Congress tells State Department to push for Uyghur human rights worldwide.
H.R. 2635 — Uyghur Policy Act of 2025 · Filed by Young Kim (R-CA) · 14 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 3, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells the State Department to make Uyghur human rights a top goal. It gives $250,000 per year from 2025 to 2027. This money helps Uyghur human rights speakers talk at world forums. The forums are mostly in Muslim countries. The State Department must make a plan to push China. The plan must get China to close detention facilities. The plan must let people visit those facilities. The bill says U.S. diplomats in China must learn Uyghur.
Who it affects
Uyghur human rights advocates get money to speak at events. The State Department must spend time and resources on this work. The bill does not cost regular Americans money.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what happens if the State Department does not follow it. The coordination work ends after five years unless Congress votes to keep it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
14 cosponsors: 10 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
- Apr 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
- Apr 9, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 9, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
- Sep 2, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3738-3740)”
- Sep 2, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- State Department — The part of the U.S. government that handles relations with other countries.
- Uyghur — A group of people from a region in China called Xinjiang.
- detention facilities — Places where people are held against their will.
- human rights advocates — People who work to protect people's basic freedoms and safety.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (14,907 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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