118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 3334
AN ACT
To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of
the National Communist Party Congress of the People’s
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctioning Tyrannical 2
and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist 3
Party Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP CCP Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5
Congress finds the following: 6
(1) The Hong Kong National Security Law pro-7
mulgated on July 1, 2020— 8
(A) contravenes the Basic Law of the 9
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that 10
provides in Article 23 that the Legislative 11
Council of Hong Kong shall enact legislation re-12
lated to national security; 13
(B) violates the People’s Republic of Chi-14
na’s commitments under international law, as 15
defined by the Joint Declaration; and 16
(C) causes severe and irreparable damage 17
to the ‘‘one country, two systems’’ principle and 18
further erodes global confidence in the People’s 19
Republic of China’s commitment to inter-20
national law. 21
(2) Repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in 22
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the 23
People’s Republic of China has been ongoing, and 24
was formalized with the ‘‘Strike Hard Campaign 25
against Violent Terrorism’’ that began in 2014. 26 3
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(3) The mass internment of Uyghur and other 1
Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur 2
Autonomous Region has been ongoing since April 3
2017. 4
(4) The People’s Republic of China has con-5
ducted a targeted and systemic population-control 6
campaign against ethnic and religious minorities in 7
the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by impos-8
ing and implementing coercive population-control 9
practices, including selectively enforcing birth 10
quotas, targeting minority women who are in non-11
compliance with birth quotas, and subjecting women 12
to coercive measures such as forced birth control, 13
forced sterilization, and forced abortion. 14
(5) On October 6, 2020, 39 countries delivered 15
a cross-regional joint statement to the United States 16
Mission to the United Nations on the human rights 17
abuses on Uyghurs and other minorities for forced 18
birth control including sterilization. 19
(6) On January 19, 2021, the Department of 20
State determined that the People’s Republic of 21
China committed crimes against humanity and geno-22
cide against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious 23
minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autono-24
mous Region, citing forced sterilizations, forced 25 4
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abortions, coerced marriages, and separation of 1
Uyghur children from their families. 2
(7) The Department of State’s 2020 Country 3
Reports on Human Rights Practices affirmed the 4
genocide determination and noted coercive popu-5
lation control measures inflicted on ethnic and reli-6
gious minority women in China, including forced in-7
jections with ‘‘drugs that cause temporary or perma-8
nent end to their menstrual cycles and fertility’’. 9
(8) The United States ratified the United Na-10
tions Convention on the Prevention and Punishment 11
of Genocide in 1988, recognizing that ‘‘imposing 12
measures intended to prevent births within the 13
group’’ with intent to destroy a group in whole or 14
part is an act that constitutes genocide. 15
(9) Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy 16
of nearly 24,000,000 people and an important con-17
tributor to peace and stability around the world. 18
(10) Section 2(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act 19
(Public Law 96–8; 22 U.S.C. 3301(b)) states that it 20
is the policy of the United States— 21
(A) ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, 22
close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and 23
other relations between the people of the United 24
States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the 25 5
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people on the China mainland and all other peo-1
ples of the Western Pacific area’’; 2
(B) ‘‘to declare that peace and stability in 3
the area are in the political, security, and eco-4
nomic interests of the United States, and are 5
matters of international concern’’; 6
(C) ‘‘to make clear that the United States 7
decision to establish diplomatic relations with 8
the People’s Republic of China rests upon the 9
expectation that the future of Taiwan will be 10
determined by peaceful means’’; 11
(D) ‘‘to consider any effort to determine 12
the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 13
means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a 14
threat to the peace and security of the Western 15
Pacific area and of grave concern to the United 16
States’’; 17
(E) ‘‘to provide Taiwan with arms of a de-18
fensive character’’; and 19
(F) ‘‘to maintain the capacity of the 20
United States to resist any resort to force or 21
other forms of coercion that would jeopardize 22
the security, or the social or economic system, 23
of the people on Taiwan’’. 24 6
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(11) Since the election of President Tsai Ing- 1
wen as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Govern-2
ment of the People’s Republic of China has intensi-3
fied its efforts to pressure Taiwan through diplo-4
matic isolation and military provocations. 5
(12) The rapid modernization of the People’s 6
Liberation Army and recent military maneuvers in 7
and around the Taiwan Strait illustrate a clear 8
threat to Taiwan’s security. 9
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 10
It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chi-11
