May 27, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2293 will postpone further proceedings tonomous Region Party Secretary Chen (8) In 2019, the Congressional-Executive today on motions to suspend the rules Quanguo to be Party Secretary of Xinjiang Commission on China concluded that, based on which the yeas and nays are or- Uyghur Autonomous Region accelerated the on available evidence, the establishment and dered. crackdown across the region. Scholars, actions committed in the internment camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may The House will resume proceedings human rights organizations, journalists, and think tanks have provided ample evidence constitute ‘‘crimes against humanity’’. on postponed questions at a later time. substantiating the establishment by the (9) On December 31, 2018, President Donald f Government of the People’s Republic of J. Trump signed into law the Asia Reassur- ance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– UYGHUR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY China of internment camps. Since 2014, the Government of the People’s Republic of 409), which— ACT OF 2020 China has detained more than 1,000,000 (A) condemns the People’s Republic of Chi- Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and mem- na’s ‘‘forced disappearances, extralegal de- move to suspend the rules and pass the bers of other Muslim minority groups in tentions, invasive and omnipresent surveil- bill (S. 3744) to condemn gross human these camps. The total ethnic minority pop- lance, and lack of due process in judicial pro- rights violations of ethnic Turkic Mus- ulation of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- ceedings’’; (B) authorizes funding to promote democ- lims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end gion was approximately 13,000,000 at the time of the last census conducted by the People’s racy, human rights, and the rule of law in to arbitrary detention, torture, and Republic of China in 2010. the People’s Republic of China; and harassment of these communities in- (3) The Government of the People’s Repub- (C) supports sanctions designations against side and outside China. lic of China’s actions against Uyghurs, eth- any entity or individual that— The Clerk read the title of the bill. nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other (i) violates human rights or religious free- The text of the bill is as follows: Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur doms; or (ii) engages in censorship activities. S. 3744 Autonomous Region violate international SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- human rights laws and norms, including— resentatives of the United States of America in (A) the International Convention on the It is the sense of Congress that— Congress assembled, Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi- (1) the President should— nation, to which the People’s Republic of (A) condemn abuses against Uyghurs, eth- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. China has acceded; nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Mus- (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as (B) the Convention against Torture and lim minority groups, and other persons by the ‘‘Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat- authorities of the People’s Republic of 2020’’. ment or Punishment, which the People’s Re- China; and (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- public of China has signed and ratified; (B) call on such authorities to imme- tents for this Act is as follows: (C) the International Covenant on Civil diately— Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. and Political Rights, which the People’s Re- (i) close the internment camps; Sec. 2. Statement of purpose. public of China has signed; and (ii) lift all restrictions on, and ensure re- Sec. 3. Findings. (D) the Universal Declaration of Human spect for, human rights; and Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. Rights. (iii) allow people inside the People’s Re- Sec. 5. Updating statement of United (4) Senior Chinese Communist Party offi- public of China to reestablish contact with States policy toward the People’s Re- cials, including current Xinjiang Uyghur Au- their loved ones, friends, and associates out- public of China. tonomous Region Party Secretary Chen side the People’s Republic of China; Sec. 6. Imposition of sanctions. Quanguo, who executes Chinese government (2) the Secretary of State should consider Sec. 7. Report on human rights abuses in policy in the region, and former Xinjiang strategically employing sanctions and other Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Uyghur Autonomous Region Deputy Party tools under the International Religious Free- Sec. 8. Report on protecting citizens and Secretary Zhu Hailun, who crafted many of dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), in- residents of the United States from in- the policies implemented in the region, bear cluding measures resulting from the designa- timidation and coercion. direct responsibility for gross human rights tion of the People’s Republic of China as a Sec. 9. Report on security and economic violations committed against Uyghurs, eth- country of particular concern for religious implications of repression in Xinjiang nic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such Uyghur Autonomous Region by the Muslim minority groups. These abuses in- Act (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)), that directly Government of the People’s Republic of clude the arbitrary detention of more than address particularly severe violations of reli- China. 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, gious freedom; Sec. 10. Classified report. and members of other Muslim minority (3) the Secretary of State should— SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. groups, separation of working age adults (A) work with United States allies and The purpose of this Act is to direct United from children and the elderly, and the inte- partners and through multilateral institu- States resources to address human rights gration of forced labor into supply chains. tions to condemn the mass arbitrary deten- violations and abuses, including gross viola- (5) Those detained in internment camps in tion of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, tions of human rights, by the Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have and members of other Muslim minority the People’s Republic of China through the described forced political indoctrination, groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- mass surveillance and internment of over torture, beatings, food deprivation, and de- gion; and 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, nial of religious, cultural, and linguistic (B) coordinate closely with the inter- and members of other Muslim minority freedoms. These victims have confirmed that national community on targeted sanctions groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- they were told by guards that the only way and visa restrictions; gion. to secure their release was to demonstrate (4) the journalists of the Uyghur language SEC. 3. FINDINGS. sufficient political loyalty. Poor conditions service of Radio Free Asia should be com- Congress makes the following findings: and lack of medical treatment at such facili- mended for their reporting on the human (1) The Government of the People’s Repub- ties appear to have contributed to the deaths rights and political situation in Xinjiang lic of China has a long history of repressing of some detainees, including the elderly and Uyghur Autonomous Region despite efforts Turkic Muslims and other Muslim minority infirm. by the Government of the People’s Republic groups, particularly Uyghurs, in Xinjiang (6) Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who have of China to silence or intimidate their re- Uyghur Autonomous Region. In recent dec- obtained permanent residence or citizenship porting through the detention of family ades, central and regional Chinese govern- in other countries report being subjected to members and relatives in China; ment policies have systematically discrimi- threats and harassment from Chinese offi- (5) the United States should expand the nated against these minority groups by de- cials. At least 5 journalists for Radio Free availability of and capacity for Uyghur lan- nying them a range of civil and political Asia’s Uyghur service have publicly detailed guage programming on Radio Free Asia in rights, including the freedom of expression, abuses their family members in Xinjiang Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; religion, and movement, and the right to a Uyghur Autonomous Region have endured in (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and fair trial. response to their work exposing the Govern- appropriate United States law enforcement (2) In May 2014, the Government of the ment of the People’s Republic of China’s abu- agencies should take steps to hold account- People’s Republic of China launched its lat- sive policies. able officials from the People’s Republic of est ‘‘Strike Hard Against Violent Extre- (7) In September 2018, United Nations High China or individuals acting on their behalf mism’’ campaign, using wide-scale, inter- Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle who harass, threaten, or intimidate persons nationally-linked threats of terrorism as a Bachelet noted in her first speech as High within the United States; and pretext to justify pervasive restrictions on Commissioner the ‘‘deeply disturbing allega- (7) United States companies and individ- and serious human rights violations of mem- tions of large-scale arbitrary detentions of uals selling goods or services or otherwise bers of ethnic minority communities in Uighurs and other Muslim communities, in operating in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The so-called reeducation camps across Region should take steps, including in any August 2016 appointment of former Tibet Au- Xinjiang’’. public or financial filings, to ensure that—

