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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 560
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 3334
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–664, Part I]
	7	+	To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of the National
	8	+	Communist Party Congress of the People’s Republic of China, and for
	9	+	other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	MAY15, 2023
	12	+	Mrs. M
	13	+	CCLAIN(for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Mr. PAPPAS)
	14	+	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
	15	+	Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for
	16	+	a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
	17	+	consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
	18	+	mittee concerned
	19	+	S
	20	+	EPTEMBER12, 2024
	21	+	Additional sponsors: Mr. G
	22	+	OODENof Texas, Mr. HERN, Mrs. BICE, Mr.
	23	+	E
	24	+	ZELL, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. LAWLER
	25	+	S
	26	+	EPTEMBER12, 2024
	27	+	Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment
	28	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	29	+	SEPTEMBER12, 2024
	30	+	Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the
	31	+	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
	32	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 15, 2023]
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	36	+	A BILL
5	37		To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of
6	38		the National Communist Party Congress of the People’s
7	39		Republic of China, and for other purposes.
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8	43		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
10		-	•HR 3334 EH
11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning Tyrannical 2
13		-	and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist 3
14		-	Party Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP CCP Act’’. 4
15		-	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5
16		-	Congress finds the following: 6
17		-	(1) The Hong Kong National Security Law pro-7
18		-	mulgated on July 1, 2020— 8
19		-	(A) contravenes the Basic Law of the 9
20		-	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that 10
21		-	provides in Article 23 that the Legislative 11
22		-	Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation re-12
23		-	lated to national security; 13
24		-	(B) violates the People’s Republic of Chi-14
25		-	na’s commitments under international law, as 15
26		-	defined by the Joint Declaration; and 16
27		-	(C) causes severe and irreparable damage 17
28		-	to the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 18
29		-	further erodes global confidence in the People’s 19
30		-	Republic of China’s commitment to inter-20
31		-	national law. 21
32		-	(2) Repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in 22
33		-	the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the 23
34		-	People’s Republic of China has been ongoing, and 24
35		-	was formalized with the ‘‘Strike Hard Campaign 25
36		-	against Violent Terrorism’’ that began in 2014. 26 3
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38		-	(3) The mass internment of Uyghur and other 1
39		-	Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 2
40		-	Autonomous Region has been ongoing since April 3
41		-	2017. 4
42		-	(4) The People’s Republic of China has con-5
43		-	ducted a targeted and systemic population-control 6
44		-	campaign against ethnic and religious minorities in 7
45		-	the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by impos-8
46		-	ing and implementing coercive population-control 9
47		-	practices, including selectively enforcing birth 10
48		-	quotas, targeting minority women who are in non-11
49		-	compliance with birth quotas, and subjecting women 12
50		-	to coercive measures such as forced birth control, 13
51		-	forced sterilization, and forced abortion. 14
52		-	(5) On October 6, 2020, 39 countries delivered 15
53		-	a cross-regional joint statement to the United States 16
54		-	Mission to the United Nations on the human rights 17
55		-	abuses on Uyghurs and other minorities for forced 18
56		-	birth control including sterilization. 19
57		-	(6) On January 19, 2021, the Department of 20
58		-	State determined that the People’s Republic of 21
59		-	China committed crimes against humanity and geno-22
60		-	cide against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious 23
61		-	minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-24
62		-	mous Region, citing forced sterilizations, forced 25 4
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64		-	abortions, coerced marriages, and separation of 1
65		-	Uyghur children from their families. 2
66		-	(7) The Department of State’s 2020 Country 3
67		-	Reports on Human Rights Practices affirmed the 4
68		-	genocide determination and noted coercive popu-5
69		-	lation control measures inflicted on ethnic and reli-6
70		-	gious minority women in China, including forced in-7
71		-	jections with ‘‘drugs that cause temporary or perma-8
72		-	nent end to their menstrual cycles and fertility’’. 9
73		-	(8) The United States ratified the United Na-10
74		-	tions Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 11
75		-	of Genocide in 1988, recognizing that ‘‘imposing 12
76		-	measures intended to prevent births within the 13
77		-	group’’ with intent to destroy a group in whole or 14
78		-	part is an act that constitutes genocide. 15
79		-	(9) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 16
80		-	of nearly 24,000,000 people and an important con-17
