Congress·In Committee·S. 1772

Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act

China Trade Restrictions: Human Rights Abuse Sanctions

May 15, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A senate committeeNo action in 14 months

This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process and is being reviewed by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. No further actions are scheduled at this time, and the bill is not moving forward. There is no companion bill listed for this proposal.

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Unlikely to pass

While there is strong concern about China in Congress, this specific bill is led by a small group of Republicans and has not yet gained the broad support needed to pass.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 8847 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8847 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill targets a specific Chinese government office called the Institute of Forensic Science. It requires the Department of Commerce to put this group on a trade blacklist within 60 days of the bill becoming law.
Being on this list means American companies would be restricted from selling technology or products to this Chinese office. This is meant to stop U.S. goods from being used in human rights abuses.
The bill aims to punish the Chinese government for its treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim groups. These groups have faced mass detention and high-tech surveillance in the Xinjiang region.
The President has the power to stop these restrictions if they can prove the Chinese institute is not involved in human rights violations or acting against U.S. interests.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

May 15, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

May 15, 2025

Introduced in Senate

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act

Bill NumberS 1772

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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