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(A) their commercial activities are not (a)(1) if such property and interests in prop- (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the contributing to human rights violations in erty— term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or (A) are in the United States; manmade substance, material, supply, or elsewhere in China; and (B) come within the United States; or manufactured product, including inspection (B) their supply chains are not com- (C) come within the possession or control and test equipment, and excluding technical promised by forced labor. of a United States person. data. SEC. 5. UPDATING STATEMENT OF UNITED (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR (g) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- STATES POLICY TOWARD THE PEO- PAROLE.— dent may terminate the application of sanc- PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien tions under this section with respect to a Section 901(b) of the Foreign Relations Au- described in subsection (a)(1) is— person if the President determines and re- thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (i) inadmissible to the United States; ports to the Committee on Foreign Relations (Public Law 101–246; 104 Stat. 84) is amend- (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc- of the Senate, the Committee on Banking, ed— umentation to enter the United States; and Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respec- paroled into the United States or to receive House of Representatives, and the Com- tively; and any other benefit under the Immigration and mittee on Financial Services of the House of (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol- Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). Representatives not later than 15 days before lowing: (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— the termination takes effect that— ‘‘(7) United States policy toward the Peo- (i) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in sub- (1) information exists that the person did ple’s Republic of China should be explicitly section (a)(1) is subject to revocation of any not engage in the activity for which sanc- linked to the situation in Xinjiang Uyghur visa or other entry documentation regardless tions were imposed; Autonomous Region, specifically as to of when the visa or other entry documenta- (2) the person has been prosecuted appro- whether— tion is or was issued. priately for the activity for which sanctions ‘‘(A) the internment of Uyghurs, ethnic (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation were imposed; Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Mus- under clause (i) shall— (3) the person has credibly demonstrated a lim minority groups in internment camps (I) take effect immediately; and significant change in behavior, has paid an has ended; (II) cancel any other valid visa or entry appropriate consequence for the activity for ‘‘(B) all political prisoners are released; documentation that is in the alien’s posses- which sanctions were imposed, and has ‘‘(C) the use of mass surveillance and pre- sion. credibly committed to not engage in an ac- dictive policing to discriminate against and (3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for tivity described in subsection (a)(1) in the fu- violate the human rights of members of spe- in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the ture; or cific ethnic groups has ceased and is not evi- International Emergency Economic Powers (4) the termination of the sanctions is in dent in other parts of China; and Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a foreign the national security interests of the United ‘‘(D) the Government of the People’s Re- person that violates, attempts to violate, States. public of China has ended particularly severe conspires to violate, or causes a violation of (h) SUNSET.—This section, and any sanc- restrictions of religious and cultural prac- paragraph (1) to the same extent that such tions imposed under this section, shall ter- tice in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- penalties apply to a person that commits an minate on the date that is 5 years after the gion;’’. unlawful act described in subsection (a) of date of the enactment of this Act. (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. such section 206. (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ exercise all authorities provided under sec- (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days have the meanings given those terms in sec- tions 203 and 205 of the International Emer- after the date of the enactment of this Act, tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and not less frequently than annually there- Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). and 1704) to carry out this section. after, the President shall submit a report to (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign the Committee on Foreign Relations of the (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the person’’ means a person that is not a United Senate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, application of sanctions under this section States person. with respect to a person identified in the re- and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of port required under subsection (a)(1) if the ‘‘United States person’’ means— Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- President determines and certifies to the (A) a United States citizen or an alien law- nancial Services of the House of Representa- Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen- fully admitted for permanent residence to tives that identifies each foreign person, in- ate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, the United States; or cluding any official of the Government of the and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- (B) an entity organized under the laws of People’s Republic of China, that the Presi- mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of the United States or any jurisdiction within dent determines is responsible for any of the Representatives, and the Committee on Fi- the United States, including a foreign branch following with respect to Uyghurs, ethnic nancial Services of the House of Representa- of such an entity. tives that such a waiver is in the national in- Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, members of other Muslim SEC. 7. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN minority groups, or other persons in terest of the United States. XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: (f) EXCEPTIONS.— REGION. (A) Torture. (1) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI- (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days (B) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat- TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not after the date of the enactment of this Act, ment or punishment. apply to any activity subject to the report- the Secretary of State, in consultation with (C) Prolonged detention without charges ing requirements under title V of the Na- the heads of other relevant Federal depart- and trial. tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et ments and agencies and civil society organi- (D) Causing the disappearance of persons seq.) or any authorized intelligence activi- zations, shall— by the abduction and clandestine detention ties of the United States. (1) submit a report on human rights abuses of those persons. (2) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER- in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to (E) Other flagrant denial of the right to NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND FOR LAW ENFORCE- the Committee on Foreign Relations of the life, liberty, or the security of persons. MENT ACTIVITIES.—Sanctions under sub- Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af- (2) FORM.