Legislation· Feb 2024Uyghur Policy Act of 2023
Would have created a State Department coordinator for Uyghur issues and pressed China over detention camps.
Tradeoff
Would have created a State Department post for Uyghur issues and required Uyghur language training for diplomats. Would have allowed $250,000 a year for three years for Uyghur advocates, from an existing exchange program's funds.
What's in it
The House passed it 414-6 on February 15, 2024, but the Senate never voted before the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Apr 20, 2023)
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs(Apr 20, 2023)
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 40 - 0(Nov 29, 2023)
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #50 · Feb 15, 2024)
414 yeanay 6Senate
Received from the House
on Foreign Relations(Feb 26, 2024)
- Ami Bera (D-CA)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- J. French Hill (R-AR)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Bill Johnson (R-OH)
- Dean Phillips (D-MN)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- William R. Keating (D-MA)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)
- Colin Z. Allred (D-TX)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Jared Moskowitz (D-FL)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Michelle Steel (R-CA)
- David P. Joyce (R-OH)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Darrell E. Issa (R-CA)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Kathy E. Manning (D-NC)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Michael Waltz (R-FL)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- John W. Rose (R-TN)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL)
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
- Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
- Mark E. Green (R-TN)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Jenniffer Rescom. González-Colón (R-PR)
- Mark Alford (R-MO)
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
- Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Mike Bost (R-IL)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
- Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Mike Thompson (D-CA)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
- Betty McCollum (D-MN)
- Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)
- Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Melanie Ann Stansbury (D-NM)
Passage votes· Feb 15, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025