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Main Subject: International Affairs

Uyghur Policy Act of 2021 This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The bill authorizes the establishment of a Special Coordinator for Uyghur Issues position within the Department of State. The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may, subject to appropriations, make certain funds available to human rights advocates working on behalf of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups. The funds, if made available, 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 minority groups in Xinjiang. 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 missions in China.

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Dec. 05 2022	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

House floor actions Actions

Floor

Dec. 01
2022

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 17 (Roll no. 494). (text: 11/29/2022 CR H8633-8634)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8695-8696)

Nov. 29
2022

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4785.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8633-8637)
Ms. Jacobs (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

IntroReferral
Jul. 29 2021	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Dec. 01 2022	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 17 (Roll no. 494).

IntroReferral
Jul. 29 2021	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Sep. 30 2021	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug. 04 2021	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.