—The report required under para- section (c)(2) shall not apply with respect to fairs of the House of Representatives; and graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified an alien if admitting or paroling the alien (2) make the report described in paragraph form, but may contain a classified annex. into the United States is necessary— (1) available on the website of the Depart- (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The Presi- (A) to permit the United States to comply ment of State. dent shall impose the sanctions described in with the Agreement regarding the Head- (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report subsection (c) with respect to each foreign quarters of the United Nations, signed at required under subsection (a) shall include— person identified in the report required Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into (1) an assessment of the number of individ- under subsection (a)(1). force November 21, 1947, between the United uals detained in internment camps in (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions Nations and the United States, or other ap- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; described in this subsection are the fol- plicable international obligations; or (2) a description of the conditions in such lowing: (B) to carry out or assist law enforcement camps for detainees, including, to the extent (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall activity in the United States. practicable, an assessment of— exercise all of the powers granted to the (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF (A) methods of torture; President under the International Emer- GOODS.— (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and re- their faith; and et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and quirements to impose sanctions authorized (C) other serious human rights abuses; prohibit all transactions in property and in- under this section shall not include the au- (3) to the extent practicable, an assessment terests in property of a foreign person identi- thority or a requirement to impose sanctions of the number of individuals in the region in fied in the report required under subsection on the importation of goods. forced labor camps;

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I es- the People’s Republic of China in charge of (A) the acquisition or development of tech- such reeducation; nology by the Government of the People’s pecially want to thank Senators RUBIO (5) an assessment of the use and nature of Republic of China to facilitate internment and MENENDEZ, and Representatives forced labor in and related to the detention and mass surveillance in Xinjiang Uyghur MCGOVERN, SHERMAN, SMITH, SUOZZI, of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang Uyghur Au- Autonomous Region, including technology and others who have worked for well tonomous Region, including a description of related to predictive policing and large-scale more than a year, well more than 2 foreign companies and industries directly data collection and analysis; and years in most cases, to focus the benefitting from such labor; (B) the threats that the acquisition, devel- world’s attention on the deprivation of opment, and use of such technologies pose to (6) an assessment of the level of access to human rights in Xinjiang province and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region grant- the United States; ed by the Government of the People’s Repub- (3) a list of Chinese companies that are in- to work for an appropriate American lic of China to foreign diplomats and con- volved in— response. sular agents, independent journalists, and (A) constructing or operating the intern- The Uyghur Human Rights Policy representatives of nongovernmental organi- ment camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Act is the result of tireless work from zations; Region; or so many individuals who focus on (7) an assessment of the mass surveillance, (B) providing or operating mass surveil- human rights. We have seen the report- predictive policing, and other methods used lance technology in Xinjiang Uyghur Auton- omous Region; and ing, the interviews, the pictures, the by the Government of the People’s Republic documentaries. The evidence is over- of China to violate the human rights of per- (4) a description of the role of the Xinjiang sons in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- Production and Construction Corps in in- whelming: The Chinese Government gion; ternment and forced labor in Xinjiang has brutally detained and reeducated (8) a description of the frequency with Uyghur Autonomous Region. or sought to reeducate over 1 million which foreign governments are forcibly re- (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, under subsection (a) shall be submitted in an turning Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, chiefly Muslim minorities, in the unclassified form, but may contain a classi- and other refugees and asylum seekers to the fied annex. northwest of China. It is horrific. People’s Republic of China; The goal of this inhumane campaign (9) a description, as appropriate, of United SEC. 10. CLASSIFIED REPORT. The Director of National Intelligence, in is clear: to force these minorities to as- States diplomatic efforts with allies and consultation with such elements of the Intel- similate, to erase all evidence of their other nations— ligence Community as the Director deems (A) to address the gross violations of unique language, culture, history, and appropriate, shall submit a classified report human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autono- religion. to the Select Committee on Intelligence of mous Region; and Beijing has relied heavily on tech- the Senate and the Permanent Select Com- nology to carry out this abuse, trans- (B) to protect asylum seekers from the re- mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep- gion; and resentatives that assesses the ability of the forming the Uyghur region of Xinjiang (10) the identification of the offices within United States Government to collect and into a surveillance state. But even as the Department of State that are responsible analyze intelligence regarding— the world has learned more and more for leading and coordinating the diplomatic (1) the scope and scale of the detention and about the extent of these atrocities, efforts referred to in paragraph (9). forced labor of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, there has been nowhere near enough SEC. 8. REPORT ON PROTECTING CITIZENS AND Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim mi- RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES action. nority groups in the People’s Republic of Beijing has leveraged its economic FROM INTIMIDATION AND COER- China; CION. (2) the gross violations of human rights clout to silence criticism of its horrific Not later than 90 days after the date of the perpetrated inside the internment camps in human rights abuses. So many coun- enactment of this Act, the Director of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and tries, particularly Muslim countries Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consulta- (3) other policies of the Government of the that always speak out when any group tion with the Secretary of State, shall sub- People’s Republic of China in Xinjiang mit a report to the Committee on Foreign of Muslims is being denied their human Uyghur Autonomous Region that constitute Relations of the Senate, the Committee on rights, have been pressured into si- gross violations of human rights. the Judiciary of the Senate, the Select Com- lence. Now, China wants the world to mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- forget about the Uyghurs as we grapple Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House ant to the rule, the gentleman from with this global pandemic. of Representatives, the Committee on the California (Mr. SHERMAN) and the gen- We must push back. Today, we send a Judiciary of the House of Representatives, tleman from Texas (Mr. MCCAUL) each message loud and clear: We stand with and the Permanent Select Committee on In- will control 20 minutes. the Uyghurs. We will fight for the op- telligence of the House of Representatives The Chair recognizes the gentleman pressed. And we will not forget. that outlines all of the efforts to protect from California. United States citizens and residents, includ- By passing the Uyghur Human Rights GENERAL LEAVE ing ethnic Uyghurs and Chinese nationals le- Policy Act today, the United States gally studying or working temporarily in the Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I takes a meaningful step toward holding United States, who have experienced harass- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- the perpetrators accountable. This bill ment or intimidation within the United bers may have 5 legislative days in will impose sanctions on those individ- States by officials or agents of the Govern- which to revise and extend their re- uals responsible for human rights vio- ment of the People’s Republic of China. marks and include in the RECORD ex- lations in Xinjiang. It also calls on our SEC. 9. REPORT ON SECURITY AND ECONOMIC traneous material on S. 3744. government experts to issue reports IMPLICATIONS OF REPRESSION IN The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there that can improve our understanding of XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS objection to the request of the gen- REGION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF the situation on the ground. tleman from California? THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. The persecution of the Uyghurs is (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days There was no objection. Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I one of the greatest human rights trage- after the date of the enactment of this Act, dies currently taking place. We must the Director of National Intelligence, in co- yield myself such time as I may con- ordination with the Secretary of State, shall sume. stand on the right side of history and submit a report to the Committee on For- Madam Speaker, I should advise the respond decisively. This legislation is a eign Relations of the Senate, the Select House that we are taking up this bill critical step forward, and I am proud to Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the about 11⁄2 hours earlier than expected, support its passage. I hope all Members Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House and I hope that our colleagues from the of this body will join me in that effort, of Representatives, and the Permanent Se- Foreign Affairs Committee have and I reserve the balance of my time. lect Committee on Intelligence of the House changed their schedule so that they Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I of Representatives on the matters described yield myself such time as I may con- in subsection (b). can come to join us to speak on this (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report bill. sume. required under subsection (a) shall include— Let me point out that even in a pan- Madam Speaker, the last several (1) an assessment of the national and re- demic, the American Congress focuses months have made it clear to the en- gional security threats posed to the United on human rights. tire world that the Chinese Communist

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When faced with a decision, United States has a responsibility to the camp system is organized at the di- they have chosen and will continue to take action. rection of top Chinese Government of- choose to preserve their own power Now is the time for all of us, Repub- ficials, documentation that punish- over helping their own people. lican and Democrat, as Americans to ments can be based on the behavior of Rather than alert the world to the stand together and show the CCP that their relatives outside the camps, out- true dangers the coronavirus posed to their egregious human rights abuses lining the use of coercive force and the world, they instead lied and orches- will not go unchecked. We can do that punishment inflicted upon inmates in a trated the worst coverup in human his- by passing this bill today with strong manual, guidance for how Chinese offi- tory, exposing the Chinese people and bipartisan support to show the Chinese cials should use surveillance to deter- the entire world to a virus that has Communist Party and the entire world mine who to detain in the camps, and killed over 350,000 people, including that their treatment of the Muslim evidence of the assignment of mass in- nearly 100,000 innocent Americans. An- Uyghurs is inexcusable and will not be ternment camp detainees to forced other 5.5 million have been infected allowed without serious consequences. labor. This legislation requires the Presi- worldwide, and those numbers only b 1230 continue to climb. dent to submit a report that identifies This atrocity is far from the only ex- Chinese Communist Party officials who There can be no doubt that the Chi- ample of the CCP prioritizing its power have carried out these heinous crimes. nese Government is trying to stamp over human life and liberty. At this These officials may then be sanctioned out the Uyghur identity. The policies very moment, the CCP’s rubber-stamp for their complicity. of the Chinese Government contravene legislature is working to dismantle This bill also requires a separate the letter and the spirit of the Uni- Hong Kong’s freedoms. Under the guise human rights report that highlights versal Declaration of Human Rights of national security legislation, the abuses specifically to Xinjiang, China. and violate the government’s obliga- CCP plans to expand its police state to Madam Speaker, I am hopeful that tions under the International Covenant Hong Kong and fundamentally change this is just one of many bipartisan ac- on Civil and Political Rights, which Hong Kongers’ way of life, freedom, tions that we can take as we push back China has signed but not ratified, and and autonomy. on the world’s most oppressive dicta- the International Covenant on Eco- The CCP is showing the world that torship. nomic, Social, and Cultural Rights they are willing to tear up the inter- We must acknowledge that the CCP ratified by China in 2001. national commitments they made to is the greatest economic and national It is important to always make clear preserve freedom in Hong Kong. security threat of this generation. We that our criticism is focused on the We can no longer stand idly by while must face this threat not as Repub- Chinese Government. We respect the the CCP consolidates its power at the licans or Democrats, but as Americans. Chinese people, many of whom have expense of freedom around the world. As the chairman of the recently an- suffered from and are victims of the au- The ultimate example of what the CCP nounced China Task Force in the thoritarian policies of the government. is willing to do in the name of national House, I look forward to working with Last year, the Congressional-Execu- security has been clear for some time, my colleagues to plan decisive action tive Commission on China, which I and that is the cultural genocide of the to push back on the CCP. We cannot chair, published a report making the Uyghurs and other ethnic minority allow the CCP to remain unchallenged case that the persecution of Uyghurs Muslim groups in western China. on the world stage. may fit the definition of crimes against Over the last several years, these Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- humanity as defined in Article 7 of the ethnic minorities have been rounded up ance of my time. Rome Statute of the International and forced into concentration camps Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I Criminal Court. where they are brainwashed with state yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from In March, the Simon-Skjodt Center propaganda and forced to do grueling Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), chair for the Prevention of Genocide at the work as part of their ‘‘reform.’’ of the Rules Committee, chair of the Holocaust Memorial Museum also de- They live under a complete Orwellian Congressional-Executive Commission termined that there is a ‘‘reasonable surveillance program, an apparatus on China, co-chair of the Tom Lantos basis to believe that the Government of tracking their every move. Some have Human Rights Commission, and a man China is committing crimes against been tortured and killed. Others have who is known for his dedication to humanity.’’ been disappeared from their families, human rights. Passage of the legislation is an im- never to be returned, with no expla- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, portant first step, but there is much nation from the CCP. today, I am proud the House and Sen- more that we need to do. That is why I stand today in strong ate have come together in a bipartisan First, the administration should im- support of the Uyghur Human Rights way to pass S. 3744, the Uyghur Human pose Global Magnitsky Act sanctions Policy Act. Rights Policy Act of 2020. on Chinese officials who are directing The goal of the Chinese Government This is monumental legislation that ongoing human rights abuses, includ- is to completely eradicate an entire provides the administration a clear di- ing Chen Quanguo, the Xinjiang Com- culture simply because it doesn’t fit rection for implementing U.S. policy munist Party Secretary. within what the Chinese Communist and sends a clear message that the Second, the administration should Party deems ‘‘Chinese.’’ They want to United States supports the human further expand the Commerce Depart- remove the cultural, religious, and eth- rights of Uyghurs and other ethnic mi- ment’s ‘‘Entity List,’’ which imposes nic identity the Uyghurs have and in- nority groups in China. restrictions on businesses and entities doctrinate them so that they love the I thank Congressmen CHRIS SMITH, that provide technology, training, or Chinese Communist Party more than BRAD SHERMAN, and TOM SUOZZI, and equipment that has been used in mass their family, their culture, or their re- Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman detentions or surveillance. ligion. In total, 1 to 3 million Chinese ENGEL and Ranking Member MCCAUL Third, I have introduced the Uyghur citizens have been subjected to the for their leadership on this bill. Forced Labor Prevention Act, H.R. state-sponsored cultural genocide. We now believe that as many as 1.8 6210, that would prohibit imports from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has million Uyghurs and other ethnic mi- Xinjiang to the United States unless called this the ‘‘stain of the century,’’ nority groups have been arbitrarily de- companies can prove that their goods and he is absolutely right. tained in mass internment camps and were not produced with forced labor. That is why we can’t sit idly by and subjected to forced labor, torture, and Too many U.S. and international allow this to continue. As I have said political indoctrination. companies are complicit in the exploi- before, our silence will be complicit, In recent months, we have seen tation of the forced labor of Uyghur and our inaction will be our appease- leaked internal Chinese Government and other Muslim minorities. ment. But today we are acting, Madam documents that show the scope and im- I am proud to stand in solidarity Speaker, as a beacon of hope and free- plementation of the mass internment with the Uyghur, Chinese, Tibetan,

