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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1540 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ |
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| 6 | 6 | | harvesting within the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. P |
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| 10 | 10 | | ERRY(for himself, Mr. RYAN, Mr. FALLON, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. BILI- |
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| 11 | 11 | | RAKIS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. OGLES, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. OWENS, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. W |
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| 13 | 13 | | EBERof Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 14 | 14 | | to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee |
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| 15 | 15 | | on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 17 | 17 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to |
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| 20 | 20 | | forced organ harvesting within the People’s Republic of |
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| 21 | 21 | | China, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Falun Gong Protection 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | It is the policy of the United States to— 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) avoid any cooperation with the PRC in the 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | organ transplantation field while the Chinese Com-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | munist Party remains in power; 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) take appropriate measures, including using 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | relevant sanctions authorities, to coerce the Chinese 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Communist Party to end any state-sponsored organ 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | harvesting campaign; and 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) work with allies, partners, and multilateral 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | institutions to highlight China’s persecution of 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Falun Gong and coordinate closely with the inter-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | national community on targeted sanctions and visa 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | restrictions. 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING WITHIN THE 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.—The President shall 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | spect to each foreign person included in the most recent 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | list submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) L |
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| 53 | 53 | | IST OFPERSONS.— 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) I |
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| 55 | 55 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | President shall submit to the appropriate congres-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | sional committees a list of foreign persons who the 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | President determines to have knowingly and directly 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 1540 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of organs within the People’s Republic of China. 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) U |
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| 66 | 66 | | PDATES OF LISTS.—The President shall 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | submit to the appropriate congressional committees 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | an updated list under paragraph (1)— 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) as new information becomes available; 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (B) not later than one year after the date 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | of the enactment of this Act; and 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (C) annually thereafter until the date of 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | termination under subsection (h). 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (3) F |
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| 75 | 75 | | ORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | clude a classified annex. 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (c) S |
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| 79 | 79 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | scribed in this subsection are the following: 15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) B |
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| 82 | 82 | | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The President 16 |
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| 83 | 83 | | shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | dent by the International Emergency Economic 18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 19 |
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| 86 | 86 | | the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 20 |
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| 87 | 87 | | U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec-21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | erty and interests in property of the person if such 23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | property and interests in property are in the United 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | States, come within the United States, or are or 25 |
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| 95 | 95 | | come within the possession or control of a United 1 |
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| 96 | 96 | | States person. 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (2) I |
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| 98 | 98 | | NADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVID -3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | UALS.— 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (A) I |
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| 101 | 101 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | OR PAROLE.—A foreign person included in the 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | most recent list submitted pursuant to sub-7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | section (b) is— 8 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (i) inadmissible to the United States; 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | documentation to enter the United States; 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | and 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | or paroled into the United States or to re-14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | seq.). 17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (B) C |
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| 115 | 115 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .—A foreign 18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | person described in subparagraph (A) is also 19 |
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| 117 | 117 | | subject to the following: 20 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (i) Revocation of any visa or other 21 |
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| 119 | 119 | | entry documentation regardless of when 22 |
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| 120 | 120 | | the visa or other entry documentation is or 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | was issued. 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | take effect immediately and automatically 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | mentation that is in the foreign person’s 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | possession. 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (3) E |
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| 131 | 131 | | XCEPTION.—Sanctions under paragraph 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (2) shall not apply to an alien if admitting or parol-7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ing the alien into the United States is necessary to 8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | permit the United States to comply with the Agree-9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na-10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | United Nations and the United States, or other ap-13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | plicable international obligations of the United 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | States. 15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (d) P |
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| 142 | 142 | | ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | apply to a person who violates, attempts to violate, con-19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | mulgated to carry out subsection (a) to the same extent 21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | that such penalties apply to a person who commits an un-22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 23 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (e) EXCEPTIONTOCOMPLYWITHNATIONALSECU-1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | tions under this section: 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (1) Activities subject to the reporting require-4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ments under title V of the National Security Act of 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce-7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ment activities of the United States. 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (f) E |
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| 162 | 162 | | XCEPTIONRELATING TOPROVISION OFHUMAN-9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ITARIANASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under this section may 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | not be imposed with respect to transactions or the facilita-11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | tion of transactions for— 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (1) the sale of agricultural commodities, food, 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | or medicine; 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (2) the provision of vital humanitarian assist-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ance; 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (3) financial transactions relating to humani-17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | tarian assistance or for humanitarian purposes; or 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (4) transporting goods or services that are nec-19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | essary to carry out operations relating to humani-20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (g) W |
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| 176 | 176 | | AIVERAUTHORITY.— 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (1) W |
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| 178 | 178 | | AIVER.—The President may, on a case by 23 |
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| 179 | 179 | | case basis, waive the imposition of any sanction 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | under this section if the President determines such 25 |
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| 184 | 184 | | waiver is in the vital national security interest of the 1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | United States. 2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (2) R |
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| 187 | 187 | | EPORTS.—Not later than 120 days after 3 |
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| 188 | 188 | | the date on which the President submits the list 4 |
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| 189 | 189 | | under subsection (b), and every 120 days thereafter 5 |
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| 190 | 190 | | until the date of termination under subsection (h), 6 |
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| 191 | 191 | | the President shall submit to the appropriate con-7 |
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| 192 | 192 | | gressional committees a report on the extent to 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | which the President has used the waiver authority 9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | under paragraph (1) during the period covered by 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | that report. 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (h) S |
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| 197 | 197 | | UNSET.—The authority to impose sanctions 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | SEC. 4. REPORT. 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (a) I |
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| 202 | 202 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Services and the Director of the National Institutes of 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | Health, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | mittees a report on the organ transplant policies and prac-21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tices of the People’s Republic of China. 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (b) M |
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| 210 | 210 | | ATTERSTOBEINCLUDED.—The report re-23 |
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| 211 | 211 | | quired under subsection (a) shall include— 24 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (1) a summary of de jure and de facto policies 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | toward organ transplantation in the PRC, including 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | with respect to prisoners of conscience (including 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | Falun Gong) and other prisoners; 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (2)(A) the number of organ transplants that 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | are known to occur or are estimated to occur on an 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | annual basis in the PRC; 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (B) the number of known or estimated vol-8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | untary organ donors in the PRC; 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (C) an assessment of the sources of organs for 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | transplant in the PRC; and 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (D) an assessment of the time, in days, that it 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | takes to procure an organ for transplant within the 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Chinese medical system and an assessment of wheth-14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | er such timetable is possible based on the number of 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | known or estimated organ donors in the PRC; 16 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (3) a list of all United States grants over the 17 |
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| 232 | 232 | | past ten years that have supported research on 18 |
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| 233 | 233 | | organ transplantation in the PRC or in collaboration 19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | between a Chinese and a United States entity; and 20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (4) a determination as to whether the persecu-21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | tion of Falun Gong practitioners within the People’s 22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | Republic of China constitutes an ‘‘atrocity’’ (as such 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | term is defined in section 6 of the Elie Wiesel Geno-24 |
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| 242 | 242 | | cide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)). 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (c) F |
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| 245 | 245 | | ORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | a classified annex. 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | SEC. 5. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | GOODS. 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (a) I |
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| 251 | 251 | | NGENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall not 9 |
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| 253 | 253 | | include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions 10 |
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| 254 | 254 | | on the importation of goods. 11 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (b) G |
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| 256 | 256 | | OODDEFINED.—In this section, the term 12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-13 |
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| 258 | 258 | | stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ-14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ing inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | data. 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | FINED. 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | mittees’’ means— 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | House of Representatives; and 22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | Senate. 24 |
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