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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4913 

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of certain organizations 

of the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2024 

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

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for the imposition of sanctions on members of 

certain organizations of the Chinese Communist Party, 

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 ‘‘Sanctioning Tyrannical 

5 and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist 

6 Party Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP CCP Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that members of the Chi9 nese Communist Party, led by General Secretary Xi 

10 Jinping, are responsible for— 


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1 (1) violations of Hong Kong’s autonomy; 

2 (2) increased aggression against Taiwan, the 

3 Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and 

4 India; 

5 (3) numerous human rights violations against 

6 the people of Hong Kong and acts of repression 

7 against the people of Tibet; and 

8 (4) increased acts of oppression, including the 

9 use of forced labor, and genocide against Uyghurs 

10 and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in 

11 the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 

12 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

13 MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CHINESE COMMUNIST 

14 PARTY ORGANIZATIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis 

17 thereafter, the President shall impose the sanctions de18 scribed in subsection (c) with respect to— 

19 (1) each foreign person that the President de20 termines engages in conduct described in subsection 

21 (b) and is a member of— 

22 (A) the Politburo, including the Politburo 

23 Standing Committee, of the Chinese Communist 

24 Party; 


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1 (B) the Central Military Commission of 

2 the Chinese Communist Party; 

3 (C) the Central Committee of the Chinese 

4 Communist Party; or 

5 (D) any successor organization of an orga6 nization specifried in subparagraph (A), (B), or 

7 (C) in the event that the organization is dis8 solved; and 

9 (2) each foreign person who is an adult family 

10 member, including a spouse or an adult family mem11 ber of the spouse, of a person described in para12 graph (1). 

13 (b) SANCTIONABLE CONDUCT.—A person engages in 

14 the conduct described by this subsection if the person 

15 plays a significant role in the development, approval, or 

16 implementation of policies or laws of the Government of 

17 the People’s Republic of China that the President deter18 mines appear designed to— 

19 (1) violate the autonomy of Hong Kong; 

20 (2) harass, intimidate, or result in increased ag21 gression toward Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, 

22 Japan, the Philippines, or India; or 

23 (3) contribute to political oppression or viola24 tions of human rights of individuals or societal 

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1 cluding Tibetans and Uyghurs and other predomi2 nantly Muslim ethnic groups. 

3 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

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

5 this subsection are the following: 

6 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi7 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

8 the President under the International Emer9 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

10 seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro11 hibit all transactions in property and interests 

12 in property of a foreign person subject to sub13 section (a) if such property and interests in 

14 property are in the United States, come within 

15 the United States, or are or come within the 

16 possession or control of a United States person. 

17 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD18 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

19 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

20 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des22 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

23 has reason to believe, is described in sub24 section (a) is— 


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1 (I) inadmissible to the United 

2 States; 

3 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

4 other documentation to enter the 

5 United States; and 

6 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

7 admitted or paroled into the United 

8 States or to receive any other benefit 

9 under the Immigration and Nation10 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

11 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

12 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

13 consular officer, the Secretary of 

14 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

15 Security (or a designee of one of such 

16 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

17 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

18 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 

19 revoke any visa or other entry docu20 mentation issued to an alien described 

21 in clause (i) regardless of when the 

22 visa or other entry documentation is 

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) EXCEPTIONS.— 

6 (A) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

7 AGREEMENT.—The sanctions described in para8 graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to the 

9 admission or paroling of an alien into the 

10 United States if such admission or parole is 

11 necessary to permit the United States to com12 ply with the Agreement regarding the Head13 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 

14 Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force 

15 November 21, 1947, between the United Na16 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

17 international obligations. 

18 (B) EXCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE, LAW

19 ENFORCEMENT, AND NATIONAL SECURITY AC20 TIVITIES.—Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall 

21 not apply to any authorized intelligence, law en22 forcement, or national security activities of the 

23 United States. 

24 (d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub25 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 


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1 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

2 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, con3 spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro4 mulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions im5 posed pursuant to this section to the same extent that 

6 such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

7 act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 

8 (e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

9 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

10 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer11 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

12 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

13 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall, 

14 not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act, promulgate regulations as necessary for the 

16 implementation of this section. 

17 (g) WAIVER.—Subject to subsection (i), the President 

18 may, for one or more periods of not more than 60 days 

19 each, waive the application of sanctions with respect to 

20 a foreign person under this section if the President cer21 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 

22 later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that 

23 the waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 

24 United States. 


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1 (h) SUNSET OF WAIVER AND LICENSE AUTHORI2 TIES.—The President’s authority to issue waivers or li3 censes with respect to sanctions required by subsection 

4 (a), including pursuant to sections 203 and 205 of the 

5 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

6 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704), shall terminate on the date that 

7 is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (i) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may termi10 nate any sanctions imposed under subsection (a) not 

11 fewer than 15 days after the date on which the 

12 President submits in writing to the appropriate con13 gressional committees, and concurrently publishes on 

14 a publicly available website of the Federal Govern15 ment, a certification that the People’s Republic of 

16 China and the Chinese Communist Party have— 

17 (A) ceased the genocide of the Uyghurs 

18 and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, 

19 including by verifiably shutting down all intern20 ment camps for Uyghurs and ending the prac21 tice of facilitating or supporting forced labor 

22 and forced sterilization of Uyghurs; 

23 (B) ceased all forms of threats, military 

24 exercises, and aggression toward Taiwan, the 

25 Republic of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and 


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1 India, including through verifiably, and for a 

2 period of not less than one year, having not 

3 conducted, by any military or intelligence per4 sonnel associated with the Chinese Communist 

5 Party or the People’s Republic of China, or any 

6 agency or instrumentality thereof— 

7 (i) any breach of Taiwan’s air space, 

8 territorial waters, or land mass; or 

9 (ii) any acts violating the territorial 

10 integrity of the Republic of Korea, Japan, 

11 the Philippines, or India; 

12 (C) ceased the undermining of the auton13 omy of Hong Kong, including through respect14 ing the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declara15 tion, and reversing all steps taken to interfere 

16 with the democratic process and governance of 

17 Hong Kong; and 

18 (D) ceased efforts to steal the intellectual 

19 property of United States persons. 

20 (2) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RE21 SPECT TO SPECIFIC PERSONS.—The President may 

22 terminate any sanction imposed under subsection (a) 

23 with respect to a person not fewer than 15 days 

24 after the date on which the President submits in 

25 writing to the appropriate congressional committees, 


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1 and concurrently publishes on a publicly available 

2 website of the Federal Government, a certification 

3 that the person has— 

4 (A) affirmatively renounced membership in 

5 the Chinese Communist Party; and 

6 (B) taken actionable steps to denounce and 

7 remediate the conduct forming the basis for im8 position of the sanction. 

9 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED; ALIEN; LAWFULLY

11 ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE; NA12 TIONAL.—The terms ‘‘admission’’, ‘‘admitted’’, 

13 ‘‘alien’’, ‘‘lawfully admitted for permanent resi14 dence’’, and ‘‘national’’ have the meanings given 

15 those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and 

16 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

17 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means— 

20 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

21 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

24 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

25 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 


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1 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 

3 United States person. 

4 (4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

5 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

6 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law7 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

8 United States; 

9 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

10 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

11 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

12 such an entity; or 

13 (C) any person in the United States. 

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