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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3802 

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to censorship and related 

activities against citizens of the People’s Republic of China. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2020 

Mr. CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to censorship and related activities against citizens of the People’s 

Republic of China. 

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 ‘‘Ending Medical Cen5 sorship and Cover Ups in China Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CEN2 SORSHIP AND RELATED ACTIVITIES AGAINST 

3 CITIZENS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

4 CHINA. 

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

6 sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each 

7 person on the list required by subsection (b). 

8 (b) LIST REQUIRED.— 

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

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

11 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees a list of persons that the President deter13 mines have, on or after such date of enactment, en14 gaged in censorship or other activities with respect 

15 to the People’s Republic of China that— 

16 (A) prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise 

17 of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens 

18 of the People’s Republic of China, including 

19 prohibitions, limitations, or penalties related to 

20 the use of social media; 

21 (B) penalize citizens of the People’s Re22 public of China for the public dissemination of 

23 accurate epidemiological information, including 

24 information related to emerging diseases or 

25 pathogens; or 


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1 (C) limit access to print, broadcast, digital, 

2 or social media. 

3 (2) UPDATES OF LIST.—The President shall 

4 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

5 an updated list under paragraph (1) not less fre6 quently than annually and as new information be7 comes available. 

8 (3) FORM OF REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

9 (A) FORM.—Each list required by this 

10 subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 

11 form but may include a classified annex. 

12 (B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi13 fied portion of a list required by this subsection 

14 shall be posted on publicly available websites of 

15 the Department of the Treasury and the De16 partment of State. 

17 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

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

19 this subsection are the following: 

20 (A) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President 

21 shall, pursuant to the International Emergency 

22 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

23 block and prohibit all transactions in property 

24 and interests in property of a person on the list 

25 required by subsection (b) if such property and 


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1 interests in property are in the United States, 

2 come within the United States, or are or come 

3 within the possession or control of a United 

4 States person. 

5 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD6 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

7 (i) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED

8 STATES.—The Secretary of State shall 

9 deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home10 land Security shall exclude from the 

11 United States, any alien on the list re12 quired by subsection (b). 

13 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

14 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

15 consular officer, the Secretary of 

16 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

17 Security (or a designee of any such 

18 officer or Secretary) shall revoke any 

19 visa or other entry documentation 

20 issued to an alien on the list required 

21 by subsection (b), regardless of when 

22 the visa or other documentation was 

23 issued. 

24 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

25 A revocation under subclause (I) shall 


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1 take effect immediately and shall 

2 automatically cancel any other valid 

3 visa or entry documentation that is in 

4 the alien’s possession. 

5 (2) INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL EMER6 GENCY REQUIREMENT.—The requirements under 

7 section 202 of the International Emergency Eco8 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply 

9 for purposes of paragraph (1)(A). 

10 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

11 (1) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—This section 

12 shall not apply with respect to activities subject to 

13 the reporting requirements under title V of the Na14 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) 

15 or any authorized intelligence activities of the United 

16 States. 

17 (2) COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS HEAD18 QUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) shall 

19 not apply with respect to the admission of an alien 

20 to the United States if such admission is necessary 

21 to comply with United States obligations under the 

22 Agreement between the United Nations and the 

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1 ber 21, 1947, under the Convention on Consular Re2 lations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered 

3 into force March 19, 1967, or under other inter4 national obligations. 

5 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

6 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex7 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

8 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

9 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

10 this section. 

11 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at12 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

13 violation of subsection (c)(1)(A) or any regulation, 

14 license, or order issued to carry out that subsection 

15 shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub16 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter17 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

18 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 

19 commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

20 of that section. 

21 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms 

23 ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, and ‘‘alien’’ have the 

24 meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 

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


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

5 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

6 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and 

7 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

8 Transportation of the Senate; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Financial Services, the Com11 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

12 on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

15 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

16 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law17 fully admitted to the United States for perma18 nent residence; or 

19 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

20 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

21 United States. 

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