# 119-s-2560: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025 119-s-2560, Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2560 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-2560 - Congress: 119 - Title: Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-30 - Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Expands accountability for specific human-rights abuses and blocks PRC-origin seafood from Defense supply chains.** This bill would add new categories of abuse to U.S. reporting and sanctions lists and would restrict the Department of Defense from buying or selling seafood tied to the People’s Republic of China. - Adds four specific abuses to the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act list, including forced sterilization and coercive abortion, trafficking for organ removal, forced child separations into boarding schools, and forced deportation or refoulement. Reports would have to identify foreign persons who knowingly provide significant goods, services, or technology or who engage in significant transactions related to these acts. - Gives the executive authority to implement these changes under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to issue regulations, licenses, and orders. That would create a statutory pathway to target and regulate foreign suppliers tied to the listed abuses. - Would bar the Department of Defense from procuring or selling PRC-origin or PRC-processed seafood for military dining facilities and commissaries, subject to limited waivers and transition rules. The bill also would require a Department of Defense Inspector General report within 180 days assessing verification policies for prohibited seafood sources and references existing forced-labor and sanctions statutes. ## Cosponsors (1) - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Medical help for persecuted groups: benefit, medium. If enacted, the State Department could pay for medical care, physical therapy, and mental health support for eligible Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other listed victims who live outside China. U.S. funds could pay no more than 50 percent of each person's costs. The Department must brief Congress with… - Counter-propaganda and cultural funding: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of State would deliver a counter-propaganda plan within 30 days and could use an existing Countering PRC Influence Fund to carry it out. The Smithsonian could receive $2 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to start a Repressed Cultures Preservation Initiat… - Support investigations and family tracking: benefit, low. If enacted, the State Department could fund NGOs and investigators to collect and preserve evidence and protect witnesses. The Department would begin compiling lists of family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents missing or detained in Xinjiang as soon as practicable. The Secreta… - Visa ban for forced sterilization actors: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would make entry to the United States unlawful for people complicit in forced sterilization or forced abortion, except in narrow cases. The Secretary of State could only waive the ban after specific written findings and must notify Congress and publicly announce bans and waiver… - Sanctions for named China firms: cost, medium. If enacted, the Treasury Secretary would have 60 days to decide if seven named companies helped commit serious human rights abuses. If so, Treasury would add them to the OFAC list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons and send Congress a report explaining why. - Ban federal contracts with abusive suppliers: cost, medium. If enacted, executive agencies would be barred from contracting with companies named in expanded Uyghur reports, companies whose goods were detained under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, or companies found to facilitate genocide or forced labor. The President must report to Congress on impl… - Ban China-origin seafood for military: cost, low. If enacted, the Defense Department would be barred from buying seafood from China for military dining facilities, with limited exceptions and a waiver option. Commissary stores would not be able to sell China-origin seafood except by waiver. The commissary ban starts 30 days after enactment and the… ## Related bills - 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 - 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 - 119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 - 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-s-4942: SAFE Banking Act of 2026 - 119-s-93: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-2560 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2560) ## Related - [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524) - [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923) - [119-s-688: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-688) - [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541) - [119-s-4942: SAFE Banking Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4942) - [119-s-93: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-93) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2560 (as of 2026-04-21).