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H.R. 2635 · 119th Congress

Uyghur Policy Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 3, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summary

Uyghur Policy Act of 2025

This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China.

The bill directs the Department of State to prioritize policies and programs to support the Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the XUAR and to lead coordination efforts for the release of certain political prisoners in the XUAR.

The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may make certain funds available to human rights advocates working on behalf of Uyghurs and members of other persecuted minority groups from the XUAR. The funds 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 persecuted minority groups in China.

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 posts in China.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3738-3740)

  4. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  5. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2635.

  6. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3738-3740)

  7. House

    Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. House

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  9. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  10. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

  11. Introduced in House