Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020
Long title	An act to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
Nicknames	Uyghur Act
Enacted by	the 116th United States Congress
Effective	June 17, 2020
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 116–145 (text) (PDF)
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 3744 by Marco Rubio (R-FL) on May 14, 2020; Passed the Senate on May 14, 2020 (Unanimous consent); Passed the House on May 27, 2020 (413–1); Signed into law by President Donald Trump on June 17, 2020;

The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (S. 3744) is a United States federal law that requires various United States government bodies to report on human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Chinese government against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, including the Xinjiang internment camps.

On September 11, 2019, a version of the bill—the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019—was passed in the United States Senate by unanimous consent. On December 3, 2019, a stronger version of the bill—the UIGHUR Act—was passed by the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 407–1.

On May 14, 2020, the Senate introduced and approved what would be the current 2020 bill. On May 27, 2020, the House passed the amended bill by a vote of 413–1, sending it to then-President Donald Trump for approval. The bill was signed by Trump into law on June 17, 2020.