House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House

Uyghur Policy Act of 2025

H.R. 2635Introduced Apr 3, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Official title: To support the human rights of Uyghurs and members of other minority groups residing primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their distinct identity, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim R-CA

Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

IntroducedApr 3, 2025
Committee actionApr 9, 2025
Passed HouseSep 2, 2025 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 3, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2635.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2635, Uyghur Policy Act of 2025” on April 21, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61342
CBO publication date
April 21, 2025
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2635, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2635
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 11, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a48f9b76202b2b5a14e94825a1f7720bc019ac6dff55f80d4a12a85fad06693a
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):
Article I, Section 8.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
21 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2635, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2635
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 11, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a48f9b76202b2b5a14e94825a1f7720bc019ac6dff55f80d4a12a85fad06693a
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign Relations CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2635, last updated July 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats

10 of 14 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.

Gabe Amo (D-RI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-40 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.