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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8764 

To prohibit certain members of the Chinese Communist Party from entering 

the United States until such time as the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China ceases the theft of the intellectual property of the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HICE

of Georgia, Mr. PERRY, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, and Mr. BROOKS

of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit certain members of the Chinese Communist 

Party from entering the United States until such time 

as the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

ceases the theft of the intellectual property of the United 

States, 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 ‘‘Stop China’s IP Theft 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) China is perpetrating what Secretary of De4 fense Mark Esper has called ‘‘the greatest intellec5 tual property theft in human history’’. 

6 (2) A report by the Australian Strategic Policy 

7 Institute has found that since 2007 approximately 

8 500 Chinese military scientists were sent to the 

9 United States to study. According to the report 

10 China has been sending soldiers to study science and 

11 engineering in Western universities including the 

12 United States as part of a widespread effort to col13 lect military technology. 

14 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

15 It is the policy of the United States to prohibit the 

16 entry of Chinese Communist Party leaders and military 

17 and government officials of the People’s Republic of China 

18 into the United States until the Government of the Peo19 ple’s Republic of China ceases its efforts to infringe on 

20 the intellectual property rights of the United States. 

21 SEC. 4. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 

22 (a) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary of State may not 

23 issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

24 shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol25 lowing: 


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1 (1) senior officials in the Chinese Communist 

2 Party, including the Politburo, the Central Com3 mittee, and each delegate to the 19th National Con4 gress of the Chinese Communist Party; 

5 (2) the spouses and children of the senior offi6 cials described in paragraph (1); 

7 (3) members of the cabinet of the Government 

8 of the People’s Republic of China; and 

9 (4) active duty members of the People’s Libera10 tion Army of China. 

11 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub12 section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Direc13 tor of National Intelligence certifies to the Committees on 

14 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate that the Government of the People’s Republic of 

16 China has ceased sponsoring, funding, facilitating, and ac17 tively working to support efforts to infringe on the intellec18 tual property rights of citizens and companies of the 

19 United States. 

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