 
MR. SHERMAN.
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS 
RECOGNIZED.
MR. SHERMAN:  I THANK THE 
GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING.
I RISE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF S. 
178, THE UIGHUR ACT.
THIS BILL HAS THE BEST OF BOTH 
WORLDS.
IT HAS A SENATE BILL NUMBER AND 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
CONTENT.
THE BILL CAME OVER FROM THE 
SENATE AND THEN WE UNANIMOUSLY 
ADOPTED IT IN THE FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
MY AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A 
SUBSTITUTE, WHICH PUT TOGETHER 
THREE BILLS FOCUSED ON THE 
UIGHUR ISSUE.
IT INCLUDED THE WORK OF SENATORS
MARCO RUBIO AND ROBERT MENENDEZ 
FOUNDED IN S. 178.
THE WORK FOUND IN H.R. 649 OF 
CHRIS SMITH AND TOM SUOZZI OF 
THIS HOUSE.
AND THE LEGISLATION THAT I 
REINTRODUCED WITH THE RANKING 
MEMBER OF THE ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE,
TED YOHO, H.R. 1025.
SO THIS BILL REPRESENTS PUTTING 
TOGETHER THOSE THREE BILLS TO 
DEAL WITH THE DETENTION OF OVER 
ONE MILLION UIGHURS AND OTHER 
MUSLIM MINORITIES IN XINJIANG 
AND OTHER CHINESE REPRESSION OF 
ITS MUSLIM MINORITY POPULATION.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS 
SOUGHT TO ERASE THE DISTINCT 
UIGHUR MUSLIM CULTURE THROUGH 
MASS DETENTIONS, RE-EDUCATION 
CAMPS, AND A COORDINATED 
CAMPAIGN UNDER A BANNER, STRIKE 
HARD AGAINST VIOLENT EXTREMISM, 
LAUNCHED IN 2014.
THANKS TO RECENTLY LEAKED 
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY 
DOCUMENTS, WE NOW KNOW THAT THE 
IMPETUS FOR THIS CAMPAIGN CAME 
FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE 
CHINESE PARTY.
IN APRIL, 2014, GENERAL 
SECRETARY XI ORDERED THE PARTY 
OFFICIALS TO -- AND THESE ARE 
THE WORDS -- SHOW ABSOLUTELY NO 
MERCY IN USING ORGANS OF 
DICTATORSHIP.
ANOTHER QUOTED PHRASE.
TO SUPPRESS MUSLIM MINORITIES.
MORE THAN A MILLION UIGHURS WERE
THEN IMPRISONED IN CAMPS.
IN A COUNTRY WITH THE RULE OF 
LAW, YOU'RE INCARCERATED BY THE 
STATE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN 
CONVICTED OF A DEFINED STATUTORY
OFFENSE.
WHY ARE ONE MILLION PEOPLE 
BEHIND BARBED WIRE IN XINJIANG 
PROVINCE OF CHINA?
THE CHARGE AGAINST THEM IS THEIR
THINKING HAS BEEN INFECTED BY 
UNHEALTHY THOUGHTS.
WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYONE 
BE FREE IF A MILLION PEOPLE CAN 
BE INCARCERATED BECAUSE THE 
GOVERNMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT 
THEIR THOUGHTS ARE UNHEALTHY?
ALONG WITH RE-EDUCATION CAMPS, 
THE STRIKE HARD CAMPAIGN HAS 
ALSO INVOLVED HIGH-TECH 
SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING OF 
UIGHURS, MONITORING OF AND 
SUPPRESSING MUSLIM RELIGIOUS 
PRACTICES, INCLUDING FUNERAL 
PRACTICES, AND SUPPRESSION OF 
UIGHUR LANGUAGE.
BEYOND ITS BORDERS, THE PARTY 
HAS TRIED TO INTIMIDATE CHINESE 
MUSLIM MINORITIES LIVING ABROAD.
AND IN CHINA, SOME INDIVIDUALS 
WITH PERMANENTLY -- PERMANENT 
RESIDENCY STATUS IN THE UNITED 
STATES HAVE BEEN PROHIBITED FROM
LEAVING THE REGION.
IN XINJIANG, THE PARTY HAS 
FORCED UIGHUR FAMILIES HAVE 
POLICE LIVE IN THEIR HOMES.
THIS IS STAGGERING.
THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US IS AN 
IMPORTANT START, BUT IT'S ONLY A
START.
IN OUR EFFORTS TO COUNTER 
CHINESE REPRESSION OF ITS MUSLIM
MINORITIES.
AND WE WILL HAVE HEARINGS IN THE
ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE TO DEVELOP 
ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT AMERICA 
COULD TAKE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PARTS OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
FIRST, THE BILL REQUIRES THE 
PRESIDENT TO IMPOSE THE GLOBAL 
MAGNITSKY SANCTIONS AGAINST ALL 
CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPRESSION 
OF THE UIGHURS.
WE ARE LONG PAST THE POINT WHEN 
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE, AND 
IT SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO 
ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS ON TRADE OR
ANY OTHER ISSUE.
SECOND, THE BILL REQUIRES THE 
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE 
OUR EXPORT CONTROLS TO ENSURE 
THAT THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST, 
WHICH GOVERNS DUO USE ITEMS, IS 
UPDATED TO CREATE A SPECIAL 
REGIME FOR CHINA.
COMMERCE WILL BE REQUIRED TO 
IDENTIFY ITEMS THAT ASSIST IN 
THE MONITORING, SURVEILLANCE, 
MASS DETENTION, AND FORCED LABOR
WE SEE GOING ON IN CHINA TODAY.
AND DENY LICENSES FOR THE EXPORT
OR REEXPORT OF THOSE ITEMS -- 
RE-EXPORT OF THOSE ITEMS TO 
CHINA.
IT SHOULD BE USED TO FURTHER ONE
OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS HUMAN 
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF OUR TIME 
AND REWRITING THIS LEGISLATION 
AND THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 
COMING OUT OF THE FOREIGN 
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WE ENSURED WE
DID NOT HINDER BENEFICIAL 
COMMERCE.
THIS INCLUDED THOROUGH 
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TECH 
INDUSTRY.
SO I THANK CHAIRMAN ENGEL AND 
RANKING MEMBER MCCAUL, OF 
COURSE, OUR SPEAKER, NANCY 
PELOSI, WHO WAS HERE.
I THANK SENATORS RUBIO AND 
MENENDEZ, CHRIS SMITH AND TOM 
SUOZZI.
I THANK JIM McGOVERN FOR HIS 
BORK -- HIS WORK, AND I THAT I 
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