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Where have we heard that before? honor to be here with all of them, and I look forward to the passage of this Look at what is going on with COVID– with Mr. SUOZZI, who has been a cham- legislation and continuing our bipar- 19 and the deceit and the lies that have pion for religious rights throughout tisan work together to support human come from Xi Jinping himself. the world. rights in China. But documents obtained by The New Madam Speaker, Mr. SMITH and I go Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I York Times and the International Con- back decades in our fight for human yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from sortium of Investigative Journalists rights in China, whether it is in Tibet, New Jersey (Mr. SMITH), the House have, indeed, exposed the brutality be- whether it is in Beijing, whether it is sponsor of the Uyghur Human Rights hind Beijing’s plans to radically and in Hong Kong. The list goes on and on. Policy Act. coercively transform the culture and I thank Mr. SMITH for his ongoing lead- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam religion of ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, ership. Speaker, I want to thank my good and other Muslims. Madam Speaker, I also thank the friend for his very strong remarks The leaked documents showed de- chairman of the committee, Mr. today and his leadership, BRAD SHER- tailed plans to intern between 1 and 3 MCGOVERN, the chair of the Congres- MAN as well, and, of course, JIM million Uyghurs into concentration sional-Executive Commission on China MCGOVERN, as chairman, and I, as the camps, where they are subjected to se- and chair of the Tom Lantos Human ranking member of the China Commis- vere human rights abuse and Orwellian Rights Commission. Mr. SMITH is the sion, for the work that we have been indoctrination efforts for those whose ranking member of the Congressional- doing to try to bring light to this ter- thinking ‘‘has been infected’’—that is Executive Commission on China, and I rible human rights tragedy, this geno- to say, they are Muslims. To Xi thank Mr. SMITH. cide that is being committed against Jinping, that is something that needs Today in this House of Representa- the Uyghur people. to be obliterated. tives, in a very strong, bipartisan way, Madam Speaker, Communist Party At the same time, Beijing instituted we are sending a message to the per- General Secretary Xi Jinping’s ongoing plans to erase the influence of Islam in secuted that they are not forgotten. We genocide against the approximately 10 western China, bulldozing mosques and are saying to the President of China: million Uyghurs living in Xinjiang in shrines, severely throttling all reli- ‘‘You may tell these people that they northwestern China demands action. gious practice, and forcing camp de- are forgotten, but they aren’t.’’ On the floor of the House of Rep- Today, more than a million Uyghurs tainees to renounce their faith. resentatives, in bipartisan, bicameral are in concentration camps. Millions The leaked documents also show that legislation, we are here in support of more are harassed, beaten, raped, and Xi Jinping, himself, the so-called the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, tortured. President—not elected by the people, of strong bipartisan legislation to address S. 3744, which is nearly identical to course—Xi Jinping, himself, directed and defend the rights and dignity of legislation H.R. 649 that I and my good the crackdown, saying that the Com- the Uyghur people from China’s oppres- friend Mr. SUOZZI and 136 bipartisan co- munist Party must put the ‘‘organs of sion. sponsors introduced 17 months ago, re- dictatorship’’ to work and show ‘‘abso- Today, again, we are sending that quires the administration to categorize lutely no mercy’’ in dealing with the message even as we are heartbroken as and report on the human rights abuses Uyghurs and other Muslims. to what China’s people are suffering in being committed by the Chinese Gov- In one speech, President Xi said: terms of COVID–19 and that crisis. We ernment and take specific steps to ‘‘The weapons of the people’s demo- are sad about that. sanction China’s officials for these cratic dictatorship must be wielded Madam Speaker, I thank CHRIS abuses, including visa denial and asset without any hesitation or wavering.’’ SMITH, again, and Mr. ENGEL and Mr. blocking, the essence of the Magnitsky Continuing the quote, in February MCCAUL. I thank Senator RUBIO, also, Act, which is the prohibition of all fi- 2017, he told thousands of police offi- for his leadership on this legislation. nancial transactions by an abuser. cers and troops standing at attention He has been a champion working with Madam Speaker, at a 2018 congres- in a vast square in Urumqi to prepare us on the China issues. sional hearing, Mihrigul Tursun re- for a ‘‘smashing, obliterating offen- Beijing’s barbarous actions targeting counted her ordeal with torture, sexual sive,’’ which is exactly what they have the Uyghur people are an outrage to abuse, and detention in one of Xi done. the collective conscience of the world. Jinping’s concentration camps. She According to documents obtained Across Xinjiang, a Uyghur Autonomous broke down weeping, telling us that again by The New York Times, Com- Region, the Uyghur people and other she pleaded with God to end her life. munist Party officials who were reluc- Muslim minorities face brutal oppres- Her Chinese jailers restrained her to a tant to carry out Xi Jinping’s draco- sion, as Mr. SMITH was pointing out: table, increased the electrical current nian and horrific policies were them- A pervasive state of mass surveil- coursing through her body, and mocked selves investigated and expunged. ‘‘Se- lance and predictive policing used to her belief in God. cret teams of investigators have trav- discriminate and violate the human She was tortured simply because she eled across the region identifying those rights of minorities; was an ethnic Uyghur and a Muslim who were not doing enough. In 2017, the The mass incarceration of more than living in China. party opened more than 12,000 inves- 1 million—and that is a small number, Madam Speaker, there are millions tigations into party members in a very conservative, small number—in- of stories like this waiting to be told Xinjiang.’’ nocent people, with beatings, solitary about the crimes against humanity Madam Speaker, we cannot be silent. confinement, deprivation of food and being committed by the Chinese Gov- Xi Jinping is smashing and obliter- medical treatment, and the number is ernment against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, ating an entire people. He is presiding probably much larger than that; and other Turkic Muslims. over a genocide. Forced sterilizations and other forms There are many people—we all know Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I of torture; them; I have had them at my hearings yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman Incidents of mass shootings, in the past—women and men who have from California (Ms. PELOSI), a woman extrajudicial killings, and the intimi- had their entire families back in this who has dedicated literally decades of dation and suppression of journalists region, Xinjiang, arrested and put into her life to fighting for human rights, courageously exposing the truth. concentration camps and harassed in particularly in China, the distin- Today, with this overwhelming bipar- other ways. guished Speaker of the House. tisan legislation, the United States Chinese authorities initially denied Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I Congress is taking a firm step to the existence of the concentration thank the gentleman for yielding. I counter Beijing’s horrific human rights camps and even tried to portray them thank him and Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. abuses against the Uyghurs.

