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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5410 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expel Illegal Chinese Police Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S 
              REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall impose--
            (1) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) with 
        respect to any foreign person the President determines is--
                    (A) a provincial, municipal, or other 
                jurisdictional police department or law enforcement 
                institution in the People's Republic of China, 
                including the provincial police departments of Xinjiang 
                Uyghur Autonomous Region and Fujian;
                    (B) a member of the senior leadership of a 
                department or institution described in subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (C) directly associated with establishing or 
                maintaining a Chinese police presence in the United 
                States;
                    (D) acting under the direction and control of a 
                provincial, municipal, or other Public Security Bureau 
                or law enforcement institution in the People's Republic 
                of China; or
                    (E) acting under the direction or control of the 
                United Front Work Department with the intention of 
                covertly monitoring or intimidating individuals living 
                in the United States; and
            (2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) with 
        respect to an alien the President determines is--
                    (A) an employee of a department or institution 
                described in paragraph (1)(A) or foreign person 
                described in paragraph (1)(E);
                    (B) an immediate family member of such an employee; 
                or
                    (C) directly associated with establishing or 
                maintaining a Chinese police presence or a presence of 
                the United Front Work Department in the United States.
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection with respect to a foreign person described in subsection (a) 
are the following:
            (1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
        the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic 
        Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 
        block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
        interests in property of any foreign person described in 
        subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in property 
        are in the United States, come within the United States, or are 
        or come within the possession or control of a United States 
        person.
            (2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or parole.--
                    (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of an 
                alien described in subsection (a), the alien is--
                            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
                            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
                        documentation to enter the United States; and
                            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
                        or paroled into the United States or to receive 
                        any other benefit under the Immigration and 
                        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
                    (B) Current visas revoked.--
                            (i) In general.--The visa or other entry 
                        documentation of an alien described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, regardless 
                        of when such visa or other entry documentation 
                        was issued.
                            (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under 
                        clause (i) shall--
                                    (I) take effect immediately; and
                                    (II) automatically cancel any other 
                                valid visa or entry documentation that 
                                is in the alien's possession.
    (c) Waiver.--
            (1) In general.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis 
        and for periods not to exceed 30 days, waive the application of 
        sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person 
        if the President certifies to Congress not later than 15 days 
        before the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is vital to 
        the national security interests of the United States.
            (2) Form of certification.--The President may submit a 
        certification under paragraph (1) to Congress in classified 
        form if the President determines it is necessary to do so.
    (d) Implementation; Penalties.--
            (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
        authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
        1704) to carry out this section.
            (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
        violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
        section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
        out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
        subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
        extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
        subsection (a) of that section.
    (e) Prohibition on Participation in Certain Investigations.--The 
President shall direct all Federal agencies not to participate in any 
investigation that is not initiated by the United States Government 
into any foreign person described in subsection (a) unless the 
President determines that participating in such an investigation is 
vital to health, safety, and well-being of United States citizens.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Admitted alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' 
        have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
            (2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
        person that is not a United States person.
            (3) Immediate family member.--The term ``immediate family 
        member'', with respect to a foreign person, means the spouse, 
        parent, sibling, or adult child of the person.
            (4) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
        entity, including a governmental entity.
            (5) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) an individual who is a United States citizen or 
                an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
                the United States;
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; 
                or
                    (C) any person in the United States.
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