Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in the People’s Republic of China Act

(a) Holding officials of the People’s Republic of China responsible for international religious freedom abuses. For any official of the Government of the People’s Republic of China that the United States Government determines is responsible for or has directly carried out abuses of international religious freedom, including those involving arbitrary detention, forced sterilization, torture, forced labor, and serious restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, expression, and movement involving ethnic and religious minority groups, including Tibetan Buddhists, Christians, Uyghur Muslims, and Falun Gong practitioners, in the People’s Republic of China or globally, it is the policy of the United States to also determine whether such official has committed a gross violation of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.).

(b) Department of State programming To promote international religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China. It is the policy of the United States—

(1) that the relevant bureaus of the Department of State should support efforts to promote international religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China; and

(2) for programs of the Department of State to promote international religious freedom in the People’s Republic of China and monitor transnational repression of ethnic and religious minority groups by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.