,i #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ccjf ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #ah1 #bjba ,mrs4 ,hartzler 7for herself and ,mr4 ,suozzi7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to address state-sanctioned violence against women in the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 including rape and torture in detention and forced sterilizations1 forced abortions1 and other coercive birth restriction policies1 particularly in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,uyghur ,stop ,oppressive ,sterilizations ,act or the ,uyghur ,,sos ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,eyewitness accounts provide credible documentation of widespread forced sterilization and sexual violence against ,uyghur and ,kazakh women in the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 including investigations and independent interviews by global media outlets4 7#b7 ,women who survived internment camps report that they were forced to undergo multiple injections of unknown medicines that caused temporary or permanent loss of menstrual cycles4 7#c7 ,chinese ,government documents demonstrate rapid declines in population in two predominately ,uyghur prefectures of the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region between #bjae and #bjah1 and an unprecedented near-zero birth rate target for #bjbj in one district4 ,government documents mandate that birth control violations are punishable by extrajudicial internment in training camps4 7#d7 ,chinese ,government documents from #bjai reveal plans for a campaign of mass female sterilization in rural ,uyghur populated regions of the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region1 to be continued in #bjbj with increased funding4 ,publicly available budgets indicate that this project had sufficient funding to perform hundreds of thousands of tubal ligation sterilization procedures in #bjai and #bjbj4 7#e7 ,in #bjai1 the ,government of the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region planned to subject at least #hj percent of women of childbearing age in the four southern1 rural1 minority prefectures to intrusive birth-prevention surgeries4 7#f7 ,a leaked report written by ,nankai ,university researchers for the ,chinese ,government confirms the intent of intention of state-organized forced labor transfers as having the ultimate purpose of assimilating ,uyghurs1 breaking up their society1 and altering demographic trends4 7#g7 ,the policy of state-sponsored forced population-transfer program1 which separates married couples and forcibly places unmarried individuals into controlled environments where they cannot marry or form a family1 is a violation of the fundamental right to marry and to found a family1 as codified by ,article #af of the ,universal ,declaration of ,human ,rights 7#aidh74 7#h7 ,under the becoming family homestay program initiated by the government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region1 government workers and other ,communist ,party members are assigned to live with ethnic minority families in their homes to conduct surveillance and compile information on family members1 in arrangements which leave these families vulnerable to sexual violence and other types of abuse4 7#i7 ,on ,january #g1 #bjba1 an official social media account for the ,government of ,china said that a ,study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism1 the minds of ,uygur women in ,xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted1 making them no longer baby-making machines and ''' 4 ,they are more confident and independent44 7#aj7 ,uyghur and ,kazakh women who have given testimony to reporters about sexual violence and forced sterilizations in mass internment camps have been intimidated and their families threatened by security officials from the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 7#aa7 ,article ,two of the ,genocide ,convention of #aidh1 which ,china has signed and ratified1 states that genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy1 in whole or in part1 a national1 ethnical1 racial or religious group1 as such3 7,a7 ,killing members of the group2 7,b7 ,causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group2 7,c7 ,deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part2 7,d7 ,imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group2 7,e7 ,forcibly transferring children of the group to another group4 4 7#ab7 ,on ,january #ai1 #bjba1 the ,secretary of ,state released a determination about atrocities in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region that stated that the ongoing crimes against humanity against the predominantly ,muslim ,uyghurs and other members of ethnic and religious minority groups include forced sterilization1 and called upon the ,,prc immediately to release all arbitrarily detained persons and abolish its system of internment1 detention camps1 house arrest and forced labor2 cease coercive population control measures1 including forced sterilizations1 forced abortion1 forced birth control1 and the removal of children from their families2 and end all torture and abuse in places of detention 4 4 4 4 7#ac7 ,that same determination concluded that1 after careful examination of the facts1 the ,government of ,china was committing genocide against ,uyghur1 ,kazakh1 and other ethnic minority groups in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region4 7#ad7 ,secretary of ,state ,tony ,blinken affirmed that the ,united ,states ,government recognizes the atrocities faced by ,uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region as ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity and said the ,united ,states will hold the ,government of ,china responsible for the atrocities committed in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region4 #c4 ,statement of policy ,it is the policy of the ,united ,states-- 