Sec. 607. Sanctions with respect to individuals committing responsible for or complicit in forced sterilizations, forced abortions, or other sexual violence
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It is the policy of the United States to consider any foreign person or entity responsible for, complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in forced sterilizations, forced abortions, or other sexual violence targeting any individual in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as having committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing the sanctions detailed in the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).
Section 801 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 ( Public Law 106–113 ; 8 U.S.C. 1182e ) is amended— in subsection (b), by striking minister. and inserting minister, unless— the Secretary of State makes a public determination that the forced sterilizations, forced abortions, or other coercive population control policies were being committed or enforced with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group and therefore constitute genocide or crimes against humanity; or the Secretary of State finds that such coercive population control policies were targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Tibetan or other ethnic minorities or individuals peacefully expressing internationally recognized human rights in the People’s Republic of China. ; in subsection (c), by striking national interest and inserting national security interest ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections:
The Secretary of State shall make a public announcement each time sanctions are imposed under this section as a result of a determination or finding described in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2), respectively. The Secretary of State shall, upon request of a Member of Congress— provide information about the use of the sanctions described in this section, including the number of times imposed, disaggregated by country and by year; or provide a classified briefing that includes information about the individuals or entities sanctioned pursuant to this section and any other Act authorizing sanctions with respect to the conduct of such individuals or entities. .
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Sec. 607
Sanctions with respect to individuals committing responsible for or complicit in forced sterilizations, forced abortions, or other sexual violence
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-113
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