I 
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 commu-
nications, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Name the Enemy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The leadership of the People’s Republic of 
China has gone unchallenged in its perverse pursuits 
of human rights abuses across decades, including— 
(A) murdering untold numbers of pro-De-
mocracy protestors at Tiananmen Square in 
1988; 
(B) harvesting the organs of up to thou-
sands of Chinese citizens every year, especially 
targeting Falun Gong practitioners; 
(C) imprisoning between 800,000 and 
2,000,000 Uighers and ethnic Kazaks in ‘‘re- 
education’’ camps since April 2017; 
(D) condoning and facilitating the practice 
of forced abortions, sterilization procedures, 
and other forms of sexual abuse on women im-
prisoned in these camps; 
(E) arresting and silencing whistleblowers 
following the outbreak of the SARS–CoV–2 
virus; and 
(F) using the People’s Armed Forces Mari-
time Militia (PAFMM) and other paramilitary 
forces to constantly infringe upon the sov-
ereignty of surrounding countries, including in 
April 2020, when a Chinese maritime surveil-
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lance vessel sank a Vietnamese fishing boat off 
the Paracel Islands. 
(2) Such blatant disregard for basic human de-
cency run contrary to the well-functioning of an 
open and civilized society. 
(3) Ultimate responsibility for these outrages 
must lie with the head of state of the People’s Re-
public of China. 
(4) The title of ‘‘President’’ has often been uti-
lized to describe the office of the head of state of the 
People’s Republic of China, in both the United 
States Government and private publications. 
(5) Addressing the head of state of the People’s 
Republic of China as a ‘‘President’’ grants the incor-
rect assumption that the people of the state, via 
democratic means, have readily legitimized the lead-
er who rules them. 
(6) The head of state of the People’s Republic 
of China derives all power and authority from the 
Chinese Communist Party, and is accountable only 
to them. 
(7) The House of Representatives has based the 
proposed action described in this resolution on the 
recommendations provided by the 2019 report of the 
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commis-
sion. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) condemn in the strongest possible terms the 
horrific human rights abuses being perpetuated and 
enabled by the leadership of the Chinese Communist 
Party; 
(2) urge all countries to do the same; 
(3) recognize the deep friendship between the 
United States and the citizens of the People’s Re-
public of China—the first victims of their govern-
ment’s cruelty; and 
(4) honor the memory of all those who have 
died as a result of the callous rule of the Chinese 
Communist Party. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO 
REFER TO THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS ‘‘PRESIDENT’’ 
ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOCU-
MENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Fed-
eral Government may not obligate or expend any funds 
for the creation and dissemination of United States Gov-
ernment documents and communications that refer to the 
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head of state of the People’s Republic of China as any-
thing other than ‘‘General Secretary of the Central Com-
mittee of the Chinese Communist Party’’, or alternatively, 
as ‘‘General Secretary’’. 
Æ 
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