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China has continued This legislation helps uncover the I want to close by commending Mr. to repress anyone who does not con- truth, requiring reports by the Direc- MCGOVERN, again, for being relentless form to their system, including Tibet- tor of National Intelligence, State De- and persistent in terms of shining a ans, Christians, and the people of Hong partment, and FBI about the depths of bright light on human rights violations Kong. the crisis and about China’s campaign throughout world and especially in Just last week in Hong Kong, the against journalists exposing the facts. China. Chinese Communist Party proposed na- It creates accountability and ensures Madam Speaker, I urge an ‘‘aye’’ tional security legislation that would transparency of Chinese and foreign vote. erode Hong Kong’s autonomy and civil companies involved in the camps, and Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I liberties. We must remain vigilant. it engages the full firepower of Amer- have no additional speakers, so I re- This bill holds the Chinese Com- ican law and leadership, including by serve the balance of my time. munist Party and Politburo members urging the application of targeted Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I like Chen Quanguo accountable for sanctions against those involved in the yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from their abuses. oppression of the Uyghur people. New York (Mr. SUOZZI), an advocate for Madam Speaker, I urge my col- We must continue to raise a drum- human and religious rights. leagues to support the passage of this beat and shine a light on the abuse per- Mr. SUOZZI. Madam Speaker, I important, bipartisan legislation. petrated by Beijing against the thank the chairman, the ranking mem- Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I con- Uyghurs whenever we can—from this ber, and Congressman SMITH for their tinue to reserve the balance of my House floor, to the State Department, good work and partnership on this time. to our multilateral institutions. issue. Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I Last Friday, as Speaker, I had the I thank Chairman MCGOVERN and yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman honor of appointing Nury Turkel, a Speaker PELOSI for their leadership on from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), an ad- human rights champion who was born all issues of human rights. vocate for human rights. in a camp in the Xinjiang region, to Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, the United States Commission on port of the bipartisan Uyghur Human I thank the gentleman from California International Religious Freedom, Rights Policy Act of 2020, which holds for his leadership. I thank Mr. SMITH largely focused, with Ambassador the Chinese Communist Party account- for his leadership as well, and the gen- Brownback’s leadership, on freedom of able for the horrific treatment of tleman from Texas, my colleague, for religion in many countries. There, I am Uyghur Muslim minorities, including his leadership; and listening to the confident that he will continue to be a forced labor camps in western China, Speaker for her continued years of powerful voice for the Uyghur people over 1 million Uyghurs in mass intern- leadership. and for the cause of justice around the ment who are subjected to systemized The treatment of Uyghurs in China, world. brainwashing, Big Brother-like surveil- which warranted the call for the In just over a week—just think of Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of it—the global community will mark lance, and gross violations of their reli- 2020, S. 3744, the treatment is of such the solemn milestone of 31 years since gious freedom. Since President Nixon went to China volcanic, mammoth proportions that the Tiananmen Square massacre, when we cannot even describe it on this students, workers, and citizens were in 1971, most Americans have believed gunned down as they peacefully defied that with increased economic integra- floor. We, in America, take our faith so se- an oppressive regime to demand their tion and exposure to our system of de- riously. We are gratified that whatever liberties and human rights. mocracy and our way of life, that Sadly, today, Beijing’s human rights China would become more like us. our faith is, and whatever the time abuses continue—blatantly continue— Clearly, that has not happened. that we have for our particular faith, targeting so many, from the decades- Not only does the Chinese Com- whether we go to confession as Catho- long abuse faced by the Tibetan peo- munist Party reject any real steps to- lics or whether or not we take com- ple—many of us have visited Tibet and ward democracy, withhold information munion, as many faiths do, whether we seen firsthand what is happening from the world community regarding honor Easter as a special moment for there—to Hong Kong’s fight for democ- the coronavirus, continue its unfair Christians of resurrection, whether or racy and the rule of law, which has trade practices, and cheat by stealing not we know the Passover and the once again been targeted in recent days our intellectual property, but it con- specialness of that, or whether as Mus- in a very shameful way, to the jailing tinually violates human rights, as we lims we know Ramadan, we are clearly of journalists, human rights lawyers, have seen, not only in Xinjiang with ones that understand how much faith is Christians, and democracy advocates the Uyghurs, but also in Tibet with the a part of our life. throughout the mainland. Buddhists, and in Hong Kong with the Can you imagine being in a country students and the journalists. that brutalizes you because you prac- b 1245 Representative CHRIS SMITH and I tice your faith; keeps you from reading To honor all who have been per- originally introduced legislation re- the very book that gives you faith and secuted, we must renew our commit- garding abuse of the Uyghurs in No- inspiration, the Koran, and then, doing ment to speaking out against China’s vember of 2018 and, while it has taken the most dastardly act, which is to sep- human rights abuses. If America does too long, it is never too late to speak arate you from your families? not speak out for human rights in out for human rights and penalize Of course, many of us know, Rama- China because of some commercial in- China for its egregious violations. dan just finished with Eid on Saturday. terest, then we lose all moral authority Madam Speaker, Uyghur families are Americans who are Muslims had the to speak out on human rights viola- prohibited from practicing their faith. opportunity to do and practice their tions anyplace in the world. It is a They are often separated from their faith and share it with their families challenge to our conscience. We must family members and prohibited from without recrimination and violence. do the right thing, and that is what we reading the Koran and making their Just imagine a Uyghur in China, are doing today. daily prayers and, in some instances, fearful of your life, and not having the In honor of the millions fighting for they are forced to eat pork during ability to practice your faith; and as their dignity, safety, and rights in Ramadan. one of my colleagues said, the worst, China and around the world, I strongly The so-called ‘‘re-education camps’’ forcing you to eat pork and continuing urge a bipartisan vote for the Uyghur in China, where Uyghurs are forced to to subject you to penalties and punish- Human Rights Policy Act of 2020. work in textile or manufacturing jobs ment.

