S 1542
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Directs the State Department to press China over its treatment of Uyghurs, train diplomats in the Uyghur language, and push the United Nations to examine abuses in Xinjiang.
Official title: Uyghur Policy Act of 2026
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Senate
Introduced
30-APR-2025
Referred
30-APR-2025
Approved by committee
17-JUN-2026
Reported
27-JUL-2026
On the calendar
27-JUL-2026
- Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on steps taken to support Uyghurs and address transnational repression, with the coordination requirements ending five years after enactment.
- Directs the Secretary of State to develop a strategy with foreign partners to pressure China to close detention facilities in Xinjiang.
- Allows the Secretary of State to offer Uyghur language training to Foreign Service officers and to assign Uyghur-speaking staff to posts in China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkiye.
- Directs the President to instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to oppose efforts that block Xinjiang abuses from consideration and to support a special rapporteur for the region.
- Authorizes no new funds, so the requirements use amounts already available for similar purposes.
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