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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 49
To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in the People’s Repub-
lic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese police
presence in the United States.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY9, 2025
Mr. C
OTTONintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in
the People’s Republic of China and other persons seeking
to establish a Chinese police presence in the United
States.
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 ‘‘Expel Illegal Chinese 4
Police Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE DEPART-1
MENTS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 2
CHINA. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-4
actment of this Act, the President shall impose— 5
(1) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) 6
with respect to any foreign person the President de-7
termines is— 8
(A) a provincial, municipal, or other juris-9
dictional police department or law enforcement 10
institution in the People’s Republic of China, 11
including the provincial police departments of 12
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and 13
Fujian; 14
(B) a member of the senior leadership of 15
a department or institution described in sub-16
paragraph (A); 17
(C) directly associated with establishing or 18
maintaining a Chinese police presence in the 19
United States; 20
(D) acting under the direction and control 21
of a provincial, municipal, or other Public Secu-22
rity Bureau or law enforcement institution in 23
the People’s Republic of China; or 24
(E) acting under the direction or control of 25
the United Front Work Department with the 26
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intention of covertly monitoring or intimidating 1
individuals living in the United States; and 2
(2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 3
with respect to an alien the President determines 4
is— 5
(A) an employee of a department or insti-6
tution described in paragraph (1)(A) or foreign 7
person described in paragraph (1)(E); 8
(B) an immediate family member of such 9
an employee; or 10
(C) directly associated with establishing or 11
maintaining a Chinese police presence or a 12
presence of the United Front Work Department 13
in the United States. 14
(b) S
ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-15
scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 16
described in subsection (a) are the following: 17
(1) P
ROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 18
exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter-19
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 20
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 21
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-22
terests in property of any foreign person described 23
in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 24
property are in the United States, come within the 25
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United States, or are or come within the possession 1
or control of a United States person. 2
(2) A
LIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS , ADMIS-3
SION, OR PAROLE.— 4
(A) V
ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 5
the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 6
the alien is— 7
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 8
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 9
documentation to enter the United States; 10
and 11
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 12
or paroled into the United States or to re-13
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-14
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 15
seq.). 16
(B) C
URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 17
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The visa or other 18
entry documentation of an alien described 19
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-20
gardless of when such visa or other entry 21
documentation was issued. 22
(ii) I
MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-23
tion under clause (i) shall— 24
(I) take effect immediately; and 25
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(II) automatically cancel any 1
other valid visa or entry documenta-2
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 3
(c) W
AIVER.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 5
case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 30 6
days, waive the application of sanctions under this 7
section with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-8
dent certifies to Congress not later than 15 days be-9
fore the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is 10
vital to the national security interests of the United 11
States. 12
(2) F
ORM OF CERTIFICATION .—The President 13
may submit a certification under paragraph (1) to 14
Congress in classified form if the President deter-15
mines it is necessary to do so. 16
(d) I
MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 17
(1) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-18
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 19
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 20
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 21
this section. 22
(2) P
ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-23
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 24
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 25
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order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 1
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 2
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-3
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-4
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-5
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 6
(e) P
ROHIBITION ONPARTICIPATION INCERTAININ-7
VESTIGATIONS.—The President shall direct all Federal 8
agencies not to participate in any investigation that is not 9
initiated by the United States Government into any for-10
eign person described in subsection (a) unless the Presi-11
dent determines that participating in such an investigation 12
is vital to health, safety, and well-being of United States 13
citizens. 14
(f) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
(1) A
DMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 16
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 17
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 18
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 19
(2) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-20
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 21
person. 22
(3) I
MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .—The term 23
‘‘immediate family member’’, with respect to a for-24
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eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 1
adult child of the person. 2
(4) P
ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-3
dividual or entity, including a governmental entity. 4
(5) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 5
‘‘United States person’’ means— 6
(A) an individual who is a United States 7
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-8
nent residence to the United States; 9
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 10
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 11
United States, including a foreign branch of 12
such an entity; or 13
(C) any person in the United States. 14
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