81		-	tributor to peace and stability around the world. 18
82		-	(10) Section 2(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act 19
83		-	(Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301(b)) states that it 20
84		-	is the policy of the United States— 21
85		-	(A) ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, 22
86		-	close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 23
87		-	other relations between the people of the United 24
88		-	States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the 25 5
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90		-	people on the China mainland and all other peo-1
91		-	ples of the Western Pacific area’’; 2
92		-	(B) ‘‘to declare that peace and stability in 3
93		-	the area are in the political, security, and eco-4
94		-	nomic interests of the United States, and are 5
95		-	matters of international concern’’; 6
96		-	(C) ‘‘to make clear that the United States 7
97		-	decision to establish diplomatic relations with 8
98		-	the People’s Republic of China rests upon the 9
99		-	expectation that the future of Taiwan will be 10
100		-	determined by peaceful means’’; 11
101		-	(D) ‘‘to consider any effort to determine 12
102		-	the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 13
103		-	means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a 14
104		-	threat to the peace and security of the Western 15
105		-	Pacific area and of grave concern to the United 16
106		-	States’’; 17
107		-	(E) ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a de-18
108		-	fensive character’’; and 19
109		-	(F) ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the 20
110		-	United States to resist any resort to force or 21
111		-	other forms of coercion that would jeopardize 22
112		-	the security, or the social or economic system, 23
113		-	of the people on Taiwan’’. 24 6
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115		-	(11) Since the election of President Tsai Ing- 1
116		-	wen as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Govern-2
117		-	ment of the People’s Republic of China has intensi-3
118		-	fied its efforts to pressure Taiwan through diplo-4
119		-	matic isolation and military provocations. 5
120		-	(12) The rapid modernization of the People’s 6
121		-	Liberation Army and recent military maneuvers in 7
122		-	and around the Taiwan Strait illustrate a clear 8
123		-	threat to Taiwan’s security. 9
124		-	SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 10
125		-	It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chi-11
126		-	nese Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi 12
127		-	Jinping, are responsible for violations of Hong Kong’s au-13
128		-	tonomy, increased aggression against the people of Tai-14
129		-	wan, numerous human rights violations against the people 15
130		-	of Hong Kong and the people of Taiwan, and acts of re-16
131		-	pression and genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the 17
132		-	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 18
133		-	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 19
134		-	CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COM-20
135		-	MUNIST PARTY. 21
	44	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	45	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	46	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning Tyrannical 4
	47	+	and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist 5
	48	+	Party Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP CCP Act’’. 6
	49	+	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7
	50	+	Congress finds the following: 8
	51	+	(1) The Hong Kong National Security Law pro-9
	52	+	mulgated on July 1, 2020— 10
	53	+	(A) contravenes the Basic Law of the Hong 11
	54	+	Kong Special Administrative Region that pro-12
	55	+	vides in Article 23 that the Legislative Council 13
	56	+	of Hong Kong shall enact legislation related to 14
	57	+	national security; 15
	58	+	(B) violates the People’s Republic of China’s 16
	59	+	commitments under international law, as de-17
	60	+	fined by the Joint Declaration; and 18
	61	+	(C) causes severe and irreparable damage to 19
	62	+	the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 20
	63	+	further erodes global confidence in the People’s 21
	64	+	Republic of China’s commitment to international 22
	65	+	law. 23
	66	+	(2) Repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in 24
	67	+	the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peo-25
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	71	+	ple’s Republic of China has been ongoing, and was 1
	72	+	formalized with the ‘‘Strike Hard Campaign against 2
	73	+	Violent Terrorism’’ that began in 2014. 3
	74	+	(3) The mass internment of Uyghur and other 4
	75	+	Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 5
	76	+	Autonomous Region has been ongoing since April 6
	77	+	2017. 7
	78	+	(4) The People’s Republic of China has con-8
	79	+	ducted a targeted and systemic population-control 9
	80	+	campaign against ethnic and religious minorities in 10
	81	+	the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by impos-11
	82	+	ing and implementing coercive population-control 12
	83	+	practices, including selectively enforcing birth quotas, 13
	84	+	targeting minority women who are in noncompliance 14
	85	+	with birth quotas, and subjecting women to coercive 15
	86	+	measures such as forced birth control, forced steriliza-16
	87	+	tion, and forced abortion. 17
	88	+	(5) On October 6, 2020, 39 countries delivered a 18
	89	+	cross-regional joint statement to the United States 19
	90	+	Mission to the United Nations on the human rights 20
