
UIGHUR Act of 2019
Policy Area: International Affairs
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (R-FL)
Latest Action (2020-10-21): Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 – 44. Record Vote Number: 207. (CR S6343)
Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Act of 2019 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. The President shall report to Congress a list of senior Chinese government officials who are engaged in or responsible for serious human rights abuses, including mass incarceration and political indoctrination, against Turkic Muslims in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The President shall impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on such individuals. The President may waive the imposition of such sanctions on U.S. national interest grounds. The President shall identify items that provide China with a critical capability to suppress basic human rights, including items that provide capability to (1) conduct surveillance, (2) monitor and restrict an individual's movement, (3) monitor and restrict access to the internet, and (4) identify individuals through facial or voice recognition. The President shall (1) place such items on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls); and (2) require authorization for the export, reexport, or transfer of such items to or within China. The bill terminates certain prohibitions, such as a prohibition against obligating funds for U.S. Trade and Development Agency activities in China, upon a report by the President to Congress that China has
Subjects: Alliances, Asia, Business ethics, China, Congressional oversight, Congressional tributes, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Department of State
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How members voted on S178. 703 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.
| Member | Date | Question | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| John Boozman (R-Arkansas) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Michael F. Bennet (D-Colorado) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Cory A. Booker (D-New Jersey) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Shontel M. Brown (D-Ohio) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| John Cornyn (R-Texas) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Christopher A. Coons (D-Delaware) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Ted Cruz (R-Texas) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Steve Daines (R-Montana) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-New York) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Margaret Wood Hassan (D-New Hampshire) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Angus S. King (I-Maine) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Mike Lee (R-Utah) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Yea | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Patty Murray (D-Washington) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Not Voting | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Christopher Murphy (D-Connecticut) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Gary C. Peters (D-Michigan) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Nay | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
| Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) | 2020-10-21 | On the Cloture Motion S. 178 | Not Voting | Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority requi |
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S178 is the UIGHUR Act of 2019, introduced in the Senate of the 119th U.S. Congress by Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (R-FL). Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Act of 2019 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China’s treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. The President shall report to Congress a list of senior Chinese government officials who are engaged in or responsible for serious human rights abuses, including mass incarceration and political indoctrination, against Turkic Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
S178 was sponsored by Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (R-FL). Cosponsors and roll-call positions are listed on this page.
As of 2020-10-21, S178 Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 – 44. Record Vote Number: 207. (CR S6343).
S178 has had 5 roll-call votes on record. The most recent: 2020-10-21 — On the Cloture Motion S. 178 (Cloture Motion Rejected (51-44, 3/5 majority required)).
S178 is categorized under "International Affairs." Browse other bills in this area at /topic-international-affairs/.
Each member’s vote is shown on this page, with party affiliation, state, and the official vote question. Click any member to see their full voting record.