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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7981 

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to refer to the head of state of the 

People’s Republic of China as ‘‘President’’ on United States Government 

documents and communications, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to refer to the head 

of state of the People’s Republic of China as ‘‘President’’ 

on United States Government documents and communications, 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 ‘‘Name the Enemy Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The leadership of the People’s Republic of 

2 China has gone unchallenged in its perverse pursuits 

3 of human rights abuses across decades, including— 

4 (A) murdering untold numbers of pro-De5 mocracy protestors at Tiananmen Square in 

6 1988; 

7 (B) harvesting the organs of up to thou8 sands of Chinese citizens every year, especially 

9 targeting Falun Gong practitioners; 

10 (C) imprisoning between 800,000 and 

11 2,000,000 Uighers and ethnic Kazaks in ‘‘re12 education’’ camps since April 2017; 

13 (D) condoning and facilitating the practice 

14 of forced abortions, sterilization procedures, 

15 and other forms of sexual abuse on women im16 prisoned in these camps; 

17 (E) arresting and silencing whistleblowers 

18 following the outbreak of the SARS–CoV–2 

19 virus; and 

20 (F) using the People’s Armed Forces Mari21 time Militia (PAFMM) and other paramilitary 

22 forces to constantly infringe upon the sov23 ereignty of surrounding countries, including in 

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1 lance vessel sank a Vietnamese fishing boat off 

2 the Paracel Islands. 

3 (2) Such blatant disregard for basic human de4 cency run contrary to the well-functioning of an 

5 open and civilized society. 

6 (3) Ultimate responsibility for these outrages 

7 must lie with the head of state of the People’s Re8 public of China. 

9 (4) The title of ‘‘President’’ has often been uti10 lized to describe the office of the head of state of the 

11 People’s Republic of China, in both the United 

12 States Government and private publications. 

13 (5) Addressing the head of state of the People’s 

14 Republic of China as a ‘‘President’’ grants the incor15 rect assumption that the people of the state, via 

16 democratic means, have readily legitimized the lead17 er who rules them. 

18 (6) The head of state of the People’s Republic 

19 of China derives all power and authority from the 

20 Chinese Communist Party, and is accountable only 

21 to them. 

22 (7) The House of Representatives has based the 

23 proposed action described in this resolution on the 

24 recommendations provided by the 2019 report of the 


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1 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commis2 sion. 

3 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States to— 

5 (1) condemn in the strongest possible terms the 

6 horrific human rights abuses being perpetuated and 

7 enabled by the leadership of the Chinese Communist 

8 Party; 

9 (2) urge all countries to do the same; 

10 (3) recognize the deep friendship between the 

11 United States and the citizens of the People’s Re12 public of China—the first victims of their govern13 ment’s cruelty; and 

14 (4) honor the memory of all those who have 

15 died as a result of the callous rule of the Chinese 

16 Communist Party. 

17 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO 

18 REFER TO THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE PEO19 PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS ‘‘PRESIDENT’’ 

20 ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOCU21 MENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed23 eral Government may not obligate or expend any funds 

24 for the creation and dissemination of United States Gov25 ernment documents and communications that refer to the 


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1 head of state of the People’s Republic of China as any2 thing other than ‘‘General Secretary of the Central Com3 mittee of the Chinese Communist Party’’, or alternatively, 

4 as ‘‘General Secretary’’. 

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