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H.R. 8124 118th Congress House

Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2024

Official title: To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To expand the imposition of sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and to counter the genocidal policies of the Government of the People's Republic of China.

Introduced: April 23, 2024 Introduced by: Christopher H. Smith Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Apr 23, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Accountability, and House Administration, 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.
Apr 23, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 17, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1770 Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Apr 23, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8124: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8124/
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"H.R. 8124: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8124/.
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H.R. 8124, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8124/.
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