Contact Congress about H.R. 4830: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025

The U.S. would tighten sanctions, travel bans, and contract rules tied to abuses in Xinjiang. It would also restrict some Chinese seafood purchases and fund victim support, evidence gathering, and cultural preservation.

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Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Armed Services, 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.

Latest action on H.R. 4830: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Armed Services, 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 this affects: This bill mainly affects people and companies linked to abuses in Xinjiang, U.S. agencies that buy goods and services, and victims from Uyghur and other oppressed communities living outside China. It could also affect seafood suppliers, military dining facilities, commissaries, and businesses that sell to the U.S. government. Agencies would have to check vendors more closely and report more information to Congress.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it would make it harder for people and companies tied to Xinjiang abuses to enter the United States, use the U.S. financial system, or sell to the U.S. government. It could also change how federal agencies check supply chains for forced labor. For victims and affected communities, it could bring more care, documentation, and cultural preservation work. The results would depend on agency follow-through, waiver use, and how businesses and other countries respond.

Key provisions in H.R. 4830

• The bill adds more abuses that can trigger U.S. sanctions under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. These include systematic rape, forced abortion, forced sterilization, forced birth control implants, organ trafficking, forced child separation, and forced return to China.
• The President’s Xinjiang human rights report would have to name foreign people or groups that knowingly give major help to abusers. That help can include important goods, services, technology, or major related deals.
• The President could use the full International Emergency Economic Powers Act to carry out these sanctions. That law lets the U.S. freeze assets and block transactions during national emergencies, and the bill requires rules, licenses, and orders to put it in place.
• Foreign officials involved in forced abortions or forced sterilizations would face required visa bans. The bill allows only limited waivers, and the administration must explain them in writing to Congress and give public notice when bans are imposed.
• The State Department could use existing development aid money to help specified victims outside China. The aid can cover medical care, physical therapy, and mental health care for Uyghur and other oppressed groups, with the U.S. paying no more than 50% of the cost.

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The U.S. would tighten sanctions, travel bans, and contract rules tied to abuses in Xinjiang. It would also restrict some Chinese seafood purchases and fund victim support, evidence gathering, and cultural preservation.

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