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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8043 

To impose certain sanctions relating to the People’s Republic of China and 

support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. 

GOLDEN of Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To impose certain sanctions relating to the People’s Republic 

of China and support for the Russian invasion of 

Ukraine, 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 ‘‘NO LIMITS Act of 

5 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

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1 ury designated People’s Republic of China entity 

2 Sinno Electronics Co. Limited (Sinno) for providing 

3 material support to the defense industrial base of 

4 the Russian Federation. 

5 (2) On January 26, 2023, the Office of Foreign 

6 Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 

7 sanctioned People’s Republic of China entity 

8 Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Re9 search Institute Co. LTD (Spacety China) for pro10 viding material support to entities of the Russian 

11 Federation involved in combat operations in 

12 Ukraine. 

13 (3) There is clear and increasing evidence that 

14 People’s Republic of China entities continue to evade 

15 United States sanctions to provide material support 

16 to the defense and military industrial base of the 

17 Russian Federation. 

18 (4) Under Executive Order 13959 (85 Fed. 

19 Reg. 73185; related to addressing the threat from 

20 securities investments that finance Communist Chi21 nese military companies), the President found that 

22 the People’s Republic of China ‘‘increases the size of 

23 the country’s military-industrial complex by compel24 ling civilian Chinese companies to support its mili25 tary and intelligence activities. Those companies, 


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1 though remaining ostensibly private and civilian, di2 rectly support the PRC’s military, intelligence, and 

3 security apparatuses and aid in their development 

4 and modernization.’’. 

5 (5) Evidence of industrial support for the Rus6 sian Federation by the People’s Republic of China, 

7 combined with inherent blurred lines between the ci8 vilian versus governmental defense apparatus in the 

9 People’s Republic of China, requires new authorities 

10 to protect the national security of the United States. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that the Russian Federation’s continued invasion of 

13 Ukraine is directly enabled by the People’s Republic of 

14 China. It is therefore time for the President to— 

15 (1) more fully cut off financing avenues for 

16 People’s Republic of China entities providing mate17 riel support to the defense and related materiel sec18 tor of the economy of the Russian Federation; 

19 (2) more fully cut off financing avenues for 

20 People’s Republic of China entities involved in mili21 tary modernization activities; 

22 (3) impose country-wide export control restric23 tions on dual-use technology exported to the PRC 

24 over concerns of diversion to the Russian Federa25 tion; and 


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1 (4) impose sanctions on PRC entities involved 

2 in the export of weapons and dual-use technology to 

3 the Russian Federation, including microelectronics, 

4 aerospace, automobiles, among others. 

5 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE PEO6 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND SUPPORT 

7 FOR RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that is 90 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi10 dent— 

11 (1) may impose the sanction described in sub12 section (c) with respect to a foreign person the 

13 President determines— 

14 (A) is located or headquartered within, or 

15 is organized under the laws of, the People’s Re16 public of China; and 

17 (B) operates in the technology sector of 

18 the economy of the Russian Federation, the de19 fense and related materiel sector of such econ20 omy, or any other sector of such economy as 

21 may be determined by the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury or the Secretary of State, as the case 

23 may be; and 

24 (2) may impose the sanction described in sub25 section (c) with respect to a foreign person the 


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1 President determines that, in acting for or on behalf 

2 of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the 

3 armed forces or intelligence services of the People’s 

4 Republic of China, is responsible for or engages in— 

5 (A) malicious cyber-enabled activities; 

6 (B) the production, or research and devel7 opment, of dual-use technology or defense or re8 lated materiels; or 

9 (C) facilitating the evasion, circumvention, 

10 or direct violation of United States export con11 trols or sanctions. 

12 (b) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA MILITARY COM13 PANIES OPERATING IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—On and 

14 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions 

16 described in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign person 

17 that— 

18 (1) has business operations in the Russian Fed19 eration; and 

20 (2) is— 

21 (A) a known Chinese military company; or 

22 (B) a covered exporter of automobiles to 

23 the Russian Federation. 

24 (c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanction described in 

2 this paragraph is the exercise all of the powers 

3 granted to the President under the International 

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

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

6 all transactions in property and interests in property 

7 of a foreign person if such property or interests in 

8 property are in the United States, come within the 

9 United States, or are or come within the possession 

10 or control of a United States person. 

11 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex12 ercise the authorities provided to the President 

13 under sections 203 and 205 of the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 

15 and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 

16 section. 

17 (3) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

18 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter19 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

20 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to any person who violates, 

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

22 violation of any prohibition of this section, or an 

23 order or regulation prescribed under this section, to 

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1 section section 206(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 

2 1705(a)). 

