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H.R.7384 / 115th Congress

UIGHUR Act of 2018

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 20, 2018

Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2018 or the UIGHUR Act of 2018

This bill restricts executive agencies from procuring goods and services from foreign persons involved in China's mass detention of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group in Xinjiang province. It also places export controls on various technologies used to facilitate the mass detentions.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] · D–CA

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
4 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

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  1. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Introduced in House

  5. Introduced in House

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