	91	+	abuses on Uyghurs and other minorities for forced 21
	92	+	birth control including sterilization. 22
	93	+	(6) On January 19, 2021, the Department of 23
	94	+	State determined that the People’s Republic of China 24
	95	+	committed crimes against humanity and genocide 25
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	99	+	against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious mi-1
	100	+	nority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 2
	101	+	Region, citing forced sterilizations, forced abortions, 3
	102	+	coerced marriages, and separation of Uyghur children 4
	103	+	from their families. 5
	104	+	(7) The Department of State’s 2020 Country Re-6
	105	+	ports on Human Rights Practices affirmed the geno-7
	106	+	cide determination and noted coercive population 8
	107	+	control measures inflicted on ethnic and religious mi-9
	108	+	nority women in China, including forced injections 10
	109	+	with ‘‘drugs that cause temporary or permanent end 11
	110	+	to their menstrual cycles and fertility’’. 12
	111	+	(8) The United States ratified the United Na-13
	112	+	tions Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 14
	113	+	of Genocide in 1988, recognizing that ‘‘imposing 15
	114	+	measures intended to prevent births within the group’’ 16
	115	+	with intent to destroy a group in whole or part is an 17
	116	+	act that constitutes genocide. 18
	117	+	(9) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 19
	118	+	of nearly 24,000,000 people and an important con-20
	119	+	tributor to peace and stability around the world. 21
	120	+	(10) Section 2(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act 22
	121	+	(Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301(b)) states that it 23
	122	+	is the policy of the United States— 24
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	126	+	(A) ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, 1
	127	+	close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 2
	128	+	other relations between the people of the United 3
	129	+	States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the 4
	130	+	people on the China mainland and all other peo-5
	131	+	ples of the Western Pacific area’’; 6
	132	+	(B) ‘‘to declare that peace and stability in 7
	133	+	the area are in the political, security, and eco-8
	134	+	nomic interests of the United States, and are 9
	135	+	matters of international concern’’; 10
	136	+	(C) ‘‘to make clear that the United States 11
	137	+	decision to establish diplomatic relations with 12
	138	+	the People’s Republic of China rests upon the ex-13
	139	+	pectation that the future of Taiwan will be deter-14
	140	+	mined by peaceful means’’; 15
	141	+	(D) ‘‘to consider any effort to determine the 16
	142	+	future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, 17
	143	+	including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to 18
	144	+	the peace and security of the Western Pacific 19
	145	+	area and of grave concern to the United States’’; 20
	146	+	(E) ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a de-21
	147	+	fensive character’’; and 22
	148	+	(F) ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the United 23
	149	+	States to resist any resort to force or other forms 24
	150	+	of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or 25
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	154	+	the social or economic system, of the people on 1
	155	+	Taiwan’’. 2
	156	+	(11) Since the election of President Tsai Ing-wen 3
	157	+	as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Government of 4
	158	+	the People’s Republic of China has intensified its ef-5
	159	+	forts to pressure Taiwan through diplomatic isolation 6
	160	+	and military provocations. 7
	161	+	(12) The rapid modernization of the People’s 8
	162	+	Liberation Army and recent military maneuvers in 9
	163	+	and around the Taiwan Strait illustrate a clear 10
	164	+	threat to Taiwan’s security. 11
	165	+	SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 12
	166	+	It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chinese 13
	167	+	Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, 14
	168	+	are responsible for violations of Hong Kong’s autonomy, in-15
	169	+	creased aggression against the people of Taiwan, numerous 16
	170	+	human rights violations against the people of Hong Kong 17
	171	+	and the people of Taiwan, and acts of repression and geno-18
	172	+	cide against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Uyghur Au-19
	173	+	tonomous Region. 20
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	177	+	SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 1
	178	+	CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COM-2
	179	+	MUNIST PARTY. 3
136	180		(a) I
137		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22
138		-	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-23
139		-	pose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect 24
140		-	to— 25 7
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142		-	(1) each person who is a member of the Central 1
143		-	Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, includ-2
144		-	ing alternate members thereof, that the President 3
145		-	determines engages in the conduct described in sub-4
146		-	section (b); 5
147		-	(2) each person who is a member of any suc-6
148		-	cessor organization of the Central Committee of the 7
149		-	Chinese Communist Party that the President deter-8
150		-	mines engages in the conduct described in subsection 9
151		-	(b), in the event that the Central Committee is dis-10
152		-	solved; 11
153		-	(3) each person who is an adult family member, 12