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Madam Speaker, I tant human rights violations of the treatment of Uyghurs and other Mus- yield myself such time as I may con- present day, detention of over 1 million lim minorities in Xinjiang Province. sume. Uyghurs and other Muslims in the So I want to thank Chairman ENGEL Just today, the Secretary of State Xinjiang Province of China. of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who announced, under the Hong Kong In particular, as chair of the Asia, has put together the most bipartisan Human Rights and Democracy Act that the Pacific, and Nonproliferation Sub- committee in either House of Congress; we passed last November which re- committee, back in February of last Ranking Member MCCAUL, who has quires an annual certification of Hong year, I joined with our ranking mem- been an important part of that; Speak- Kong’s autonomy, he just announced ber, TED YOHO, and Congressman CON- er PELOSI, who spoke to us earlier; our that he cannot certify the autonomous NOLLY and Congresswoman WAGNER in colleagues CHRIS SMITH and TOM nature of Hong Kong. introducing the Uighur Act. That legis- SUOZZI, who have spoken to us earlier This is a very significant day, Madam lation added to this bill the imposition as well; Senators MARCO RUBIO and Speaker, because the Chinese Com- of sanctions on individuals and entities ROBERT MENENDEZ; my colleague in munist Party now has cracked down on found to have committed gross human running the Asia, the Pacific, and Non- the free and loving people of Hong rights abuses against Uyghurs, ethnic proliferation Subcommittee, TED YOHO; Kong and their autonomous nature Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of as well as GERRY CONNOLLY, ANN WAG- under one country, two systems, back other Muslim minority groups and NER, and everyone else who has been when the U.K.-Sino pact was signed. other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur involved in the legislation. The CCP, Chinese Communist Party, autonomous region. I hope that we will see Muslim coun- are in violation now of the Sino-U.K. This bill, I should point out, is not tries particularly in the world—but all pact. one that just expresses the view of Con- countries—be willing to stand up to Madam Speaker, this bill, the gress; not one that just demands re- Beijing and speak out against this Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of ports be issued by the State Depart- human rights travesty. 2020 is more proof that we can come to- ment to refocus the world on what is Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- gether, as Republicans and Democrats, going with the Uyghurs and others. ance of my time. to address the generational threat by This bill imposes sanctions on those re- Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, I rise in the Chinese Communist Party and sponsible. support of S. 3744. the Uyghur Human Rights champion American values. The Chinese Communist Party has Policy Act of 2020. I was proud to join Con- Whether it be the Muslim population sought to erase the distinct Uyghur gressman CHRIS SMITH to introduce an earlier of the Uyghurs, whether it be the Ti- Muslim culture and religious traditions version of this important legislation at the be- betan population who have been per- through mass detentions, re-education, ginning of last year and I’m glad to that we are secuted, and the Dalai Lama, who is in and a coordinated campaign called finally able to get this legislation across the exile, to the Christians who are per- ‘‘Strike Hard Against Violent Extre- finish line today. secuted in China by the Communist mism’’ launched in 2014. Thanks to Party, this bill will help hold the Chi- leaked Chinese Communist Party docu- As a senior Member of the House Com- nese Communist Party accountable for ments, we now know the impetus of mittee on Foreign Affairs, and a committed de- their atrocities and will show the this campaign came from the highest fender of human rights, I have watched over world, including the Uyghur Muslim levels of the party. the years as the Chinese Communist Party American community, that the United In April of 2014, General Secretary Xi (CCP) routinely mistreats its people. The list of States Congress will not tolerate these Jinping ordered party officials to show abuses is too long to recount here but it spans appalling human rights violations. We ‘‘absolutely no mercy’’ in using the every sector of human life from religious free- will always stand for human rights ‘‘organs of dictatorship’’ to suppress dom, to due process protections, to press across the globe. Muslim minorities. More than a mil- freedom and freedom of assembly, to China’s And the one thing I respect about our lion Uyghurs have been imprisoned. notorious population policies. Pretty much committee, the Foreign Affairs Com- And they have been imprisoned be- every freedom in our Bill of Rights is lacking mittee, is that we stand together when cause, in the words of the Chinese Com- in China. it comes to our foreign policy. As munist Party, ‘‘their thinking has been Religious freedom, specifically, is a long- Chairman ENGEL often says, partisan- infected by unhealthy thoughts.’’ standing issue. The CCP seems to think that ship stops at the water’s edge. And It appears, according to the Chinese religion is a fundamental enemy. Not only are when it comes to human rights, we Communist Party, a dedication to reli- Christians hounded and mistreated, but Falun stand with our Founding Fathers and gion or to freedom and democracy is Gong practitioners are brutally persecuted, what they stood for in fighting oppres- unhealthy and justifies incarceration. with many having their organs harvested invol- sion and tyranny and for democracy Along with the re-education camps, untarily. and freedom. the Strike Hard campaign has also in- That brings us to the situation in Xinjiang That is why, today, we stand with volved high-tech surveillance and mon- and the Orwellian nightmare faced by Uyghur the Uyghur Muslim population in itoring of the Uyghurs, monitoring and Muslims there today. As the problem has got- China. And for all those listening in suppressing Muslim religious practice, ten worse and more facts have come out, the China and, particularly, to those mem- including funeral practices, and sup- situation has become clear. China imprisons bers of the Chinese Communist Party pression of the Uyghur language. somewhere between one and three million who are probably watching this broad- And the party has acted beyond the Uyghurs in concentration camps where they cast on C–SPAN, we are watching you borders of China, intimidating Chinese undergo indoctrination and forced labor. Many today. We will not back down. We will Muslim minorities who are living are tortured. For Uyghurs outside the camps, talk about this until it stops, and it abroad, preventing them, including the CCP also makes life difficult, subjecting will stop, hopefully, in our lifetime. It some who are permanent residents of them to intense surveillance and policing. No- won’t stop this Congress, but it must the United States, from leaving the tably, Uyghurs both in and outside the camps stop. Xinjiang region. are made to eat foods forbidden to Muslims Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- The legislation before us is an impor- and forced to abandon other practices of their ance of my time. tant start, but it is just a start in our faith. The Party even pursues Uyghurs in Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, efforts to counter Chinese repression of other countries by attempting to control their having no further speakers, I yield my- its Muslim minorities. behavior through threats against family mem- self such time as I may consume for I think I have already highlighted bers still in China and by pressuring other the purpose of closing. the sanctions in this bill. In particular, countries to send them back to China.

