Rick Scott (R-FL)
Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act
A Republican bill with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act," focuses on restricting specific Chinese entities. It requires the Under Secretary of Commerce to place the Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science of China on the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security. This inclusion covers the institute as well as its aliases, the Forensic Identification Center and the Material Identification Center. The President can waive this requirement if they certify that the institute is not acting against U.S. foreign policy interests or contributing to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Yes
- Scored +5
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?
The bill seeks to address human rights abuses against minority groups in the Xinjiang region.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Restriction of Entities Involved in Human Rights Abuses: By adding the Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science of China to the entity list, the bill aims to address entities potentially implicated in repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor, and high-technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minority groups (Section 2(b)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Presidential Waiver Authority: The President has the power to waive the inclusion of the institute on the entity list if a specific certification is submitted regarding foreign policy interests and human rights violations (Section 2(b)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The bill seeks to address human rights abuses against minority groups in the Xinjiang region.
- 5/14/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/15/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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