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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2899 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure open and free 

journalism access in the People’s Republic of China by establishing 

a reciprocal relationship between the number of visas issued to statecontrolled media workers in China and in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 

Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure 

open and free journalism access in the People’s Republic 

of China by establishing a reciprocal relationship between 

the number of visas issued to state-controlled media 

workers in China and 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 ‘‘Chinese Media Reci5 procity Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON VISAS TO STATE-CONTROLLED 

2 MEDIA WORKERS FROM THE PEOPLE’S RE3 PUBLIC OF CHINA. 

4 (a) LIMITATION ON I-VISAS.—Section 101(a)(15)(I) 

5 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

6 1101(a)(15)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘subject to sec7 tion 214(s),’’ before ‘‘upon a basis’’. 

8 (b) RECIPROCITY OF VISAS TO STATE MEDIA WORK9 ERS.—Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(s)(1) In the case of an alien who is a state-con13 trolled media worker from the People’s Republic of China 

14 and is seeking classification under section 101(a)(15)(I), 

15 the Attorney General may only issue a visa to such an 

16 alien upon a basis of reciprocity with visas issued by the 

17 People’s Republic of China to nationals of the United 

18 States who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of 

19 Governors and who seek to enter the People’s Republic 

20 of China solely to engage in such vocation. 

21 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection— 

22 ‘‘(A) the term ‘state-controlled media 

23 worker from the People’s Republic of China’ 

24 means a representative of a media organization 

25 owned, operated, or controlled by the People’s 

26 Republic of China, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) China Central Television; 

2 ‘‘(ii) China Daily; 

3 ‘‘(iii) China National Radio; 

4 ‘‘(iv) China News Service; 

5 ‘‘(v) China Radio International; 

6 ‘‘(vi) China Youth Daily; 

7 ‘‘(vii) Economic Daily; 

8 ‘‘(viii) Global Times; 

9 ‘‘(ix) Guangming Daily; 

10 ‘‘(x) Legal Daily; 

11 ‘‘(xi) Liberation Army Daily; 

12 ‘‘(xii) People’s Daily; or 

13 ‘‘(xiii) Xinhua News Agency; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the term ‘Broadcasting Board of 

15 Governors’ means— 

16 ‘‘(i) the entity described under the 

17 Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(ii) any other entity that engages in 

20 broadcasting activities as a result of such 

21 Act.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF CERTAIN VISAS; NONIMMIGRANT 

23 STATUS. 

24 (a) REVOCATION OF CERTAIN VISAS.—Not later than 

25 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 


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1 Secretary of State shall revoke a sufficient number of visas 

2 issued to state-controlled media workers from the People’s 

3 Republic of China so that the remaining number of such 

4 visas does not exceed the number of visas issued by the 

5 People’s Republic of China to nationals of the United 

6 States who are employees of the Broadcasting Board of 

7 Governors and who seek to enter the People’s Republic 

8 of China solely to engage in such vocation. 

9 (b) REVOCATION OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT STA10 TUS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact11 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revoke the 

12 nonimmigrant status of a sufficient number of aliens who 

13 are state-controlled media workers from the People’s Re14 public of China and who entered the United States as non15 immigrants under section 101(a)(15)(I) of the Immigra16 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(I)) so that 

17 the remaining number of such aliens with a valid immigra18 tion status who are present in the United States does not 

19 exceed the number of nationals of the United States who 

20 are employees of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 

21 and who entered the People’s Republic of China under a 

22 nonimmigrant visa solely to engage in such vocation. 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the terms ‘‘state24 controlled media workers from the People’s Republic of 

25 China’’ and ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ have the 


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1 meanings given such terms in section 214(s)(2) of the Im2 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)(2)). 

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