Honoring the Victims of Communist China’s Tyranny Act

Memorial honoring victims of Chinese Communist Party

If enacted, the Secretary of State would create a memorial in International Park in Northwest Washington, DC. The memorial would have to be established within two years of enactment. It would honor victims of genocide and crimes against humanity and people persecuted for peaceful political or religious beliefs, with emphasis on persecution under Xi Jinping. The Secretary would administer the memorial and would be able to consult survivors, family members, human-rights groups, and other people or agencies when designing and maintaining it. As much as practicable, the memorial would include educational displays about Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang, suppression of Tibetans and Southern Mongolians, imprisonment of journalists and democracy advocates, restrictions on religion and speech, and the broader harms of authoritarian repression. The Secretary would be able to use State Department funds, but federal spending for design and construction would be limited to $500,000. Private donations would be allowed and would not count toward that cap, and the bill would not authorize any new appropriations. The Secretary would not be allowed to remove, move, or materially alter any memorial already in International Park on the enactment date.