Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB460 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/19/2025

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119THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION H. R. 460 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State 
to require aliens applying for certain visas to disclose if they receive 
funds from the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the 
Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY15, 2025 
Mr. S
TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
retary of State to require aliens applying for certain 
visas to disclose if they receive funds from the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese 
Communist Party, 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
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Communist 4
Party Visa Disclosure Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CCP Visa Dis-5
closure Act of 2025’’. 6
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE ON CERTAIN VISA APPLICATIONS. 1
(a) D
ISCLOSUREREQUIREMENT FOR F ANDM 2
V
ISAS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-3
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 4
shall update Form I–20, or a successor form with respect 5
to eligibility for nonimmigrant student status, to require 6
an alien submitting such form to report— 7
(1) whether the alien has received or plans to 8
receive certain funds; 9
(2) the amount of any certain funds received by 10
the alien; and 11
(3) a description of the entity providing any 12
certain funds to the alien. 13
(b) D
ISCLOSUREREQUIREMENT FOR J VISAS.—Not 14
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 15
this Act, the Secretary of State shall update Form DS– 16
2019, or a successor form with respect to eligibility for 17
an exchange visitor status, to require an alien submitting 18
such form to report— 19
(1) whether the alien has received or plans to 20
receive certain funds; 21
(2) the amount of any certain funds received by 22
the alien; and 23
(3) a description of the entity providing any 24
certain funds to the alien. 25
(c) U
PDATEDDISCLOSUREREQUIREMENT.— 26
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(1) IN GENERAL.—An alien who receives cer-1
tain funds after receiving a visa under subparagraph 2
(F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-3
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) 4
shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security 5
and the Secretary of State the receipt of such funds 6
not more than 90 days after the date on which such 7
funds are received. 8
(2) P
ROVISIONAL REVOCATION BASED ON FAIL -9
URE TO COMPLY WITH DISCLOSURE REQUIRE -10
MENT.—An alien who receives certain funds and 11
does not report such receipt pursuant to paragraph 12
(1) is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry 13
documentation regardless of when the visa or other 14
entry documentation was issued. 15
(d) D
ISCLOSURE FOR ALIENSPOUSE ANDMINOR 16
C
HILDREN.—The disclosure requirements under sub-17
sections (a) through (c) shall apply to an alien spouse or 18
any minor children applying for or receiving a visa under 19
subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of 20
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21
1101(a)(15)). 22
(e) A
PPLICABILITY.—Not later than 180 days after 23
the date of the enactment of this Act, an alien, alien 24
spouse, or any minor children who have a valid visa under 25
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subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of 1
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 2
1101(a)(15)) on the date of the enactment of this Act, 3
shall report to the Secretary of Homeland Security— 4
(1) whether such alien has received or plans to 5
receive certain funds; 6
(2) the amount of any certain funds received by 7
the alien; and 8
(3) a description of the entity providing any 9
certain funds to the alien. 10
(f) C
ERTAINFUNDSDEFINED.—In this section, the 11
term ‘‘certain funds’’ includes any amount of money pro-12
vided to an alien from— 13
(1) the Government of the People’s Republic of 14
China; 15
(2) the Chinese Communist Party; or 16
(3) any entity owned or controlled by the Gov-17
ernment of the People’s Republic of China or the 18
Chinese Communist Party. 19
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