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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 330 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of |
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| 6 | 6 | | the economy of the People’s Republic of China in which the person |
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| 7 | 7 | | has engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a United States person, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY30, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | URTISintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate |
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| 16 | 16 | | in a sector of the economy of the People’s Republic |
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| 17 | 17 | | of China in which the person has engaged in a pattern |
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| 18 | 18 | | of significant theft of the intellectual property of a |
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| 19 | 19 | | United States person, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combatting China’s 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Pilfering of Intellectual Property Act’’ or the ‘‘CCP IP 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall impose the 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to each 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | person described in subsection (c) that the President de-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | termines, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | operates in a sector of the economy of the People’s Repub-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | lic of China in which the person— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) has engaged in a pattern of significant theft 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the intellectual property of a United States per-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | son; or 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) has received the intellectual property of a 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States person through a pattern of signifi-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | cant theft engaged in by other persons. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b) S |
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| 45 | 45 | | ANCTIONSIMPOSED.—The sanctions described 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in this subsection are the following: 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | SSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ers granted to the President by the International 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | all transactions in all property and interests in prop-21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | erty of a person described in subsection (a) if such 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | property and interests in property are in the United 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | States, come within the United States, or are or 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | come within the possession or control of a United 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | States person. 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | •S 330 IS |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | OR PAROLE.— 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (A) V |
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| 64 | 64 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | alien described in subsection (a) is— 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (i) inadmissible to the United States; 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | documentation to enter the United States; 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | or paroled into the United States or to re-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | seq.). 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) C |
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| 76 | 76 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (i) I |
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| 78 | 78 | | N GENERAL.—The issuing con-15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | documentation issued to an alien who the 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Secretary of State or the Secretary of 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Homeland Security (or a designee of one of 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | such Secretaries) determines is described 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | •S 330 IS |
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| 92 | 92 | | in subsection (a), regardless of when the 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | visa or other documentation is issued. 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (ii) E |
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| 95 | 95 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .—A rev-3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | immediately and shall automatically cancel 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | any other valid visa or entry documenta-6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tion that is in the alien’s possession. 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (c) P |
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| 101 | 101 | | ERSONSDESCRIBED.—A person described in 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | this subsection is one of the following: 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (1) An individual who— 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (A) is a national of the People’s Republic 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | of China or acting at the direction of a national 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | of the People’s Republic of China or an entity 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | described in paragraph (2); and 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (B) is not a United States person. 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (2) An entity that is— 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (A) organized under the laws of the Peo-17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ple’s Republic of China or of any jurisdiction 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | within the People’s Republic of China; 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (B) owned or controlled by individuals who 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | are nationals of the People’s Republic of China; 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | or 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (C) owned or controlled by an entity de-23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) that is not a 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | United States person. 25 |
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| 121 | 121 | | •S 330 IS |
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| 122 | 122 | | (d) PENALTIES; IMPLEMENTATION.— 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (1) P |
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| 124 | 124 | | ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, li-4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | cense, or order issued to carry out that subsection 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub-6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | of that section. 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (2) I |
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| 135 | 135 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ercise all authorities provided to the President under 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | 1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (e) W |
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| 141 | 141 | | AIVER.—The President may waive the imposi-17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | tion of sanctions under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | basis with respect to a person if the President— 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (1) certifies to the Committee on Foreign Af-20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judici-23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ary of the Senate that such waiver is in the national 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | security interests of the United States; and 25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (2) includes a justification for such certifi-1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | cation. 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (f) T |
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| 156 | 156 | | ERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | may terminate sanctions imposed under subsection (a) 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | with respect to a person if the President certifies to the 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ate that such person is no longer engaging in efforts to 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | steal intellectual property of United States persons. 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (g) R |
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| 164 | 164 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Relations of the Senate a report that specifies each person 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the President determines meets the criteria described in 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | subsection (a) for the imposition of sanctions. 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (h) D |
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| 172 | 172 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (1) A |
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| 174 | 174 | | DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (8 U.S.C. 1101). 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (2) U |
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| 179 | 179 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 23 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (A) an individual who is a United States 1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | nent residence to the United States; or 3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | the United States or of any jurisdiction within 5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the United States. 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (a) R |
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| 192 | 192 | | ESTRICTION.—The Secretary of State may not 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol-10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | lowing: 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Party, including the Politburo, the Central Com-13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | mittee, and each delegate to the 20th National Con-14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | gress of the Chinese Communist Party. 15 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (2) The spouses and children of the senior offi-16 |
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| 201 | 201 | | cials described in paragraph (1). 17 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) Members of the cabinet of the Government 18 |
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| 203 | 203 | | of the People’s Republic of China. 19 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (4) Active duty members of the People’s Libera-20 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tion Army of China. 21 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (b) A |
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| 207 | 207 | | PPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub-22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Presi-23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | dent certifies to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judi-25 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ciary of the Senate that the Government of the People’s 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Republic of China has ceased sponsoring, funding, facili-2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | tating, and actively working to support efforts to infringe 3 |
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| 217 | 217 | | on the intellectual property rights of citizens and entities 4 |
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| 218 | 218 | | of the United States. 5 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (c) R |
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| 220 | 220 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | of State shall submit to Congress a report that— 8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (1) details the efficacy of visa screening mecha-9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | nisms to mitigate intellectual property theft by the 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | People’s Republic of China; and 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (2) includes a list of research institutions asso-12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ciated with the People’s Liberation Army and the 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Ministry of State Security of the People’s Republic 14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | of China. 15 |
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