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H.R. 7384 115th Congress House

UIGHUR Act of 2018

Official title: To counter the mass arbitrary detention of Turkic Muslims, including Uighurs, within the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 20, 2018 Introduced by: Brad Sherman Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Dec 20, 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.
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 20, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1025 Reintroduced Bill UIGHUR Act of 2019
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Dec 20, 2018
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 20, 2018
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Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Dec 20, 2018
Yoho, Ted
· Dec 20, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7384: UIGHUR Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7384/
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"H.R. 7384: UIGHUR Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7384/.
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H.R. 7384, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7384/.
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