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Bill115th CongressFiled Dec 20, 2018International Affairs
H.R. 7384

UIGHUR Act of 2018

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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 20, 2018)

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.

What just happenedDec 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.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30](D-CA)Sponsor
4 cosponsors2 D2 R
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  1. Dec 20, 2018IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. Dec 20, 2018IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Oversight and Accountability Committee
  3. Dec 20, 2018IntroReferralH11100

    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.

    Foreign Affairs Committee
  4. Dec 20, 2018IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  5. Dec 20, 2018IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

UIGHUR Act of 2018 — Informed