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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9555 

To impose sanctions with respect to certain senior officials of the Chinese 

Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mrs. CAMMACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to certain senior officials 

of the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chinese Communist 

5 Party (CCP) Politburo Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 

7 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, the President is authorized to 


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1 impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re2 spect to any foreign person the President determines— 

3 (1) is a senior official of the Chinese Com4 munist Party (CCP), including a member of the 

5 CCP Politburo; and 

6 (2) has engaged in or provided support to or 

7 for— 

8 (A) a malign disinformation campaign or 

9 political warfare operation against the United 

10 States; 

11 (B) the theft of intellectual property of a 

12 United States person; 

13 (C) threats or actions undermining the 

14 sovereignty of Taiwan; or 

15 (D) the forced closure or destruction of 

16 churches, mosques, Buddhist temples or any 

17 other place of worship in China, or religious 

18 practice of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists or 

19 any other religious group in China. 

20 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

22 this subsection with respect to a foreign person de23 termined by the President to be subject to sub24 section (a) are the following: 


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1 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President 

2 shall exercise of all powers granted to the Presi3 dent by the International Emergency Economic 

4 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex5 tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans6 actions in property and interests in property of 

7 the foreign person if such property and inter8 ests in property are in the United States, come 

9 within the United States, or are or come within 

10 the possession or control of a United States 

11 person. 

12 (B) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDI13 VIDUALS.— 

14 (i) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMIS15 SION, OR PAROLE.—Such a foreign person 

16 is— 

17 (I) inadmissible to the United 

18 States; 

19 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

20 other documentation to enter the 

21 United States; and 

22 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

23 admitted or paroled into the United 

24 States or to receive any other benefit 


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1 under the Immigration and Nation2 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

3 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

4 (I) IN GENERAL.—The visa or 

5 other documentation issued to such a 

6 foreign person shall be revoked, re7 gardless of when such visa or other 

8 documentation is or was issued. 

9 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

10 A revocation under subclause (I) 

11 shall— 

12 (aa) take effect immediately; 

13 and 

14 (bb) automatically cancel 

15 any other valid visa or entry doc16 umentation that is in the per17 son’s possession. 

18 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

19 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter20 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 24 

21 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

22 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

23 violation of regulations promulgated under sub24 section (f) to implement this section to the same ex25 tent that such penalties apply to a person that comVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9555.IH H9555

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1 mits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 

2 that Act. 

3 (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA4 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

5 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to a foreign 

6 person who is an individual if admitting the person 

7 into the United States is necessary to permit the 

8 United States to comply with the Agreement regard9 ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 

10 at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 

11 force November 21, 1947, between the United Na12 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

13 international obligations. 

14 (c) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 

15 basis and for one period not to exceed one year, waive the 

16 application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign 

17 person under this section if the President certifies to the 

18 appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 

19 days before such waiver is to take effect that such waiver 

20 is vital to the national security interests of the United 

21 States. 

22 (d) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

23 may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec24 tion if the President determines and reports to the appro25 priate congressional committees not later than 15 days beVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:02 Sep 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9555.IH H9555

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1 fore the termination takes effect that the President has 

2 determined that the foreign person no longer is involved 

3 in any of the activities described in subsection (a). 

4 (e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

5 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

6 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer7 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

8 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

9 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

12 shall promulgate regulations as necessary for the im13 plementation of this section. 

14 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

15 than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 

16 under paragraph (1), the President shall notify and 

17 provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

18 the proposed regulations and the provisions of this 

19 section that such regulations are implementing. 

20 (g) SUNSET.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall terminate 

22 on January 1, 2026. 

23 (2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

24 apply with respect to sanctions imposed with respect 


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1 to a foreign person under this section before Janu2 ary 1, 2026. 

3 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 

5 meaning given such term in section 101(3) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1101(3)). 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

12 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

13 Ways and Means, and the Committee on Finan14 cial Services of the House of Representatives; 

15 and 

16 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

18 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

19 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per20 son’’ means a person that is not a national or citizen 

21 of the United States or lawfully admitted for perma22 nent residence in the United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI2 TION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 

3 CCP POLITBURO. 

4 (a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

6 State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

7 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 a determination, including a detailed justification, regard9 ing whether any member of the Chinese Communist Party 

10 (CCP) Politburo satisfies the criteria for the application 

11 of sanctions pursuant to any of the following: 

12 (1) Section 2 of this Act. 

13 (2) Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

14 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 

15 engaged in significant malicious cyber-enabled activi16 ties). 

17 (3) The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac18 countability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

19 (4) The Uyghur Human Rights and Policy Act 

20 of 2020 (Public Law 116–145). 

21 (5) The Hong Kong Human Rights and De22 mocracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76). 

23 (b) FORM.—The determination required by sub24 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

25 contain a classified annex. 


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1 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Fi6 nancial Services, and the Committee on the Judici7 ary of the House of Representatives; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

9 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

10 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com11 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 4. MANDATORY APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im15 pose the sanctions described in section 2 of this Act with 

16 respect to each individual specified in subsection (b). 

17 (b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—The individuals spec18 ified in this subsection are the following: 

19 (1) He Lifeng. 

20 (2) Zhao Leji. 

21 (3) Cai Qi. 

22 (4) Ding Xuexiang. 

23 (5) Li Xi. 

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