nese Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi 12
Jinping, are responsible for violations of Hong Kong’s au-13
tonomy, increased aggression against the people of Tai-14
wan, numerous human rights violations against the people 15
of Hong Kong and the people of Taiwan, and acts of re-16
pression and genocide against Uyghur Muslims in the 17
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 18
SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 19
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COM-20
MUNIST PARTY. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 22
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im-23
pose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect 24
to— 25 7
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(1) each person who is a member of the Central 1
Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, includ-2
ing alternate members thereof, that the President 3
determines engages in the conduct described in sub-4
section (b); 5
(2) each person who is a member of any suc-6
cessor organization of the Central Committee of the 7
Chinese Communist Party that the President deter-8
mines engages in the conduct described in subsection 9
(b), in the event that the Central Committee is dis-10
solved; 11
(3) each person who is an adult family member, 12
including a spouse or an adult family member of the 13
spouse, of a person described in paragraph (1) or 14
paragraph (2); and 15
(4) each person the President determines is a 16
Chinese state-owned enterprise— 17
(A) illegally manufacturing or distributing 18
fentanyl; or 19
(B) knowingly or intentionally manufac-20
turing or distributing fentanyl precursor chemi-21
cals to be used in the illegal production or dis-22
tribution of fentanyl. 23
(b) S
ANCTIONABLECONDUCT.—A person engages in 24
the conduct described by this subsection if the person 25 8
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plays a significant role in the development or implementa-1
tion of government policies or laws that the President de-2
termines appear designed to— 3
(1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; 4
(2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased ag-5
gression towards the people of Taiwan; 6
(3) contribute to political oppression or viola-7
tion of human rights of individuals or societal 8
groups within the People’s Republic of China, in-9
cluding Uyghur Muslims; or 10
(4) willfully and knowingly engage in malicious 11
activities, including online disinformation campaigns 12
and propaganda, for the purpose of interfering with 13
United States Federal, State, or local elections. 14
(c) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 16
this subsection are the following: 17
(A) B
LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The Presi-18
dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 19
the President under the International Emer-20
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 21
seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro-22
hibit all transactions in property and interests 23
in property of the person if such property and 24
interests in property are in the United States, 25 9
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come within the United States, or are or come 1
within the possession or control of a United 2
States person. 3
(B) A
LIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS , AD-4
MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 5
(i) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 6
An alien who the Secretary of State or the 7
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-8
ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 9
has reason to believe, is described in sub-10
section (a) is— 11
(I) inadmissible to the United 12
States; 13
(II) ineligible to receive a visa or 14
other documentation to enter the 15
United States; and 16
(III) otherwise ineligible to be 17
admitted or paroled into the United 18
States or to receive any other benefit 19
under the Immigration and Nation-20
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 21
(ii) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 22
(I) I
N GENERAL.—The issuing 23
consular officer, the Secretary of 24
State, or the Secretary of Homeland 25 10
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Security (or a designee of one of such 1
Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 2
section 221(i) of the Immigration and 3
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 4
revoke any visa or other entry docu-5
mentation issued to an alien described 6
in clause (i) regardless of when the 7
visa or other entry documentation is 8
issued. 9
(II) E
FFECT OF REVOCATION .— 10
A revocation under subclause (I) shall 11
take effect immediately and shall 12
automatically cancel any other valid 13
visa or entry documentation that is in 14
the alien’s possession. 15
(2) E
XCEPTIONS.— 16
(A) U
NITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 17
AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para-18
graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an 19
alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 20
United States is necessary to permit the United 21
States to comply with the Agreement regarding 22
the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 23
at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 24
into force November 21, 1947, between the 25 11
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United Nations and the United States, or other 1
applicable international obligations. 2
(B) E
XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE , LAW 3
ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC -4
TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 5
not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en-6
forcement, or national security activities of the 7
