Sec. 5. Strategy to address genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region

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Congress finds that— the determination of the Secretary of State that the Government of the People’s Republic of China is responsible for perpetrating both genocide and crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other predominately Muslim ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghurs Autonomous Region is an issue on which there is widespread bipartisan support in Congress; and the atrocities being committed in China are both horrific and ongoing. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a strategy specifically describing— the steps already taken to tangibly address atrocity crimes occurring in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, especially during the period following the January 19, 2021, determination that genocide and crimes against humanity were occurring in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and a strategy for ending the atrocity crimes occurring in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, including by— holding accountable persons or entities responsible for committing such atrocity crimes by addressing, through existing or new export controls or import restrictions, the issues of mass biometric surveillance and forced labor programs in China; gaining access for United Nations, United States, and other diplomats and foreign journalists to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; and protecting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other ethnic minorities affected by the atrocities committed by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

The report required under subsection

(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall be made publicly available, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.