7#a7 to regard the prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes as a national interest particularly when those actions target ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 and ,kyrgyz and other predominately ,muslim ethnic minorities in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region through mass arbitrary detentions1 forced labor1 forced sterilizations1 forced abortions and other coercive birth restrictions policies1 sexual violence and other torture in detention1 and forced transfer of children to orphanages and boarding schools2 7#b7 to condemn genocide and work diplomatically to end genocide and other atrocity crimes1 including by calling on foreign governments1 through both bilateral discussions and in multilateral organizations1 to denounce and take actions to end the atrocity crimes perpetuated in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region2 7#c7 to raise the issue of state-sanctioned violence against women1 including rape1 torture1 and coercively enforced population control policies in the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 in all multilateral organizations where the ,united ,states and the ,people's ,republic of ,china are members1 including at the ,united ,nations ,security ,council2 7#d7 to consider state-sanctioned violence against women1 including forced sterilizations and forced abortions and the systematic use of rape and torture in mass internment camps in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region as a gross violation of internationally-recognized human rights2 and 7#e7 to use all the existing ,united ,states authorities1 including visa and financial sanctions1 to hold accountable individuals and entities responsible for genocide and other atrocity crimes in the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 section #f of the ,uyghur ,human ,rights ,policy ,act 7,public ,law ,no3 #aaf-ade7 and including section #abfc of the ,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights ,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of title ,,xii of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjag2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74 #d4 ,sense of ,congress concerning atrocity crimes in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur autonomous region ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the atrocities perpetrated by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china against ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 ,kyrgyz1 and other predominately ,muslim ethnic minorities in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region are horrific and ongoing and constitute genocide and crimes against humanity2 7#b7 all governments1 including the ,united ,states1 and international organizations1 such as the ,united ,nations and the ,office of the ,secretary-,general1 should call the atrocities perpetuated by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china1 including the mass arbitrary detention of ethnic minorities2 forced sterilizations and forced abortions and other sexual violence2 and forced labor1 as genocide and crimes against humanity2 7#c7 the ,united ,states1 in coordination with allies and partners1 should strongly condemn the intimidation and threats targeting ,uyghur and ,kazakh women who provide public evidence of sexual violence and forced sterilizations and forced abortions in mass internment camps and the journalist who report these stories2 7#d7 member states of the ,united ,nations should consider all ,uyghurs and other ethnic minorities detained and imprisoned through the justice system in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region as arbitrarily detained due to the severe restrictions on information regarding the cases and because research by human rights organizations indicate that long prison sentences were given to individuals for practicing their religion or engaging in other internationally-recognized human rights2 7#e7 member states of the ,united ,nations should condemn the atrocities committed by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic ,china1 including forced sterilizations and other state-sanctioned violence against women1 and take steps to prevent further crimes against humanity and genocide in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region including by demanding that the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china-- 7,a7 immediately adhere to its commitments under the ,convention on the ,prevention and ,punishment of the ,crime of ,genocide2 7,b7 end all forced sterilization1 forced abortions1 and other state-sanctioned violence against women2 7,c7 release all individuals from internment camps1 and all others who are unjustly or arbitrarily detained1 including those engaged in forced labor programs or separated from their families in state-run boarding schools2 7,d7 end harassment and restrictions on foreign journalists while they are traveling in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region and immediately end any threats and intimidation directed at journalists for reporting about conditions there2 and 7,e7 guarantee the right to the freedom of religion1 including by rebuilding mosques and restoring holy sites and cemeteries2 7#f7 member states of the ,united ,nations should take action to collect and preserve evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity and establish appropriate special mechanisms and tribunals to hold accountable officials responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity1 including through the establishment of an international ,commission on ,inquiry on ,atrocity ,crimes in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region2 and 7#g7 the ,department of ,state should be commended for raising the issue of atrocity crimes and its public determination that the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china is