of Uyghurs, open Xinjiang to outside observers, and counter transnational repression of Uyghurs, while expressing congressional support for Uyghur human rights.
Official title: Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-APR-2025
Referred
03-APR-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Passed
02-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
03-SEP-2025
- Requires the Secretary of State to develop, within 180 days, a strategy with like-minded partners to pressure China to close political reeducation detention facilities in Xinjiang and allow access by media, researchers, and international organizations, with a report to Congress within one year.
- Requires efforts to ensure at least one Uyghur-speaking Foreign Service officer is assigned to each U.S. diplomatic or consular post in China, with reports within one year and annually for two years after.
- Authorizes $250,000 for each of fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027 from existing Speaker Program funds to support Uyghur human rights advocates at public diplomacy forums, with no additional funds authorized.
- Directs the State Department to coordinate efforts to free political prisoners in Xinjiang, prevent and respond to transnational repression of Uyghurs in the United States, and report annually to Congress, with the coordination section ending after five years; also directs the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to oppose efforts to block discussion of Xinjiang and to support a special rapporteur for the region.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2025).
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10 Democrats