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- H.R.1025
H.R.1025: UIGHUR Act of 2019
About This Bill
- Introduced Feb. 6, 2019
- Latest Major Action March 22, 2019
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
38 (30 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - Feb. 6, 2019
Bill Summary
Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Act of 2019 This bill imposes sourcing restrictions and export controls related to China's mass detention of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group in Xinjiang province. Executive agencies shall not procure goods or services from foreign persons who in the last three years substantially facilitated or knowingly assisted such mass detention....
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| March 22, 2019 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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| Feb. 6, 2019 |
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 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.
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| Feb. 6, 2019 |
Introduced in the House by Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) |