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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5410 

To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in the People’s Republic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese police 

presence in the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 3, 2024 

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

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in 

the People’s Republic of China and other persons seeking 

to establish a Chinese police presence in the United 

States. 

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 ‘‘Expel Illegal Chinese 

5 Police Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE DEPART2 MENTS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF 

3 CHINA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en5 actment of this Act, the President shall impose— 

6 (1) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) 

7 with respect to any foreign person the President de8 termines is— 

9 (A) a provincial, municipal, or other juris10 dictional police department or law enforcement 

11 institution in the People’s Republic of China, 

12 including the provincial police departments of 

13 Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and 

14 Fujian; 

15 (B) a member of the senior leadership of 

16 a department or institution described in sub17 paragraph (A); 

18 (C) directly associated with establishing or 

19 maintaining a Chinese police presence in the 

20 United States; 

21 (D) acting under the direction and control 

22 of a provincial, municipal, or other Public Secu23 rity Bureau or law enforcement institution in 

24 the People’s Republic of China; or 

25 (E) acting under the direction or control of 

26 the United Front Work Department with the 


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1 intention of covertly monitoring or intimidating 

2 individuals living in the United States; and 

3 (2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 

4 with respect to an alien the President determines 

5 is— 

6 (A) an employee of a department or insti7 tution described in paragraph (1)(A) or foreign 

8 person described in paragraph (1)(E); 

9 (B) an immediate family member of such 

10 an employee; or 

11 (C) directly associated with establishing or 

12 maintaining a Chinese police presence or a 

13 presence of the United Front Work Department 

14 in the United States. 

15 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de16 scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 

17 described in subsection (a) are the following: 

18 (1) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 

19 exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter20 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 

22 and prohibit all transactions in all property and in23 terests in property of any foreign person described 

24 in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 

25 property are in the United States, come within the 


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1 United States, or are or come within the possession 

2 or control of a United States person. 

3 (2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS4 SION, OR PAROLE.— 

5 (A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 

6 the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 

7 the alien is— 

8 (i) inadmissible to the United States; 

9 (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 

10 documentation to enter the United States; 

11 and 

12 (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 

13 or paroled into the United States or to re14 ceive any other benefit under the Immigra15 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

16 seq.). 

17 (B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 

19 entry documentation of an alien described 

20 in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re21 gardless of when such visa or other entry 

22 documentation was issued. 

23 (ii) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revoca24 tion under clause (i) shall— 

25 (I) take effect immediately; and 


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1 (II) automatically cancel any 

2 other valid visa or entry documenta3 tion that is in the alien’s possession. 

4 (c) WAIVER.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 

6 case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 30 

7 days, waive the application of sanctions under this 

8 section with respect to a foreign person if the Presi9 dent certifies to Congress not later than 15 days be10 fore the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is 

11 vital to the national security interests of the United 

12 States. 

13 (2) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The President 

14 may submit a certification under paragraph (1) to 

15 Congress in classified form if the President deter16 mines it is necessary to do so. 

17 (d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

18 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex19 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

20 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

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

22 this section. 

23 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at24 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

25 violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 


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1 order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 

2 to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

3 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco4 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex5 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de6 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

7 (e) PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN IN8 VESTIGATIONS.—The President shall direct all Federal 

9 agencies not to participate in any investigation that is not 

10 initiated by the United States Government into any for11 eign person described in subsection (a) unless the Presi12 dent determines that participating in such an investigation 

13 is vital to health, safety, and well-being of United States 

14 citizens. 

15 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) ADMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

17 and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

18 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

19 (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

20 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per21 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

22 person. 

23 (3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 

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1 eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 

2 adult child of the person. 

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

5 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

6 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

7 (A) an individual who is a United States 

8 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma9 nent residence to the United States; 

10 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

11 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

12 United States, including a foreign branch of 

13 such an entity; or 

14 (C) any person in the United States. 

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