Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in China Act

This bill states U.S. policy that Chinese government officials responsible for abuses of religious freedom, such as arbitrary detention, forced sterilization, torture, and forced labor against religious minorities, may be considered to have committed gross human rights violations for purposes of sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. It states that State Department bureaus should support efforts to promote religious freedom in China and that State Department programs should monitor China's transnational repression of religious minority groups. It also expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. should keep designating China as a country of particular concern for religious freedom, raise the cases of religious and political prisoners with Chinese officials, and call for the release of those prisoners.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Ted Budd Republican sponsor
• 7 cosponsors