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Until that time, we delude our- of any point of order, a single motion offered vacy. selves if we treat it like one. That is why we by the chair of the Committee on the Judici- We can prevent crime and terrorism must enact the Uyghur Human Rights Policy ary or his designee that the House concur in without our government collecting Act today. the Senate amendments. The Senate amend- data on law-abiding citizens. I have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ments and the motion shall be considered as said that whether there has been a Re- question is on the motion offered by read. The motion shall be debatable for one publican President or a Democratic hour equally divided among and controlled the gentleman from California (Mr. President in the White House. by the chair and ranking minority member This has not been a partisan notion, SHERMAN) that the House suspend the of the Committee on the Judiciary and the rules and pass the bill, S. 3744. chair and ranking minority member of the either. There are Members on both The question was taken. Permanent Select Committee on Intel- sides of the aisle who have consistently The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the ligence. The previous question shall be con- said the same. When I worked with my opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being sidered as ordered on the motion to its adop- colleagues MARK POCAN and TOM in the affirmative, the ayes have it. tion without intervening motion or demand MASSIE to introduce what was called Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, on for division of the question. the strongest antisurveillance bill to SEC. 2. Any motion pursuant to clause 4 of date, it was done with bipartisan sup- that I demand the yeas and nays. rule XXII relating to H.R. 6172 may be of- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fered only by the Majority Leader or his des- port. ant to section 3 of House Resolution ignee. It is no surprise, then, that I don’t 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the order of the support the underlying bill either. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, fur- House of May 22, 2020, if a veto message is Every day, we ask Americans to choose ther proceedings on this question are laid before the House on House Joint Resolu- between their right to privacy and a postponed. tion 76, then after the message is read and false sense of security. That is not a the objections of the President are spread at f choice we should have to make. large upon the Journal, further consider- Having said that, other Members in RECESS ation of the veto message and the joint reso- this Chamber—Democrats and Repub- lution shall be postponed until the legisla- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tive day of Wednesday, July 1, 2020; and on licans—feel differently, and it is the ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair that legislative day, the House shall proceed Rules Committee’s job to advance leg- declares the House in recess subject to to the constitutional question of reconsider- islation to the floor. the call of the Chair. ation and dispose of such question without A FISA reauthorization recently Accordingly (at 1 p.m.), the House intervening motion. passed this Chamber with the support stood in recess. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- of over two-thirds of our Members. I f tleman from Massachusetts is recog- did not support it. The Senate nized for 1 hour. strengthened the bill, but quite frank- b 1456 Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, for ly, it is not strong enough for me, AFTER RECESS the purpose of debate only, I yield the though I do appreciate some of its re- The recess having expired, the House customary 30 minutes to the gen- forms. Now, each Member will have to de- was called to order by the Speaker pro tleman from Georgia (Mr. WOODALL), pending which I yield myself such time cide where they stand. I know the tempore (Ms. DEGETTE) at 2 o’clock President hasn’t made this process and 56 minutes p.m. as I may consume. During consider- ation of this resolution, all time yield- easy. He has thrown a last-minute f ed is for the purpose of debate only. wrench into the process with his REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- GENERAL LEAVE tweeting. If this bill passes, it will go VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I directly to his desk. I am not sure if he THE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO ask unanimous consent that all Mem- will sign it or not. I am not sure he H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM REAU- bers be given 5 legislative days to re- knows, quite frankly. THORIZATION ACT OF 2020 vise and extend their remarks. But we are giving every Member the chance to cast a straight up-or-down Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- objection to the request of the gen- vote. Ultimately, the House will have leged report (Rept. No. 116–426) on the tleman from Massachusetts? worked its will. There was no objection. I have said many times that I oppose resolution (H. Res. 981) providing for Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, this bill. The Government of the consideration of the Senate amend- the Rules Committee met and reported United States should not be able to go ments to the bill (H.R. 6172) to amend a rule, House Resolution 981, providing on fishing expeditions against citizens the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance for consideration of Senate amend- who haven’t even broken the law. That Act of 1978 to prohibit the production ments to H.R. 6172. The rule makes in is not a radical idea. To me, that is a of certain business records, and for order a motion offered by the chair of fundamentally American idea. I don’t other purposes, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary or his want seemingly unlimited and, in my the House Calendar and ordered to be designee that the House concur in the view, unconstitutional powers in the printed. Senate amendments. hands of President Trump and Attor- f The rule provides 1 hour of debate on ney General Barr or any administra- b 1500 the motion, equally divided and con- tion. trolled by the chair and ranking minor- This Attorney General, quite frank- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION ity member of the Committee on the ly, has no respect for the rule of law. OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS Judiciary and the chair and the rank- That is my view. I don’t trust him. TO H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM RE- ing member of the Permanent Select I don’t care whether it is a Repub- AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2020 Committee on Intelligence. The rule lican or a Democrat in the White Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, by provides that any motion pursuant to House. We can, and we must, fight ter- direction of the Committee on Rules, I clause 4 of rule XXII relating H.R. 6172 rorism and deter wrongdoing in a way call up House Resolution 981 and ask may be offered only by the majority that better respects Americans’ civil for its immediate consideration. leader or his designee. Finally, the rule liberties. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- allows for consideration of a possible Madam Speaker, this is a serious lows: veto message on H.J. Res. 76 on July 1, matter. It deserves to be handled more H. RES. 981 2020. responsibly than by a late-night tweet. Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- Madam Speaker, the protection of Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- lution it shall be in order to take from the civil liberties has always been a ance of my time.

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