United States. 8
(d) P
ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-9
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 10
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 11
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con-12
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-13
mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im-14
posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 15
such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 16
act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 17
(e) I
MPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 18
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 19
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-20
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 21
for purposes of carrying out this section. 22
(f) R
EGULATORYAUTHORITY.—The President shall, 23
not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 24 12
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of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 1
implementation of this section. 2
(g) W
AIVER.—The President may, for one or more 3
periods of not more than 60 days each, waive the applica-4
tion of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to 5
a foreign person under this section if the President cer-6
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 7
later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that 8
the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 9
United States. 10
(h) T
ERMINATION.—The President may terminate 11
any sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not fewer than 12
15 days after the date on which the President provides 13
a written certification to the appropriate congressional 14
committees, and concurrently publishes on a publicly avail-15
able website of the Federal Government, that— 16
(1) the People’s Republic of China and the Chi-17
nese Communist Party have— 18
(A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghur 19
Muslim population, including verifiably shutting 20
down all internment camps of Uyghurs and 21
ending the practice of facilitating or supporting 22
Uyghur forced labor and forced sterilization; 23
(B) ceased all forms of oppression of the 24
Tibetan people, including those significant 25 13
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human rights abuses detailed in the Tibet sec-1
tion of the Department of State’s 2023 Country 2
Reports on Human Rights Practices; 3
(C) ceased all forms of threats, military ex-4
ercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, includ-5
ing through verifiably, and for at least a period 6
of one year, having not conducted any breach of 7
Taiwan’s air space, territorial waters, or land 8
mass, by any military or intelligence personnel 9
associated with the People’s Republic of China 10
or the Chinese Communist Party, or any agency 11
or instrumentality thereof; 12
(D) ceased the undermining of the auton-13
omy of Hong Kong, including through respect-14
ing the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declara-15
tion, and reversing all steps taken to interfere 16
with the democratic process and governance of 17
Hong Kong; and 18
(E) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual 19
property of United States persons; or 20
(2) the sanctioned person has— 21
(A) if the person is described in any of 22
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a)— 23
(i) affirmatively renounced member-24
ship in the Chinese Communist Party; and 25 14
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(ii) taken affirmative steps to de-1
nounce or remediate the conduct forming 2
the basis for imposition of the sanction; or 3
(B) if the person is described in paragraph 4
(4) of subsection (a), taken affirmative steps to 5
cease the manufacture and distribution of 6
fentanyl or any precursor chemical known or in-7
tended to be used in the illegal production or 8
distribution of fentanyl. 9
(i) S
UNSET OFWAIVER ANDLICENSEAUTHORI-10
TIES.—The President’s authority to issue waivers or li-11
censes with respect to sanctions required by subsection 12
(a), including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the 13
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 14
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704), shall terminate on the date that 15
is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
(j) E
XCEPTIONRELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 17
G
OODS.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The authorities and require-19
ments to impose sanctions authorized under this Act 20
shall not include the authority or requirement to im-21
pose sanctions on the importation of goods. 22
(2) G
OOD DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 23
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 24
made substance, material, supply or manufactured 25 15
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product, including inspection and test equipment, 1
and excluding technical data. 2
(k) A
PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 3
D
EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-4
gressional committees’’ means— 5
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 6
Committee on Financial Services of the House of 7
Representatives; and 8
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 9
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-10
fairs of the Senate. 11
Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
2024.
Attest:
Clerk. 118
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CONGRESS
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S
ESSION
H. R. 3334
AN ACT
To provide for the imposition of sanctions on mem-
bers of the National Communist Party Congress
of the People’s Republic of China, and for other
purposes.