A group of Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Rick Scott of Florida, has introduced legislation aimed at re-designating the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Ministry of Public Security’s Institute of Forensic Science (IFS) on the Department of Commerce’s Entity List.

The “Confronting CCP Human Rights Abusers Act” seeks to reinstate restrictions that were previously imposed by the Trump administration but later lifted by the Biden administration.

The IFS, a key component of China’s public security apparatus, was initially placed on the Entity List in 2020 due to its alleged role in human rights abuses, including the use of DNA to track and surveil Chinese citizens, particularly Uyghur and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.

Senator Scott, who introduced the bill in the Senate alon

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