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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7590 

To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student 

visas to nationals of certain covered nations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2024 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic 

and student visas to nationals of certain covered nations. 

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 ‘‘Breaking Beijing’s 

5 Hold on Campus Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF DIPLO7 MATIC AND STUDENT VISAS. 

8 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

9 (8 U.S.C.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(s) CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF

2 DIPLOMATIC AND STUDENT VISAS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE

4 OF DIPLOMATIC VISAS.—An alien who is a national 

5 of a covered nation may not be accorded status as 

6 a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (A) or (G) of 

7 section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a certifi8 cation that the alien— 

9 ‘‘(A) will not engage in any efforts to col10 lect or transmit information concerning, open 

11 any lines of communication with, or encourage 

12 other persons to report on, any student that is 

13 a national of a covered nation for the purposes 

14 of— 

15 ‘‘(i) monitoring whether such student 

16 is exercising their rights protected under 

17 the Constitution and laws of the United 

18 States in a way that the government or 

19 ruling party of a covered nation may op20 pose; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) for suppressing said exercise of 

22 rights; 

23 ‘‘(B) will not engage in any efforts to col24 lect or transmit information concerning, open 

25 any lines of communication with, or encourage 


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1 other persons to report on, any student with a 

2 family member that resides in a covered nation 

3 for the purposes of— 

4 ‘‘(i) monitoring whether such student 

5 is exercising their rights protected under 

6 the Constitution and laws of the United 

7 States in a way that the government or 

8 ruling party of a covered nation opposes; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(ii) for suppressing said exercise of 

11 rights; and 

12 ‘‘(C) will not engage in any other form of 

13 transnational repression on behalf of any gov14 ernment or ruling party of a covered nation or 

15 any agent of a covered nation. 

16 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE ISSUANCE

17 OF STUDENT VISA.—An alien who is a national of a 

18 covered nation may not be accorded status as a non19 immigrant under subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of 

20 section 101(a)(15) until the alien submits a certifi21 cation that the alien— 

22 ‘‘(A) will not report on students who are 

23 nationals of a covered nation to the govern24 ment, the ruling party, or an agent of a covered 

25 nation, or to any agent or government for the 


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1 purpose of sharing such information with a gov2 ernment, ruling party, or agent of a covered na3 tion, for that student’s exercise of rights pro4 tected under the Constitution and laws of the 

5 United States; 

6 ‘‘(B) will not report on any student with a 

7 family member that resides in a covered nation 

8 to the government, the ruling party, or an 

9 agent of that covered nation for that student’s 

10 exercise of rights protected under the Constitu11 tion and laws of the United States; and 

12 ‘‘(C) will not engage in any other form of 

13 transnational repression on behalf of a covered 

14 nation or any agent of a covered nation. 

15 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) COVERED NATION.—The term ‘cov17 ered nation’ means the People’s Republic of 

18 China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Re19 public of Iran, or the Democractic People’s Re20 public of Korea. 

21 ‘‘(B) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU22 CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu23 cation’ has the meaning given to it in section 

24 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

25 U.S.C. 1001). 


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1 ‘‘(C) TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION.—The 

2 term ‘transnational repression’ means any ac3 tion by a foreign government, a ruling party of 

4 a foreign country, or any person operating on 

5 behalf of a government or ruling party of a for6 eign country that meets each of the following 

7 criteria: 

8 ‘‘(i) The action involves— 

9 ‘‘(I) any effort intended to in10 timidate or coerce a person to take an 

11 action in the interest of a government 

12 or ruling party of a foreign country; 

13 ‘‘(II) any effort intended to in14 timidate or coerce a person to take an 

15 action to prevent that person from ex16 ercising a right protected under the 

17 Constitution or laws of the United 

18 States; 

19 ‘‘(III) any effort to engage in an 

20 extrajudicial killing or abduction to 

21 prevent that person from exercising a 

22 right protected under the Constitution 

23 or laws of the United States; or 


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1 ‘‘(IV) providing support to an ef2 fort described in clauses (i), (ii), and 

3 (iii). 

4 ‘‘(ii) The activity is engaged in for the 

5 purpose of suppressing dissent against or 

6 otherwise advancing the interests of a gov7 ernment or ruling party of a foreign coun8 try. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The activity occurs, in whole or 

10 in part, in the United States and is com11 mitted against a United States person or a 

12 person in the United States. 

13 ‘‘(4) VIOLATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) If the Secretary of State determines, 

15 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security, that an alien has committed any act 

17 in violation of a certification made under para18 graph (1) or (2), any status as a nonimmigrant 

19 accorded to that alien shall be terminated im20 mediately. 

21 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary of State determines, 

22 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security, that any other nonimmigrant who is a 

24 national of a covered nation has acted as an 

25 agent of that country and has engaged in any 


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1 conduct described in clauses (i) through (iii) of 

2 paragraph (2)(A), any status as a non3 immigrant accorded to that alien shall be termi4 nated immediately.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re7 quire any member of a foreign mission (as such term is 

8 defined in section 202 of the State Department Basic Au9 thorities Act of 1956) of a covered nation (as such term 

10 is defined in section 214(s)(3) of the Immigration and Na11 tionality Act) seeking to visit any institution of higher edu12 cation or any other research institution in the United 

13 States to submit to the Secretary— 

14 (1) a prior notification of their intent to visit 

15 said institution; and 

16 (2) a request for approval to visit said institu17 tion. 

18 (b) LIMITATION ON APPROVAL.—The Secretary may 

19 not grant such request for approval before the date that 

20 is 30 days after an unclassified notification of the request 

21 to visit is submitted to the Committee on Foreign Rela22 tions of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

23 the House of Representatives, the Select Committee on In24 telligence of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Com25 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and 


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1 a notification of the request is provided to the Secretary 

2 of Education. 

3 (c) VISIT DEFINED.—For the purposes of this sec4 tion, the term ‘‘visit’’ means an individual being present 

5 on the premises of an institution of higher education, or 

6 any other research institution in the United States, as well 

7 as being present on the premises of any facility owned or 

8 leased by said institutions. 

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