3 (4) EXCEPTIONS.— 

4 (A) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE AND

5 LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Sanctions 

6 under this section shall not apply with respect 

7 to— 

8 (i) any activity subject to the report9 ing requirements under title V of the Na10 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

11 3091 et seq.); or 

12 (ii) any authorized intelligence or law 

13 enforcement activities of the United States. 

14 (B) EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTA15 TION OF GOODS.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and 

17 requirements to impose sanctions author18 ized under this section shall not include 

19 the authority or requirement to impose 

20 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

21 (ii) GOOD DEFINED.—In this subpara22 graph, the term ‘‘good’’ means any article, 

23 natural or manmade substance, material, 

24 supply or manufactured product, including 


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1 inspection and test equipment, and exclud2 ing technical data. 

3 (d) WAIVERS.—The President may waive the applica4 tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for5 eign person for renewable periods of not more than 90 

6 days each if the President determines and reports to Con7 gress that such a waiver is vital to the national interests 

8 of the United States. 

9 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘busi11 ness operations’’ means any participation by any 

12 person in a commercial enterprise or venture, or 

13 participation in any association, institution, organi14 zation, or entity, whether of a commercial nature or 

15 otherwise. This includes the production, distribution, 

16 exportation, sale of goods, or provision of services, 

17 regardless of whether a pecuniary benefit or other 

18 assets are derived from such participation. 

19 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per20 son’’ means any person that is not a United States 

21 person. 

22 (3) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

23 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

24 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 


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1 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

2 result (as the case may be). 

3 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in4 dividual or entity. 

5 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

6 ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States 

7 citizen, permanent resident alien, an entity orga8 nized under the laws of the United States or any ju9 risdiction within the United States (including a for10 eign branch of such an entity), or any person in the 

11 United States. 

12 (6) COVERED EXPORTER OF AUTOMOBILES.— 

13 The term ‘‘covered exporter of automobiles’’ means 

14 any of the following persons: 

15 (A) Chery International. 

16 (B) Haval. 

17 (C) Great Wall Motors. 

18 (D) Changan International. 

19 (E) Chery Automobile. 

20 (F) any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor 

21 of the entities in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 

22 (D), or (E). 

23 (7) KNOWN CHINESE MILITARY COMPANY.— 

24 The term ‘‘known Chinese military company’’ means 

25 any of the following persons: 


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1 (A) Aviation Industry Corporation of 

2 China Ltd (AVIC). 

3 (B) 360 Security Technology Inc. (Qihoo 

4 360). 

5 (C) Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equip6 ment Inc. China (AMEC). 

7 (D) Aerospace CH UAV Co., Ltd (S– 

8 SEA). 

9 (E) Beijing Megvii Technology Co., Ltd. 

10 (Megvii). 

11 (F) BGI Genomics Co. Ltd. (BGI). 

12 (G) MGI Co. Ltd. (MGI). 

13 (F) China Aerospace Science and Industry 

14 Corporation Limited (CASIC). 

15 (G) China Electronics Corporation (CEC). 

16 (H) China Construction Technology Co. 

17 Ltd (CCTC). 

18 (I) China Communications Construction 

19 Group (CCCG). 

20 (J) China Construction Technology Co. 

21 Ltd (CCTC). 

22 (K) China Electronics Technology Group 

23 Corporation (CETC). 

24 (L) Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Tech25 nology Co. Ltd (Hikvision). 


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1 (M) China General Nuclear Power Cor2 poration (CGN). 

3 (N) China Mobile Communications Group 

4 Co. Ltd. (China Mobile Comm). 

5 (O) China National Chemical Corporation 

6 (ChemChina). 

7 (P) China National Offshore Oil Corpora8 tion (CNOOC). 

9 (Q) China National Nuclear Corporation 

10 (CNNC). 

11 (R) China Railway Construction Corpora12 tion Limited (CRCC). 

13 (S) China South Industries Group Cor14 poration (CRCC). 

15 (T) China State Construction Engineering 

16 Corporation Limited (CSCEC). 

17 (U) China State Shipbuilding Corporation 

18 Limited (CSSC). 

19 (V) China Telecom Group Co, Ltd. (China 

20 Telecom). 

21 (W) China Three Gorges Corporation 

22 (CTG). 

23 (X) China United Network Communica24 tions Group Co. Ltd (China Unicom). 


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1 (Y) CloudWalk Technology Co. Ltd 

2 (CloudWalk). 

3 (Z) Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd 

4 (Sugon). 

5 (AA) Hesai Technology Co. Ltd (Hesai). 

6 (BB) Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd 

7 (Huawei). 

8 (CC) Inspur Group Partners Co. Ltd (IDG 

9 Capital). 

10 (DD) Semiconductor Manufacturing Inter11 national Corporation (SMIC). 