154		-	including a spouse or an adult family member of the 13
155		-	spouse, of a person described in paragraph (1) or 14
156		-	paragraph (2); and 15
157		-	(4) each person the President determines is a 16
158		-	Chinese state-owned enterprise— 17
159		-	(A) illegally manufacturing or distributing 18
160		-	fentanyl; or 19
161		-	(B) knowingly or intentionally manufac-20
162		-	turing or distributing fentanyl precursor chemi-21
163		-	cals to be used in the illegal production or dis-22
164		-	tribution of fentanyl. 23
	181	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 4
	182	+	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 5
	183	+	the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to— 6
	184	+	(1) each person who is a member of the Central 7
	185	+	Committee of the Chinese Communist Party that the 8
	186	+	President determines engages in the conduct described 9
	187	+	in subsection (b); 10
	188	+	(2) each person who is a member of any suc-11
	189	+	cessor organization of the Central Committee of the 12
	190	+	Chinese Communist Party that the President deter-13
	191	+	mines engages in the conduct described in subsection 14
	192	+	(b), in the event that the Central Committee is dis-15
	193	+	solved; and 16
	194	+	(3) each person who is an adult family member, 17
	195	+	including a spouse or an adult family member of the 18
	196	+	spouse, of a person described in paragraph (1) or 19
	197	+	paragraph (2). 20
165	198		(b) S
166		-	ANCTIONABLECONDUCT.—A person engages in 24
167		-	the conduct described by this subsection if the person 25 8
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169		-	plays a significant role in the development or implementa-1
170		-	tion of government policies or laws that the President de-2
171		-	termines appear designed to— 3
172		-	(1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; 4
173		-	(2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased ag-5
174		-	gression towards the people of Taiwan; 6
175		-	(3) contribute to political oppression or viola-7
176		-	tion of human rights of individuals or societal 8
177		-	groups within the People’s Republic of China, in-9
178		-	cluding Uyghur Muslims; or 10
179		-	(4) willfully and knowingly engage in malicious 11
180		-	activities, including online disinformation campaigns 12
181		-	and propaganda, for the purpose of interfering with 13
182		-	United States Federal, State, or local elections. 14
	199	+	ANCTIONABLECONDUCT.—A person engages in 21
	200	+	the conduct described by this subsection if the person plays 22
	201	+	a significant role in the development or implementation of 23
	202	+	government policies or laws that the President determines 24
	203	+	appear designed to— 25
	204	+	(1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; 26
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	208	+	(2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased ag-1
	209	+	gression towards the people of Taiwan; or 2
	210	+	(3) contribute to political oppression or violation 3
	211	+	of human rights of individuals or societal groups 4
	212	+	within the People’s Republic of China, including 5
	213	+	Uyghur Muslims. 6
183	214		(c) S
184		-	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 15
	215	+	ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 7
185	216		(1) I
186		-	N GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 16
187		-	this subsection are the following: 17
	217	+	N GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 8
	218	+	this subsection are the following: 9
188	219		(A) B
189		-	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The Presi-18
190		-	dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 19
191		-	the President under the International Emer-20
192		-	gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 21
193		-	seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro-22
194		-	hibit all transactions in property and interests 23
195		-	in property of the person if such property and 24
196		-	interests in property are in the United States, 25 9
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198		-	come within the United States, or are or come 1
199		-	within the possession or control of a United 2
200		-	States person. 3
	220	+	LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The Presi-10
	221	+	dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 11
	222	+	the President under the International Emergency 12
	223	+	Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 13
	224	+	the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 14
	225	+	transactions in property and interests in prop-15
	226	+	erty of the person if such property and interests 16
	227	+	in property are in the United States, come with-17
	228	+	in the United States, or are or come within the 18
	229	+	possession or control of a United States person. 19
201	230		(B) A
202		-	LIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS , ~~AD-4~~
203		-	~~MISSION~~, OR PAROLE.— 5
	231	+	LIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-20
	232	+	SION, OR PAROLE.— 21
204	233		(i) V
205		-	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 6
206		-	An alien who the Secretary of State or the 7
207		-	Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-8
208		-	ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 9
209		-	has reason to believe, is described in sub-10
210		-	section (a) is— 11
211		-	(I) inadmissible to the United 12
212		-	States; 13
213		-	(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 14
214		-	other documentation to enter the 15
215		-	United States; and 16
216		-	(III) otherwise ineligible to be 17
