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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7608 

To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 

the People’s Republic of China’s economy in which the person has engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property of 

a United States person, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2024 

Mr. CURTIS 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 persons that operate 

in a sector of the People’s Republic of China’s economy 

in which the person has engaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property of a United States 

person, 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 ‘‘Combatting China’s 

5 Pilfering of Intellectual Property Act’’ or the ‘‘CCP IP 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE 

2 THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 

4 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to each 

5 person described in subsection (c) the President deter6 mines, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, oper7 ates in a sector of the People’s Republic of China’s econ8 omy in which the person— 

9 (1) has engaged in a pattern of significant theft 

10 of the intellectual property of a United States per11 son; or 

12 (2) has received the intellectual property of a 

13 United States person through a pattern of signifi14 cant theft engaged in by other persons. 

15 (b) SANCTIONS IMPOSED.—The sanctions described 

16 in this subsection are the following: 

17 (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all pow18 ers granted to the President by the International 

19 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 

20 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 

21 all transactions in all property and interests in prop22 erty of a person described in subsection (a) if such 

23 property and interests in property are in the United 

24 States, come within the United States, or are or 

25 come within the possession or control of a United 

26 States person. 


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1 (2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

2 OR PAROLE.— 

3 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An 

4 alien described in subsection (a) is— 

5 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

6 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

7 documentation to enter the United States; 

8 and 

9 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

10 or paroled into the United States or to re11 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

13 seq.). 

14 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—The issuing con16 sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 

17 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des18 ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 

19 accordance with section 221(i) of the Im20 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

21 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 

22 documentation issued to an alien who the 

23 Secretary of State or the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security (or a designee of one of 

25 such Secretaries) determines is described 


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1 in subsection (a), regardless of when the 

2 visa or other documentation is issued. 

3 (ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev4 ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 

5 immediately and shall automatically cancel 

6 any other valid visa or entry documenta7 tion that is in the alien’s possession. 

8 (c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 

9 this section is one of the following: 

10 (1) An individual who— 

11 (A) is a national of the People’s Republic 

12 of China or acting at the direction of a national 

13 or entity of the People’s Republic of China; and 

14 (B) is not a United States person. 

15 (2) An entity that is— 

16 (A) organized under the laws of the Peo17 ple’s Republic of China or of any jurisdiction 

18 within the People’s Republic of China; 

19 (B) owned or controlled by individuals who 

20 are nationals of the People’s Republic of China; 

21 or 

22 (C) owned or controlled by an entity de23 scribed in subparagraph (A) and is not a 

24 United States person. 

25 (d) PENALTIES; IMPLEMENTATION.— 


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1 (1) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at2 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

3 violation of subsection (a) or any regulation, license, 

4 or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall be 

5 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

6 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer7 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

8 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

9 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

10 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex11 ercise all authorities provided to the President under 

12 sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer13 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

14 1704) for purposes of carrying out this section. 

15 (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the imposi16 tion of sanctions under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 

17 basis with respect to a person if the President— 

18 (1) certifies to the Committee on Foreign Af19 fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judici22 ary of the Senate that such waiver is in the national 

23 security interests of the United States; and 

24 (2) includes a justification for such certifi25 cation. 


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1 (f) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

2 may terminate sanctions imposed under subsection (a) 

3 with respect to a person if the President certifies to the 

4 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa5 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen6 ate that such person is no longer engaging in efforts to 

7 steal United States intellectual property. 

8 (g) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

10 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

12 Relations of the Senate a report that specifies each person 

13 the President determines meets the criteria described in 

14 subsection (a) for the imposition of sanctions. 

15 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

16 (1) the terms ‘‘admitted’’ and ‘‘alien’’ have the 

17 meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 

18 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101); 

19 and 

20 (2) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

21 (A) an individual who is a United States 

22 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma23 nent residence to the United States; or 


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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

3 the United States. 

4 SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 

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

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

7 shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol8 lowing: 

9 (1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist 

10 Party, including the Politburo, the Central Com11 mittee, and each delegate to the 19th National Con12 gress of the Chinese Communist Party. 

13 (2) The spouses and children of the senior offi14 cials described in paragraph (1). 

15 (3) Members of the cabinet of the Government 

16 of the People’s Republic of China. 

17 (4) Active duty members of the People’s Libera18 tion Army of China. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub20 section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Direc21 tor of National Intelligence certifies to the Committee on 

22 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate that the Gov24 ernment of the People’s Republic of China has ceased 

25 sponsoring, funding, facilitating, and actively working to 


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1 support efforts to infringe on the intellectual property 

2 rights of citizens and companies of the United States. 

3 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 of State shall submit to Congress a report that— 

6 (1) details the efficacy of visa screening mecha7 nisms to mitigate intellectual property theft by the 

8 People’s Republic of China; and 

9 (2) includes a list of research institutions asso10 ciated with the People’s Liberation Army and the 

11 Ministry of State Security of the People’s Republic 

12 of China. 

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