12 (EE) Shenzhen DJI Innovation Tech13 nology Co. Ltd (DJI). 

14 (FF) Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., 

15 Ltd. (YMTC). 

16 (GG) Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd 

17 (Dahua). 

18 (HH) AVIC Senyang Aircraft Co., Ltd. 

19 (II) Autel Robotics Co. Ltd (Autel). 

20 (JJ) AVIC Heavy Machinery Company 

21 Limited. 

22 (KK) AVIC Xi’An Aircraft Industry Group 

23 Company Ltd. 

24 (LL) ChangXin Memory Technologies 

25 (CXMT). 


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1 (MM) Dahua Technology. 

2 (NN) Zhejiang Uniview Technologies. 

3 (OO) Guizhou Guihang Automotive Com4 ponents Co., Ltd. 

5 (PP) Changying Xinzhi Technology Co., 

6 Ltd. 

7 (QQ) Sichuan Northern Nitrocellulose Co., 

8 Ltd. 

9 (RR) Northern Chemistry Industry Co., 

10 Ltd. 

11 (SS) Any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor 

12 of entities in subparagraphs (A) through (RR). 

13 (f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec14 tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Presi15 dent to designate or sanction persons pursuant to an ap16 plicable Executive order or otherwise pursuant to the 

17 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

18 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

19 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF SANCTIONS ON ARMS MANU20 FACTURERS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

21 CHINA ENGAGED IN OVERSEAS WEAPONS 

22 SALES. 

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

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

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


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1 and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees a determination of wheth3 er, for each covered person, that covered person meets the 

4 criteria for the imposition of the sanction described in sec5 tion 3(c). 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT8 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

11 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

12 and the Select Committee on the Strategic 

13 Competition Between the United States and the 

14 Chinese Communist Party of the House of Rep15 resentatives; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

17 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

18 Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on In19 telligence of the Senate. 

20 (2) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘‘covered 

21 person’’ means any of the following persons: 

22 (A) China North Industries Group Cor23 poration. 

24 (B) Aviation Industry Corporation of 

25 China. 


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1 (C) China Electronics Technology Group 

2 Corporation. 

3 (D) China South Industries Group Cor4 poration. 

5 (E) China Aerospace Science and Industry 

6 Corporation. 

7 (F) China General Nuclear Power Group. 

8 (G) China National Nuclear Corporation. 

9 (H) China State Shipbuilding Corporation. 

10 SEC. 5. CLASSIFYING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 

11 AT HIGH RISK OF FACILITATING DIVERSION 

12 OF UNITED STATES TECHNOLOGY TO THE 

13 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1754 of the Export Con15 trol Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

17 (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(d) ANTI-DIVERSION CONTROLS RELATING TO THE

21 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A license shall be required 

23 for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of 

24 items described in paragraph (2), the control of 


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1 which is implemented pursuant to subsection (a) by 

2 the Secretary, to— 

3 ‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China; or 

4 ‘‘(B) any other foreign country the Sec5 retary of State, in consultation with the Sec6 retary of Defense, determines is facilitating the 

7 diversion of technology or defense-related mate8 rials that are contributing materially to the 

9 ability of the Government of Russia to under10 take military action in Ukraine. 

11 ‘‘(2) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—The items described 

12 in this paragraph— 

13 ‘‘(A) are items that the Secretary of De14 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of 

15 Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Sec16 retary of Energy, determines could make a con17 tribution to the military potential or logistical 

18 capability of the Russian Federation and are at 

19 risk of diversion to the Russian Federation or 

20 affiliates through the People’s Republic of 

21 China; and 

22 ‘‘(B) items that directly or indirectly relate 

23 to— 

24 ‘‘(i) semiconductors; 

25 ‘‘(ii) sensors and lasers; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) aviation and propulsion; 

2 ‘‘(iv) materials processing; or 

3 ‘‘(v) other technologies, as defined by 

4 the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

5 with the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec6 retary of State, and the Secretary of En7 ergy. 

8 ‘‘(3) REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.—The Sec9 retary shall deny a license described in paragraph 

10 (1) for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of 

11 an item described in paragraph (2) unless the person 

12 seeking to export the item submits to the Secretary 

13 such documentation as the Secretary may reasonably 

14 require that demonstrates by clear and convincing 

15 evidence that the export of the item will not pose a 

16 threat to the national security of the United States. 

17 ‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS OF LICENSING REQUIRE18 MENTS TO SUBSIDIARIES.—Any licensing require19 ment applied to a PRC or Russian entity by reason 

20 of the entity being included on the entity list shall 

21 also apply to any subsidiary or other entity over 

22 which the listed entity has control.’’. 

23 SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 

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1 retary of Defense, and the Secretary of State, shall issue 

2 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 

3 Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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