217		-	admitted or paroled into the United 18
218		-	States or to receive any other benefit 19
219		-	under the Immigration and Nation-20
220		-	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 21
	234	+	ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 22
	235	+	An alien who the Secretary of State or the 23
	236	+	Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-24
	237	+	ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 25
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	240	+	•HR 3334 RH
	241	+	has reason to believe, is described in sub-1
	242	+	section (a) is— 2
	243	+	(I) inadmissible to the United 3
	244	+	States; 4
	245	+	(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 5
	246	+	other documentation to enter the 6
	247	+	United States; and 7
	248	+	(III) otherwise ineligible to be ad-8
	249	+	mitted or paroled into the United 9
	250	+	States or to receive any other benefit 10
	251	+	under the Immigration and Nation-11
	252	+	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 12
221	253		(ii) C
222		-	URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 22
	254	+	URRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 13
223	255		(I) I
224		-	N GENERAL.—The issuing 23
225		-	consular officer, the Secretary of 24
226		-	State, or the Secretary of Homeland 25 10
227		-	•HR 3334 EH
228		-	Security (or a designee of one of such 1
229		-	Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 2
230		-	section 221(i) of the Immigration and 3
231		-	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 4
232		-	revoke any visa or other entry docu-5
233		-	mentation issued to an alien described 6
234		-	in clause (i) regardless of when the 7
235		-	visa or other entry documentation is 8
236		-	issued. 9
237		-	(II) E
238		-	FFECT OF REVOCATION .— 10
239		-	A revocation under subclause (I) shall 11
240		-	take effect immediately and shall 12
241		-	automatically cancel any other valid 13
242		-	visa or entry documentation that is in 14
243		-	the alien’s possession. 15
	256	+	N GENERAL.—The issuing 14
	257	+	consular officer, the Secretary of State, 15
	258	+	or the Secretary of Homeland Security 16
	259	+	(or a designee of one of such Secre-17
	260	+	taries) shall, in accordance with sec-18
	261	+	tion 221(i) of the Immigration and 19
	262	+	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), re-20
	263	+	voke any visa or other entry docu-21
	264	+	mentation issued to an alien described 22
	265	+	in clause (i) regardless of when the 23
	266	+	visa or other entry documentation is 24
	267	+	issued. 25
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	270	+	•HR 3334 RH
	271	+	(II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A 1
	272	+	revocation under subclause (I) shall 2
	273	+	take effect immediately and shall auto-3
	274	+	matically cancel any other valid visa 4
	275	+	or entry documentation that is in the 5
	276	+	alien’s possession. 6
244	277		(2) E
245		-	XCEPTIONS.— 16
	278	+	XCEPTIONS.— 7
246	279		(A) U
247		-	NITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 17
248		-	AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para-18
249		-	graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an 19
250		-	alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 20
251		-	United States is necessary to permit the United 21
252		-	States to comply with the Agreement regarding 22
253		-	the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 23
254		-	at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 24
255		-	into force November 21, 1947, between the 25 11
256		-	•HR 3334 EH
257		-	United Nations and the United States, or other 1
258		-	applicable international obligations. 2
	280	+	NITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 8
	281	+	AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para-9
	282	+	graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an 10
	283	+	alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 11
	284	+	United States is necessary to permit the United 12
	285	+	States to comply with the Agreement regarding 13
	286	+	the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 14
	287	+	at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 15
	288	+	force November 21, 1947, between the United Na-16
	289	+	tions and the United States, or other applicable 17
	290	+	international obligations. 18
259	291		(B) E
260		-	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE , LAW 3
261		-	ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC -4
262		-	TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 5
263		-	not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en-6
264		-	forcement, or national security activities of the 7
265		-	United States. 8
266		-	(d) P
267		-	ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-9
268		-	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 10
269		-	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 11
270		-	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-12
271		-	spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-13
272		-	mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im-14
273		-	posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 15
274		-	such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 16
275		-	act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 17
	292	+	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE , LAW 19
	293	+	ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVI-20
	294	+	TIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not 21
	295	+	apply to any authorized intelligence, law en-22
	296	+	forcement, or national security activities of the 23
