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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1016 

To prohibit certain members of the Chinese Communist Party from entering 

the United States until such time as the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China ceases the theft of the intellectual property of the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2023 

Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. BABIN, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit certain members of the Chinese Communist 

Party from entering the United States until such time 

as the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

ceases the theft of the intellectual property of the United 

States, 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 ‘‘Stop China’s IP Theft 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) China is perpetrating what Secretary of De2 fense Mark Esper has called ‘‘the greatest intellec3 tual property theft in human history’’. 

4 (2) A report by the Australian Strategic Policy 

5 Institute has found that since 2007 approximately 

6 500 Chinese military scientists were sent to the 

7 United States to study. According to the report 

8 China has been sending soldiers to study science and 

9 engineering in Western universities including the 

10 United States as part of a widespread effort to col11 lect military technology. 

12 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

13 It is the policy of the United States to prohibit the 

14 entry of Chinese Communist Party leaders and military 

15 and government officials of the People’s Republic of China 

16 into the United States until the Government of the Peo17 ple’s Republic of China ceases its efforts to infringe on 

18 the intellectual property rights of the United States. 

19 SEC. 4. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 

20 (a) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary of State may not 

21 issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

22 shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol23 lowing: 

24 (1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist 

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1 mittee, and each delegate to the 19th National Con2 gress of the Chinese Communist Party. 

3 (2) The spouses and children of the senior offi4 cials described in paragraph (1). 

5 (3) Members of the cabinet of the Government 

6 of the People’s Republic of China. 

7 (4) Active duty members of the People’s Libera8 tion Army of China. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub10 section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Direc11 tor of National Intelligence certifies to the Committees on 

12 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate that the Government of the People’s Republic of 

14 China has ceased sponsoring, funding, facilitating, and ac15 tively working to support efforts to infringe on the intellec16 tual property rights of citizens and companies of the 

17 United States. 

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