responsible for an ongoing genocide and for crimes against humanity in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region4 #e4 ,strategy to address genocide in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur autonomous region 7a7 ,finding ,congress finds that-- 7#a7 the determination of the ,secretary of ,state that the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china is responsible for perpetrating both genocide and crimes against humanity targeting ,uyghurs and other predominately ,muslim ethnic minority groups in ,xinjiang ,uyghurs ,autonomous ,region is an issue on which there is widespread bipartisan support in ,congress2 and 7#b7 the atrocities being committed in ,china are both horrific and ongoing4 7b7 ,strategy required ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,president shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a strategy specifically describing-- 7#a7 the steps already taken to tangibly address atrocity crimes occurring in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region1 especially during the period following the ,january #ai1 #bjba1 determination that genocide and crimes against humanity were occurring in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region2 and 7#b7 a strategy for ending the atrocity crimes occurring in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region1 including by-- 7,a7 holding accountable persons or entities responsible for committing such atrocity crimes by addressing1 through existing or new export controls or import restrictions1 the issues of mass biometric surveillance and forced labor programs in ,china2 7,b7 gaining access for ,united ,nations1 ,united ,states1 and other diplomats and foreign journalists to the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region2 and 7,c7 protecting ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 ,kyrgyz1 and other ethnic minorities affected by the atrocities committed by the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 7c7 ,form and publication ,the report required under subsection 7b7 shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made publicly available1 but may include a classified annex4 7d7 ,appropriate congressional committees ,in this section1 the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7#a7 ,the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#b7 ,the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,senate4 #f4 ,protection of ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 and other ethnic minorities in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur autonomous region ,the ,secretary of ,state shall provide all appropriate assistance to women who belong to the ,uyghur1 ,kazakh1 ,kyrgyz1 or other ethnic minority and who experienced sexual violence1 torture1 forced sterilizations and forced abortions in the ,people's ,republic of ,china in order for them to receive needed medical care and psychological support4 ,all existing authorities shall be used to allow such women to at least temporarily enter the ,united ,states4 #g4 ,sanctions with respect to individuals committing responsible for or complicit in forced sterilizations1 forced abortions1 or other sexual violence 7a7 ,statement of policy ,it is the policy of the ,united ,states to consider any foreign person or entity responsible for1 complicit in1 or having directly or indirectly engaged in forced sterilizations1 forced abortions1 or other sexual violence targeting any individual in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region as having committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing the sanctions detailed in the ,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights ,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of title ,,xii of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjag2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note74 7b7 ,denial of entry for foreign nationals engaged in establishment or enforcement of forced abortion or sterilization policy ,section #hja of the ,admiral ,james ,w4 ,nance and ,meg ,donovan ,foreign ,relations ,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years #bjjj and #bjja 7,public ,law #ajf-aac2 #h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb;e7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by striking minister4 and inserting minister1 unless-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of ,state makes a public determination that the forced sterilizations1 forced abortions1 or other coercive population control policies were being committed or enforced with the intent to destroy1 in whole or in part1 a national1 ethnic1 racial or religious group and therefore constitute genocide or crimes against humanity2 or 7#b7 the ,secretary of ,state finds that such coercive population control policies were targeting ,uyghurs1 ,kazakhs1 ,tibetan or other ethnic minorities or individuals peacefully expressing internationally-recognized human rights in the ,people's ,republic of ,china4 2 7#b7 in subsection 7c71 by striking national interest and inserting national security interest2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following new subsections3 7d7 ,notice ,the ,secretary of ,state shall make a public announcement each time sanctions are imposed under this section as a result of a determination or finding described in subsection 7b77#a7 or 7b77#b71 respectively4 7e7 ,information requested by ,congress ,the ,secretary of ,state shall1 upon request of a ,member of ,congress-- 7#a7 provide information about the use of the sanctions described in this section1 including the number of times imposed1 disaggregated by country and by year2 or 7#b7 provide a classified briefing that includes information about the individuals or entities sanctioned pursuant to this section and any other ,act authorizing sanctions with respect to the conduct of such individuals or entities4 4