	297	+	United States. 24
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	301	+	(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-1
	302	+	sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 2
	303	+	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 3
	304	+	apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-4
	305	+	spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-5
	306	+	mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions imposed 6
	307	+	pursuant to this section to the same extent that such pen-7
	308	+	alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act de-8
	309	+	scribed in section 206(a) of that Act. 9
276	310		(e) I
277		-	MPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 18
278		-	may exercise all authorities provided to the President 19
279		-	~~under~~ sections 203 and 205 of the International ~~Emer-20~~
280		-	~~gency Economic~~ Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 21
281		-	~~for purposes~~ of carrying out this section. 22
	311	+	MPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 10
	312	+	may exercise all authorities provided to the President under 11
	313	+	sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Eco-12
	314	+	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) for purposes 13
	315	+	of carrying out this section. 14
282	316		(f) R
283		-	EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President shall, 23
284		-	not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 24 12
285		-	•HR 3334 EH
286		-	of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 1
287		-	implementation of this section. 2
	317	+	EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President shall, 15
	318	+	not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 16
	319	+	this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the imple-17
	320	+	mentation of this section. 18
288	321		(g) W
289		-	AIVER.—The President may, for one or more 3
290		-	periods of not more than 60 days each, waive the applica-4
291		-	tion of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to 5
292		-	a foreign person under this section if the President cer-6
293		-	tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 7
294		-	later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that 8
295		-	the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 9
296		-	United States. 10
297		-	(h) T
298		-	ERMINATION.—The President may terminate 11
299		-	any sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 12
300		-	15 days after the date on which the President provides 13
301		-	a written certification to the appropriate congressional 14
302		-	committees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly avail-15
303		-	able website of the Federal Government, that— 16
304		-	(1) the People’s Republic of China and the Chi-17
305		-	nese Communist Party have— 18
306		-	(A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghur 19
307		-	Muslim population, including verifiably shutting 20
308		-	down all internment camps of Uyghurs and 21
309		-	ending the practice of facilitating or supporting 22
310		-	Uyghur forced labor and forced sterilization; 23
311		-	(B) ceased all forms of oppression of the 24
312		-	Tibetan people, including those significant 25 13
313		-	•HR 3334 EH
314		-	human rights abuses detailed in the Tibet sec-1
315		-	tion of the Department of State’s 2023 Country 2
316		-	Reports on Human Rights Practices; 3
317		-	(C) ceased all forms of threats, military ex-4
318		-	ercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, includ-5
319		-	ing through verifiably, and for at least a period 6
320		-	of one year, having not conducted any breach of 7
321		-	Taiwan’s air space, territorial waters, or land 8
322		-	mass, by any military or intelligence personnel 9
323		-	associated with the People’s Republic of China 10
324		-	or the Chinese Communist Party, or any agency 11
325		-	or instrumentality thereof; 12
326		-	(D) ceased the undermining of the auton-13
327		-	omy of Hong Kong, including through respect-14
328		-	ing the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declara-15
329		-	tion, and reversing all steps taken to interfere 16
330		-	with the democratic process and governance of 17
331		-	Hong Kong; and 18
332		-	(E) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual 19
333		-	property of United States persons; or 20
334		-	(2) the sanctioned person has— 21
335		-	(A) if the person is described in any of 22
336		-	paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a)— 23
337		-	(i) affirmatively renounced member-24
338		-	ship in the Chinese Communist Party; and 25 14
339		-	•HR 3334 EH
340		-	(ii) taken affirmative steps to de-1
341		-	nounce or remediate the conduct forming 2
342		-	the basis for imposition of the sanction; or 3
343		-	(B) if the person is described in paragraph 4
344		-	(4) of subsection (a), taken affirmative steps to 5
345		-	cease the manufacture and distribution of 6
346		-	fentanyl or any precursor chemical known or in-7
347		-	tended to be used in the illegal production or 8
348		-	distribution of fentanyl. 9
	322	+	AIVER.—The President may, for one or more pe-19
	323	+	riods of not more than 60 days each, waive the application 20
	324	+	of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to a foreign 21
	325	+	person under this section if the President certifies to the 22
	326	+	appropriate congressional committees, not later than 15 23
	327	+	days before such waiver takes effect, that the waiver is vital 24
	328	+	to the national security interests of the United States. 25
