Uyghur Policy Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill makes supporting Uyghur human rights a priority for the State Department, including efforts to protect their distinct ethnic, religious, and cultural identity in China's Xinjiang region.
• It sets aside $250,000 per year through 2027 to help human rights advocates speak at international events, especially in Muslim-majority countries, about the treatment of Uyghurs.
• The bill requires Uyghur language training for Foreign Service officers and at least one Uyghur-speaking staffer at every U.S. diplomatic post in China.
• Within 180 days of becoming law, the Secretary of State must create a strategy to pressure China to close its detention camps and let in independent inspectors.
• At the United Nations, the U.S. is directed to fight attempts by China to block discussions of Uyghur human rights and to push for a special monitor on the situation.
• Most of the bill's requirements automatically expire five years after it becomes law, and it authorizes no new funding beyond the $250,000 speaker program.