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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3018 

To impose sanctions on senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2021 

Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. 

HARSHBARGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. HINSON, Ms. 

TENNEY, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. 

CAWTHORN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. TIFFANY, 

and Mr. GIMENEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions on senior officials 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 ‘‘Chinese Communist 

5 Party (CCP) Politburo Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States to hold members 

3 of the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 

4 accountable for their malign disinformation campaign and 

5 political warfare against the United States, theft of intel6 lectual property of United States citizens, and severe 

7 abuses of human rights of the people of China. 

8 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SEN9 IOR OFFICIALS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST 

10 PARTY. 

11 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, the President is authorized to 

13 impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re14 spect to any foreign person who the President determines 

15 is a senior official of the CCP, including a member of the 

16 CCP politburo, and has engaged in or provided support 

17 to or for— 

18 (1) a malign disinformation campaign or polit19 ical warfare operation against the United States; 

20 (2) the theft of intellectual property of a United 

21 States person; 

22 (3) threats or actions undermining the sov23 ereignty of Taiwan; or 

24 (4) the forced closure or destruction of church25 es, mosques, Buddhist temples, or any other place of 

26 worship in China, or restricting the religious practice 


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1 of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, or any other reli2 gious group in China. 

3 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

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

5 this subsection with respect to a foreign person de6 termined by the President to be subject to sub7 section (a) are the following: 

8 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President 

9 shall exercise of all powers granted to the Presi10 dent by the International Emergency Economic 

11 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the ex12 tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans13 actions in property and interests in property of 

14 the foreign person if such property and inter15 ests in property are in the United States, come 

16 within the United States, or are or come within 

17 the possession or control of a United States 

18 person. 

19 (B) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDI20 VIDUALS.— 

21 (i) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMIS22 SION, OR PAROLE.—Such a foreign person 

23 is— 

24 (I) inadmissible to the United 

25 States; 


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1 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

2 other documentation to enter the 

3 United States; and 

4 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

5 admitted or paroled into the United 

6 States or to receive any other benefit 

7 under the Immigration and Nation8 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

9 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

10 (I) IN GENERAL.—The visa or 

11 other documentation issued to such a 

12 foreign person shall be revoked, re13 gardless of when such visa or other 

14 documentation is or was issued. 

15 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

16 A revocation under subclause (I) 

17 shall— 

18 (aa) take effect immediately; 

19 and 

20 (bb) automatically cancel 

21 any other valid visa or entry doc22 umentation that is in the per23 son’s possession. 

24 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

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1 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

2 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

3 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

4 violation of regulations promulgated under sub5 section (e) to implement this section to the same ex6 tent that such penalties apply to a person that com7 mits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of 

8 that Act. 

9 (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA10 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

11 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to a foreign 

12 person who is an individual if admitting the person 

13 into the United States is necessary to permit the 

14 United States to comply with the Agreement regard15 ing the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed 

16 at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 

17 force November 21, 1947, between the United Na18 tions and the United States, or other applicable 

19 international obligations. 

20 (c) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case-by-case 

21 basis and for one period not to exceed one year, waive the 

22 application of sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign 

23 person under this section if the President certifies to the 

24 appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 

25 days before such waiver is to take effect that such waiver 


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1 is vital to the national security interests of the United 

2 States. 

3 (d) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 

4 may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec5 tion if the President determines and reports to the appro6 priate congressional committees not later than 15 days be7 fore the termination takes effect that the President has 

8 determined that the foreign person no longer is involved 

9 in any of the activities described in subsection (a). 

10 (e) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

11 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

12 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer13 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

14 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

15 (f) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

18 shall promulgate regulations as necessary for the im19 plementation of this section. 

20 (2) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not less 

21 than 10 days before the promulgation of regulations 

22 under paragraph (1), the President shall notify and 

23 provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

24 the proposed regulations and the provisions of this 

25 section that such regulations are implementing. 


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1 (g) SUNSET.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall terminate 

3 on January 1, 2025. 

4 (2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

5 apply with respect to sanctions imposed with respect 

6 to a foreign person under this section before Janu7 ary 1, 2025. 

8 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 101(3) of the 

11 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

12 1101(3)). 

13 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT14 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com15 mittees’’ means— 

16 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

17 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 

18 Ways and Means, and the Committee on Finan19 cial Services of the House of Representatives; 

20 and 

21 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

22 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

23 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 


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1 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per2 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

3 person. 

4 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPOSI5 TION OF SANCTIONS ON MEMBERS OF THE 

6 CCP POLITBURO. 

7 (a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

10 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 a determination, including a detailed justification, regard12 ing whether any member of the Chinese Communist Party 

13 (CCP) Politburo satisfies the criteria for the application 

14 of sanctions pursuant to any of the following: 

15 (1) Section 3 of this Act. 

16 (2) Executive Order 13694 (50 U.S.C. 1701 

17 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons 

18 engaged in significant malicious cyber-enabled activi19 ties). 

20 (3) The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac21 countability Act (enacted as subtitle F of title XII 

22 of division A of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2017; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

24 (4) The Uyghur Human Rights and Policy Act 

25 of 2020 (Public Law 116–145). 


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1 (5) The Hong Kong Human Rights and De2 mocracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76). 

3 (b) FORM.—The determination required by sub4 section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

5 contain a classified annex. 

6 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE7 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres8 sional committees’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

10 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Fi11 nancial Services, and the Committee on the Judici12 ary of the House of Representatives; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

15 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com16 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 5. MANDATORY APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—No later than 180 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall im20 pose the sanctions described in section 3 of this Act with 

21 respect to each individual specified in subsection (b). 

22 (b) INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS DE23 SCRIBED.—The individuals specified in this subsection are 

24 the following: 

25 (1) Wu Yingjie. 


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1 (2) Wang Yang. 

2 (3) Han Zheng. 

3 (4) Xia Baolong. 

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