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	332	+	(h) TERMINATION.—The President may terminate any 1
	333	+	sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 15 2
	334	+	days after the date on which the President provides a writ-3
	335	+	ten certification to the appropriate congressional commit-4
	336	+	tees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly available 5
	337	+	website of the Federal Government, that— 6
	338	+	(1) the People’s Republic of China and the Chi-7
	339	+	nese Communist Party have— 8
	340	+	(A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghur Mus-9
	341	+	lim population, including verifiably shutting 10
	342	+	down all internment camps of Uyghurs and end-11
	343	+	ing the practice of facilitating or supporting 12
	344	+	Uyghur forced labor and forced sterilization; 13
	345	+	(B) ceased all forms of threats, military ex-14
	346	+	ercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, includ-15
	347	+	ing through verifiably, and for at least a period 16
	348	+	of one year, having not conducted any breach of 17
	349	+	Taiwan’s air space, territorial waters, or land 18
	350	+	mass, by any military or intelligence personnel 19
	351	+	associated with the People’s Republic of China or 20
	352	+	the Chinese Communist Party, or any agency or 21
	353	+	instrumentality thereof; 22
	354	+	(C) ceased the undermining of the auton-23
	355	+	omy of Hong Kong, including through respecting 24
	356	+	the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, 25
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	360	+	and reversing all steps taken to interfere with the 1
	361	+	democratic process and governance of Hong 2
	362	+	Kong; and 3
	363	+	(D) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual 4
	364	+	property of United States persons; or 5
	365	+	(2) the sanctioned person has— 6
	366	+	(A) affirmatively renounced membership in 7
	367	+	the Chinese Communist Party; and 8
	368	+	(B) taken affirmative steps to denounce or 9
	369	+	remediate the conduct forming the basis for im-10
	370	+	position of the sanction. 11
349	371		(i) S
350		-	UNSET OFWAIVER ANDLICENSEAUTHORI-10
351		-	TIES.—The President’s authority to issue waivers or li-11
352		-	censes with respect to sanctions required by subsection 12
353		-	(a), including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the 13
354		-	International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 14
355		-	U.S.C. 1702 and 1704), shall terminate on the date that 15
356		-	is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
357		-	(j) E
358		-	XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 17
359		-	G
360		-	OODS.— 18
361		-	(1) I
362		-	N GENERAL.—The authorities and require-19
363		-	ments to impose sanctions authorized under this Act 20
364		-	shall not include the authority or requirement to im-21
365		-	pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 22
366		-	(2) G
367		-	OOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 23
368		-	term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 24
369		-	made substance, material, supply or manufactured 25 15
370		-	•HR 3334 EH
371		-	product, including inspection and test equipment, 1
372		-	and excluding technical data. 2
373		-	(k) A
374		-	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 3
375		-	D
376		-	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-4
377		-	gressional committees’’ means— 5
378		-	(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 6
379		-	Committee on Financial Services of the House of 7
380		-	Representatives; and 8
381		-	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 9
382		-	the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-10
383		-	fairs of the Senate. 11
384		-	Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
385		-	2024.
386		-	Attest:
387		-	Clerk. 118
	372	+	UNSET OFWAIVER ANDLICENSEAUTHORI-12
	373	+	TIES.—The President’s authority to issue waivers or li-13
	374	+	censes with respect to sanctions required by subsection (a), 14
	375	+	including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the Inter-15
	376	+	national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 16
	377	+	and 1704), shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after 17
	378	+	the date of the enactment of this Act. 18
	379	+	(j) A
	380	+	PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-19
	381	+	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-20
	382	+	sional committees’’ means— 21
	383	+	(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 22
	384	+	Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-23
	385	+	resentatives; and 24
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	389	+	(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 1
	390	+	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 2
	391	+	of the Senate. 3
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	394	+	560
	395	+	118
388	396		TH
389	397		CONGRESS
390	398		2
391	399		D
392	400		S
393	401		ESSION
394	402
395	403		H. R. 3334
396		-	AN ACT
	404	+	[Report No. 118–664, Part I]
	405	+	A BILL
397	406		To provide for the imposition of sanctions on mem-
398	407		bers of the National Communist Party Congress
399	408		of the People’s Republic of China, and for other
400	409		purposes.
	410	+	S
	411	+	EPTEMBER
	412	+	12, 2024
	413	+	Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an
	414	+	amendment
	415	+	S
	416	+	EPTEMBER
	417	+	12, 2024
	418	+	Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the
	419	+	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
	420	+	Union and ordered to be printed
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