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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 824 
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 
FEBRUARY 4, 2021 
Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. PERRY, 
Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. GAETZ) 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. 
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 ‘‘Stop China’s IP Theft 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) China is perpetrating what Secretary of De-
fense Mark Esper has called ‘‘the greatest intellec-
tual property theft in human history’’. 
(2) A report by the Australian Strategic Policy 
Institute has found that since 2007 approximately 
500 Chinese military scientists were sent to the 
United States to study. According to the report 
China has been sending soldiers to study science and 
engineering in Western universities including the 
United States as part of a widespread effort to col-
lect military technology. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to prohibit the 
entry of Chinese Communist Party leaders and military 
and government officials of the People’s Republic of China 
into the United States until the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China ceases its efforts to infringe on 
the intellectual property rights of the United States. 
SEC. 4. RESTRICTION ON ISSUANCE OF VISAS. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary of State may not 
issue a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall deny entry to the United States of, each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Senior officials in the Chinese Communist 
Party, including the Politburo, the Central Com-
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mittee, and each delegate to the 19th National Con-
gress of the Chinese Communist Party. 
(2) The spouses and children of the senior offi-
cials described in paragraph (1). 
(3) Members of the cabinet of the Government 
of the People’s Republic of China. 
(4) Active duty members of the People’s Libera-
tion Army of China. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The restriction under sub-
section (a) shall not apply for any year in which the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence certifies to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China has ceased sponsoring, funding, facilitating, and ac-
tively working to support efforts to infringe on the intellec-
tual property rights of citizens and companies of the 
United States. 
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