Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act”.
Uyghur Human Rights Sanctions Review Act
A BILL
To require a determination of whether certain Chinese entities meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Determination of whether certain Chinese entities meet criteria for imposition of sanctions
In general— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, shall—
determine whether any entity specified in subsection (b)—
is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs or other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China; or
meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions under—
the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);
section 6 of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–145; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note);
section 105, 105A, 105B, or 105C of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8514, 8514a, 8514b, and 8514c);
Executive Order 13818 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking the property of persons involved in serious human rights abuse or corruption), as amended on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
Executive Order 13553 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government of Iran and taking certain other actions), as amended on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;
if the Secretary of the Treasury determines under paragraph (1) that an entity is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuses described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph or meets the criteria for the imposition of sanctions described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, the Secretary shall include the entity on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control; and
submit to Congress a report on that determination that includes the reasons for the determination.
Entities specified— An entity specified in this subsection is any of the following:
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Huada Gene Technology Co., Ltd. (BGI Group).
Tiandy Technologies Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd.
China Electronics Technology Group Co.
Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.
Baidu, Inc.
ByteDance Ltd.
China TransInfo Technology Co., Ltd.
Form of report— The report required by subsection (a)(3) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.