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Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress an annual report relating to the Uyghur genocide, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit annual reports to Congress on the Uyghur genocide, beginning within 180 days of enactment. The reports must analyze intelligence collected by the intelligence community and address specific topics including forced sterilization, forced labor, forced transfer of children, torture, and surveillance of Uyghurs. Each report must identify companies employing forced Uyghur laborers from Xinjiang. These annual reports must continue until the President determines, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and Secretary of State, that the Uyghur genocide is no longer a matter of concern.
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Actions (3)
- Jun 7, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on the National Intelligence Enterprise. · house
- May 15, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select). · house
- May 15, 2023 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2023
Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
A BILL
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress an annual report relating to the Uyghur genocide, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Uyghur Genocide Intelligence Review Act”.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON UYGHUR GENOCIDE.
(a) Collection.—The heads of the elements of the intelligence community shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure the timely and effective collection of intelligence relating to the Uyghur genocide.
(b) Annual Report on Uyghur Genocide.—
(1) Submission.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until such time as the President (in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State) determines the Uyghur genocide is no longer a matter of concern, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the relevant heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the Uyghur genocide, including an analysis of any intelligence collected pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Matters.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall address the following matters:
(A) Forced sterilization, forced birth control, and forced abortion of Uyhghurs.
(B) Forced transfer of Uyghur children from their families.
(C) Forced labor of Uyghurs, inside and outside of Xinjiang.
(D) The work conditions of Uyghur laborers (including laborers in the textile, automobile and electric vehicle, solar panel, polyvinyl chloride, and rare earth metals sectors), including an identification of any company that is—
(i) organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of (or over which control is exercised or exercisable by) the Government of the People’s Republic of China; and
(ii) employing forced Uyghur laborers from Xinjiang.
(E) Any other forms of physical or psychological torture against Uyghurs.
(F) Any other actions that infringe on the rights of Uyghurs to live freely in accordance with their customs, culture, and religious practices.
(G) The methods of surveillance of Uyghurs, including surveillance via technology, law enforcement notifications, and forcing Uyghurs to live with other individuals for monitoring purposes.
(H) Such other matters as the Director of National Intelligence may determine appropriate.
(3) Form.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(c) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “congressional intelligence committees”, “intelligence”, “intelligence community”, and “national intelligence” have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). <all>
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