H.R. 2635 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House Sep 2, 2025. Received Sep 3, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryDirects U.S. support for Uyghur human rights
The bill asks the State Department to make supporting Uyghurs and other minority groups in China's Xinjiang region a priority. It sets up funding for human rights advocates to speak at public forums about religious freedom and human rights concerns, and requires the State Department to train Foreign Service officers in the Uyghur language and place Uyghur-speaking staff at U.S. embassies and consulates in China.
How it affects you
Most Americans won't directly feel this change, but if you work in U.S. foreign policy or diplomacy, this shapes how your department approaches human rights advocacy in China. Human rights advocates working on these issues may gain new opportunities to speak at official forums.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Apr 3, 2025)
Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
This bill addresses human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China.
The bill directs the Department of State to prioritize policies and programs to support the Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the XUAR and to lead coordination efforts for the release of certain political prisoners in the XUAR.
The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may make certain funds available to human rights advocates working on behalf of Uyghurs and members of other persecuted minority groups from the XUAR. The funds shall be used to facilitate the presence of such human rights advocates at public diplomacy forums to speak on issues related to the human rights and religious freedoms of persecuted minority groups in China.
The State Department must ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers. It must also ensure that a Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service is assigned to U.S. diplomatic and consular posts in China.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2635
AN ACT
Uyghur Policy Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim (R-CA-40) · Introduced Apr 3, 2025 · International Affairs · 3 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Sep 3, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 3 official versions.
Sections · 9
- Sec. 1Short titleNo change
- Sec. 2FindingsNo change
- Sec. 3Sense of CongressNo change
- Sec. 4United States strengthening of coordination on Uyghur issuesNo change
- Sec. 5Funding for human rights advocates to conduct public diplomacy in the Islamic world on the Uyghur situationNo change
- Sec. 6No additional funds authorizedNo change
- Sec. 7Access to detention facilities and prisons and the release of prisonersNo change
- Sec. 8Requirement for Uyghur language trainingNo change
- Sec. 9Uyghur considerations at the United NationsNo change