I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2127 
To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in the People’s Repub-
lic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese police 
presence in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2025 
Mrs. HINSON
(for herself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mrs. BICE, and 
Mr. CISCOMANI) 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to police departments in 
the People’s Republic of China and other persons seeking 
to establish a Chinese police presence in the United 
States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expel Illegal Chinese 
Police Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POLICE DEPART-
MENTS 
IN 
THE 
PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the President shall impose— 
(1) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) 
with respect to any foreign person the President de-
termines is— 
(A) a provincial, municipal, or other juris-
dictional police department or law enforcement 
institution in the People’s Republic of China, 
including the provincial police departments of 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and 
Fujian; 
(B) a member of the senior leadership of 
a department or institution described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) directly associated with establishing or 
maintaining a Chinese police presence in the 
United States; 
(D) acting under the direction and control 
of a provincial, municipal, or other Public Secu-
rity Bureau or law enforcement institution in 
the People’s Republic of China; or 
(E) acting under the direction or control of 
the United Front Work Department with the 
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intention of covertly monitoring or intimidating 
individuals living in the United States; and 
(2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 
with respect to an alien the President determines 
is— 
(A) an employee of a department or insti-
tution described in paragraph (1)(A) or foreign 
person described in paragraph (1)(E); 
(B) an immediate family member of such 
an employee; or 
(C) directly associated with establishing or 
maintaining a Chinese police presence or a 
presence of the United Front Work Department 
in the United States. 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 
described in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 
exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-
terests in property of any foreign person described 
in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the 
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United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—In 
the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 
the alien is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 
entry documentation of an alien described 
in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-
gardless of when such visa or other entry 
documentation was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
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(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 
case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 30 
days, waive the application of sanctions under this 
section with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-
dent certifies to Congress not later than 15 days be-
fore the waiver is to take effect that the waiver is 
vital to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(2) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The President 
may submit a certification under paragraph (1) to 
Congress in classified form if the President deter-
mines it is necessary to do so. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
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order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN IN-
VESTIGATIONS.—The President shall direct all Federal 
agencies not to participate in any investigation that is not 
initiated by the United States Government into any for-
eign person described in subsection (a) unless the Presi-
dent determines that participating in such an investigation 
is vital to health, safety, and well-being of United States 
citizens. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(3) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’, with respect to a for-
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eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 
adult child of the person. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity, including a governmental entity. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
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